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More migration going on, and some summering birds around 23 Aug 2013 | 01:50 pm
Yesterday we had a kibbutz-wide power outage as the main electrical circuit board was being replaced, so it was the ideal time to go out for birding. The temperature stayed just below the 40 degree m...
Birding update 20 August 2013 20 Aug 2013 | 01:17 pm
We have been having a summer with temperatures a little below normal, or close to normal. This means that we have barely had days where the temperature exceeded 41 degrees. Even in this heat, migrati...
The action is on the water… 9 Aug 2013 | 12:30 pm
I was on North Beach today in Eilat in the framework of doing errands in the town, and decided to have a look around at what was going on there. Most of the action is concentrated on the water in … C...
Small signs of fall migration in July 22 Jul 2013 | 11:37 am
I went out today to the area of Yotvata to see what was going on in the fields and the sewage works over there. The fields were particularly quiet because they are in between growing seasons. Accordin...
Slow start to autumn migration 14 Jul 2013 | 11:35 am
It is the middle of July, the temperatures around here are hovering around the 40 degree mark, and we are embarking on the very first signs of fall migration. Temperatures have been relatively comfort...
Addendum to end-of-season update 10 May 2013 | 06:16 pm
I was a little too hasty in putting the post online, so I am including some other things that I saw. First of all, we saw two female Caspian Plovers land briefly just over the border in Jordan when we...
End-of-season update 10 May 2013 | 12:40 am
We are now in the second week of May, and the temperatures are staying above 30 degrees during the day, with quite a few days reaching almost 40 degrees. Summer is definitely coming, and migration is ...
Mid-April 2013 update 22 Apr 2013 | 11:12 am
The past few days we have been overrun by Blackcaps, and there has been the usual influx of European Bee-eaters, but less than in previous years. We have also been getting the annual migration of Leva...
Weird Spanish Sparrow? Something else?… 17 Apr 2013 | 09:38 am
I was at Km 76 and saw the following bird. The bill was sparrow-shaped, but the coloration was completely off. The head is rufous, but beside that it was featureless, the tail is of a sparrow. Can any...
Caspian Plovers, Ringers at Lotan and other news 12 Apr 2013 | 01:40 pm
After coming back from a non-birding guiding tour in the north, it is good to be back in the desert. A group of ringers that has been here before is back again for 10 days, and have put up nets … Cont...
