Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Frankincense tree {Boswellia sacra} in flower, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Dragon's blood tree (Dracaena serrulata) at high elevation in Dhofar Mountains, Oman, January

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Waterfall in the Dhofar mountains, near Gogub, Oman, after a good summer monsoon

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Waterfall in the Dhofar mountains, near Gogub, Oman, after a good summer monsoon

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Dhofar rocky coast, towards the end of the summer monsoon season, Oman, September

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Carulluma plant (Caralluma flava) in flower, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / European roller {Coracias garrulus} close-up, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Fan tailed raven {Corvus rhipidurus} perched on wire, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Plain tiger {Danaus chrysippus} butterfly on Sodom's Apple blossom {Calotropis procera}, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Barbary falcon {Falco pelegrinoides} perched on wire, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Graceful prinia {Prinia gracilis} perched on twig, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Steppe eagle {Aquila nipalensis} in flight, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Masked booby {Sula dactylatra} adult in flight over calm water, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Whiskered tern {Chlidonias hybrida} adult perched with juvenile, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / White stork {Ciconia ciconia} flock feeding in recently cut grass field, Dhofar, Oman, November 2004

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Hadramaut agama {Laudakia adramitanus} sunning on stump, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Clamorous reed warbler {Acrocephalus stentoreus} perched, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Red billed tropicbird {Phaethon aethereus} in flight, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Hadramaut agama {Laudakia adramitanus} adult and juvenile sunning on tree stump, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Common snipe {Gallinago gallinago} in grass, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Red throated pipit {Anthus cervinus} in grass, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Fan tailed raven {Corvus rhipidurus} perched on wire, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Pheasant tailed jacana {Hydrophasianus chirurgus} wading, winter plumage, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Kentish plover {Charadrius alexandrinus} adult, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Graceful prinia {Prinia gracilis} singing from lamp post, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Plain tiger {Danaus chrysippus} butterfly on Sodom's Apple blossom {Calotropis procera}, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / White stork {Ciconia ciconia} flock following tractor harvesting grass field, Dhofar, Oman, November 2004

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Graceful prinia {Prinia gracilis} singing, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Red throated pipit {Anthus cervinus} in grass, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Hadramaut agama {Laudakia adramitanus} adult and juvenile sunning on tree stump, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Black headed bunting {Emberiza melanocephala} female perched, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Slender billed gull (Chroicocephalus genei) on calm sea. Dhofar, Oman.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Socotra cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis) flock on water. Dhofar, Oman.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Slender billed gull (Chroicocephalus genei) on beach. Dhofar, Oman.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Slender billed gull (Chroicocephalus genei) on beach. Dhofar, Oman.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Sooty gull (Ichthyaetus hemprichii ) in flight. Hasik, Dhofar, Oman.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Blackstart (Cercomela melanura) Hasik, Dhofar, Oman.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Bruce's green pigeon {Treron waalia} perched in tree, Ayn Razat, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Namaqua dove {Oena capensis} male, Khawr Rawri, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Bruce's green pigeon {Treron waalia} perched in tree, Ayn Razat, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Namaqua dove {Oena capensis} pair on ground, Khawr Rawri, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / South Arabian wheatear (Oenanthe lugentoides) male, Dhofar mountains, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Dromedary camels standing in a group (Camelus dromedarius) Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / After the monsoon, green vegetation in the Dhofar mountains in September, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Wild flowers blooming in the rainy season, Dhofar mountains, south Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Coastal landscape with gulls on beach, Mughsayl, Dhofar, Southern Oman

Mark Payne-Gill / Aerial view of transition between Jiddat al Harasis desert, Central Oman, and Dhofar grasslands, Southern Oman, Bactrian camels grazing in foreground.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Aerial view of Jabel Samhan, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Aerial view of escarpment, Jabel Samhan, Dhofar, Oman

Mark Payne-Gill / Bactrian camels bathing in river during rainy season, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Tristram's grackle / starling {Onychognathus tristramii} on Arabian camel's (Dromedary) neck, Dhofar, Oman

Hanne Jens Eriksen / Khawr Taqah, Dhofar coast, Oman, Middle East

Hanne Jens Eriksen / Flower of Purple moonflower {Ipomoea turbinata} Dhofar, Oman September

Hanne Jens Eriksen / Flower of Obscure morning glory {Ipomoea obscura} Dhofar, Oman September

Mark Payne-Gill / Dhofar, South Oman, during monsoon season with camel bathing in the river.

Hanne Jens Eriksen / Tawi Atayr, good place for watching birds, Dhofar, Oman