After finding four Black-throated Thrushes at Deffi
Park, Jubail on 20 January I went back a week later to see if I could get
better photos and see if anything else had turned up and found 12 birds in the
same place. Other photogrpahers have been to the site in between and seen only
three birds but when I went back with Phil on 10 February we saw 12 birds
again. This suggests the birds move to somewhere else in Jubail for part of the
time and use Deffi park at other times. As these birds are extremely rare
visitors to Saudi Arabia this is an amazing sight particularly as there are at
least 15 Song Thrushes present as well. Photography is difficult as light is
poor in the early morning, they generally stay in the shade but occasionally
they would come out into more open areas.
