After our successful trip to the Bani Saad area looking for Arabian
Golden-winged Grosbeak we went to the Taif Euphorbia Forest, an area where we
saw Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak in the previous January. We arrived in
mid-afternoon and there was very little activity at the site at all. The place
is amazing for the size and number of Euphorbias many of which are over eight
metres tall. This is the best place to see the large plants in their natural
habitat and as Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak like to associate with this plant
is a good place to look for them. The Euphorbias grow on steep rocky hillsides
and birding the area properly means climbing up and down the rocky hillsides.
We saw very few birds on our visit with Desert Lark, Abyssinian White-eye and
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting being the best, but it was still worth a visit to see
the amazing plants.
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| Euphorbia |
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| Euphorbia |
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| Desert Lark |
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| Abyssinian White-eye |