On a normal work day, no car, I don’t see a ray of sunshine. Thursday: work day with car- started at Yotvata north field: mini raptor festival, Lanner Falcon, 2 Merlins, Pallid Harrier, Hen Harrier, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Imperial Eagle, Sparrowhawks and Kestrels. On the menu- Desert Finch, Skylarks, Red-throated Pipits, Lapwings, Starlings, Desert Wheatears […]
Eilat’s excellent autumn continued this week with growing numbers of European birders taking advantage of the cheap flights to Eilat and excellent birds that are waiting for them in every corner. The week started with a Little Bunting at the park, a skulky bird that was heard more than seen. Still a good year for […]
Firstly I would like to apologise to all those birders who have been down to Ovda in the last couple of weeks and now face another trip south. I had planned to go north this weekend ending with a pelagic on the Mediterranean. But the pelagic was cancelled and I got parent duty again today. […]
Yet again the Israeli birding community has been dragged down to the deep south for another mega rarity and like his predecessors the latest star didn’t disappoint. The Red-rumped Wheatear remained all week in the same area and remained very easy going despite the number of photographers looking for photos. She bounced over to […]