I received an e-mail from Mick James in early October
informing me of an interesting owl at Ras al Khafji near the Kuwait boarder in
the Eastern Province f Saudi Arabia. Mick sent me a photo and has kindly
allowed me to use it on my website with the following information “I was
somewhat surprised to find this fella in our car park at work (Ras al Khafji -
KJO port) on Saturday morning (4th October 2014). Looks like it has
made its home beneath some of our raised modular office buildings & from
the various website photos I have searched I think it’s a Pallid Scops
Owl”. The Pallid Scops Owl is a rare or scarce winter visitor to most areas of
Saudi Arabia with the majority of records coming from the northern areas of the
country.
