Whilst in Taif Phil and I went to Wadi Thee Gazal. We were going to
spend longer there but got delayed by the good birding at Wadi Waj. We thus
arrived at about midday the worst time to arrive as the temperature rises quite
high here even though it is in the mountains. Wadi Thee Gazal has excellent
cover and good birds are regularly seen here. We saw only a few decent species
but these included both Shining and Nile Valley Sunbirds as well as Arabian
Warblers and Yemen Thrushes. Quite a number of Arabian Wheatears and Black
Bush Robins were about and a few Namaqua Doves were flying around. This was
another locality where we saw good numbers of Arabian Serins and they could
often be located by their loud contact calls.
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| Black Bush Robin |
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| Namaqua Dove |
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| Nile Valley Sunbird |
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| Shining Sunbird |