During a one day stopover in Jordan we birded Amman - Azraq Temminck's Lark - Eremophila bilopha - Qasr Amra, Jordan Magnus and Anders Qat cultivation View of Shibam from Kawkaban Kawkaban Fan-tailed Raven - Corvus rhipidurus Our drivers, Jamal & Habbas "on the chew" Kawkaban, the gorge where we saw Arabian Accentor Kawkaban Pied Wheatear - Oenanthe pleschanka vittata morph Pied Wheatear - Oenanthe pleschanka vittata morph Jamal Donald with locals Hadramawt Agama - Acanthocercus adramitanus Brown-necked Raven - Corvus ruficollis Tristram's Starling - Onychognathus tristramii Kalle & Lars with some up-and-coming ornithologists Rufous-capped Lark - Calandrella eremica Red-breasted Wheatear - Oenanthe bottae Red-breasted Wheatear - Oenanthe bottae Dusky Turtle Dove - Streptopelia lugens Long-billed Pipit - Anthus similis Long-billed Pipit - Anthus similis African Stonechat - Saxicola torquatus felix One of many cities Isabelline Wheatear - Oenanthe isabellina Eastern Black-eared Wheatear - Oenanthe melanoleuca Laughing Dove - Spilopelia senegalensis Cinnamon-breasted Bunting - Emberiza tahapisi Cinnamon-breasted Bunting - Emberiza tahapisi Rüppell's Weaver nest Yellow-billed Kite - Milvus aegyptius Tawny Eagle - Aquila rapax Northern Bald Ibis - Geronticus eremita Booted Eagle - Hieraaetus pennata Ta'izz sewage pools Greater Spotted Eagle - Clanga clanga Ta'izz sewage pools Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus Isabelline Wheatear - Oenanthe isabellina Greater Spotted Eagle - Clanga clanga Eastern Imperial Eagle - Aquila heliaca Ta'izz rubbish dump Mosque in Mocha The restaurant in Mocha where we got a wonderful fish breakfast Mocha Sooty Gull - Ichthyaetus hemprichii Sooty Gull - Ichthyaetus hemprichii White-eyed Gull - Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus with a Sooty Gull Pink-backed Pelican - Pelecanus rufescens Pink-backed Pelican - Pelecanus rufescens Sooty Gull - Ichthyaetus hemprichii Kentish Plover - Charadrius alexandrinus Greater Sand Plover - Charadrius leschenaultii Sunset Outdoor accommodation in Al Khawkhah The Thinker Pink-backed Pelican - Pelecanus rufescens Sooty Gull - Ichthyaetus hemprichii Western Reef Heron - Egretta gularis The beach by the hotel Fishermen Breakfast in the open Breakfast Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix nigriceps Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark - Eremopterix nigriceps Isabelline Shrike - Lanius isabellinus Some curious boys were checking us out Nile Valley Sunbird - Hedydipna metallica Nile Valley Sunbird - Hedydipna metallica Tihamah Abyssinian Roller - Coracias abyssinicus Black Scrub Robin - Cercotrichas podobe Rüppell's Weaver - Ploceus galbula White-spectacled Bulbul - Pycnonotus xanthopygos Desert Grey Shrike - Lanius elegans buryi East of Bab El Nacha - here we saw a pair of Verreaux's Eagle Birding in sunset Sunset Fishermen Western Reef Heron - Egretta gularis Black-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra senegalus African Grey Hornbill - Tockus nasutus Bush Petronia - Gymnoris dentata Bush Petronia - Gymnoris dentata View from Hajjah Salam Aleikum! Haraz Mountains Bruce's Green Pigeon - Treron waalia Coffee lady Purple Heron - Ardea purpurea Wadi flood Terrace fields Monument for road workers Yemeni men Haraz Mountains Market Back in Sana'a Our hotel in Sana'a Sana'a Sana'a Sana'a Sana'a Sana'a Sana'a Sana'a Relaxing in the muffrage Yemeni men with jambiyas Our patient drivers Market Market Old dam area at Marib Striolated Bunting - Emberiza striolata Waiting for the presidential cortege Me at Mahram Bilqis, Marib Well guarded Arsh Bilqis Temple, Marib Old Marib city, more or less abandoned Old Marib city Old Marib city Some still lived there Bazaar in Sana'a Russia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan 1990Israel 1989