An early morning trip to Jubail was rewarded with the sighting of five
different Citrine Wagtails in various different places. They varied in plumage
from washed out to full adult males in breeding plumage but the bird I managed
to photograph was somewhere in between. Citrine Wagtail is a regular though
local winter visitor to the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia that was not seen
until 1975. I have seen quite a few in the last few years indicating the
species is becoming more common in the region, particularly as they are not so
difficult to identify in full breeding pluamge. They are almost always found
near water and favour feeding on wet roadside puddles, but are not the easiest
species to photograph as they are quite nervous and flighty and rarely stay
still for long.
