Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Chestnut bellied sandgrouse male drinking {Pterocles exustus} Jaaluni, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Chestnut bellied sandgrouse {Pterocles exustus} male, collecting water in feathers, Jaaluni, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Chestnut bellied sandgrouse {Pterocles exustus} male in flight, Jaaluni, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Crowned sandgrouse {Pterocles coronatus} male collecting water for chicks in breast feathers, Jaaluni, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Crowned sandgrouse {Pterocles coronatus} male collecting water for chicks in breast feathers, Jaaluni, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Crowned sandgrouse {Pterocles coronatus} male and females drinking, Jaaluni, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Arabian / Mountain gazelle {Gazella gazella} portrait, Jaaluni, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Arabian / Mountain gazelle {Gazella gazella} scraping the soil, backlit, Jaaluni, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Arabian / Mountain gazelle {Gazella gazella} licking, Jaaluni, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella) in Jaaluni, Oman. May.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella) drinking from a pool in Jaaluni, Oman. May.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Common roller {Coracias garrulus} Jaaluni, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Spiny tailed lizard (Uromastyx thomasi) Jaaluni, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Flock of Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse {Pterocles exustus} at waterhole, Jaaluni, Oman, May

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Crowned Sangrouse {Pterocles coronatus} with beak in water, Jaaluni, Oman.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Crowned Sangrouse {Pterocles coronatus} in flight, Jaaluni, Oman.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Crowned Sandgrouse {Pterocles coronatus} taking off from water, Jaaluni, Oman.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Ortolan bunting, female at water {Emberiza hortulana}, Jaaluni, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Arabian Oryx {Oryx leucoryx} mother (tagged) with calf in temporary enclosure, Jaaluni, Oman captive

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Chestnut bellied sandgrouse female {Pterocles exustus} Jaaluni, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Male Crowned sandgrouse at waterhole {Pterocles coronatus}, Jaaluni, Oman, May

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Chestnut bellied sandgrouse male drinking {Pterocles exustus} Jaaluni, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Laughing dove {Spilopelia senegalensis} drinking from puddle, Jaaluni, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Arabian oryx {Oryx leucoryx} Jaaluni, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Arabian oryx young {Oryx leucoryx} Jaaluni, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) feeding in desert, Jaaluni, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Arabian Oryx {Oryx leucoryx} Jaaluni, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Mountain gazelle {Gazella gazella} in desert, April, Jaaluni, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Brown necked raven on ground {Corvus ruficollis} Jaaluni, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Arabian oryx mating {Oryx leucoryx} Jaaluni Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Arabian oryx walking {Oryx leucoryx} Jaaluni Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Close-up of Arabian oryx {Oryx leucoryx} face whilst drinking. Jaaluni Oman.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Arabian oryx herd in shade {Oryx leucoryx} Jaaluni Oman