Along with the sad news from dictatorially ruled Bahrain, there is sometimes good news. Eg, about birds.
From Birds of Saudi Arabia blog:
12 June 2012
Upcher’s Warbler Identification – Al Ali Farm (Bahrain)
Whilst ringing at Al Ali Farm in Bahrain at the weekend we caught an Upcher’s Warbler. It was caught in a mist net set between a long stand of trees and was a new ringing species for Nicole so she ringed the bird. The species breeds from Turkey eastwards to Kazakhstan and winters in Eastern Africa from Eritrea to Tanzania. I took a few photos and looked at it closely in the hand as it was nice to see clearly the main identification pointers separating it from Eastern Olivaceous Warbler.
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