This is a sheltered valley at 1955
metres elevation above sea level, with a small waterfall at one end and a
permanent small pool. The valley has large mature trees growing in it and is an
excellent place to look for the endemic subspecies of Eurasian Magpie the Asir
Magpie. Khalifah visited this area and saw the magie with two adults and a
flightless juvenile showing breeding had occurred nearby. Both the adults
started alarming near the nest, when Fan-tailed Ravens were above, and the
young juvenile then move into the thickest tree. Other birds seen included one Philby's
Partridge, three Hamerkop, Shikra, two Gray-headed Kingfishers, four Arabian
Woodpeckers, Eurasian Kestrel, two African Paradise-Flycatcher, seven Fan-tailed
Ravens, three Pale Crag-Martins, two Red-rumped Swallows, seven White-spectacled
Bulbuls, eight Brown Woodland-Warblers, Blackcap, four Abyssinian White-eyes,
six Arabian Babblers, four Gambaga Flycatchers, five Little Rock-Thrushes, Arabian
Wheatear, four Yemen Thrushes, eight Violet-backed Starlings, four Tristram's
Starlings, and two Rueppell's Weavers.
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| Arabian Magpie |
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| Grey-headed Kingfisher |