It has been two weeks since I’ve last updated this blog and it feels like a whole season has passed by already… The ringing station at the IBRCE has been very productive with a total ranging roughly around 7250 birds trapped only during March (of which 40-50% were trapped during the last week of March [...]
It has been a while since I last wrote anything, but there is so much work and so much to to see out in the field that I feel a waste to sit next to the computer. Nevertheless here is a short summary of birds in the Eilat region: This is probably the best Spring [...]
During the last few days, things have slow down a bit with migration. Nevertheless we still get 100-150 birds daily at the IBRCE ringing station and there are many Tawny Pipits and the first Short-toed Larks in many fields. The Cinerous Bunting which was originally found by Harvey and Mary Van Diek is still present in Ophira Park (which [...]
The recent weather with all these southern winds and clouds of dust have settled and many migrants are evident all over. On Sat’ morning I took my young son, Raz who is only 2.5 years old to have a short drive and walk in the desert to see what can we find after the storm. A short walk [...]
Another day at the IBRCE produced a good number of Chiffchafs and more Savi’s Warbler. Steppe Eagles were moving in lower numbers today (or because the wind has reduced, they all went higher in the sky?!). Dead-sea Sparrows are becoming exceptionally beautiful at this time of the year and it is a real treat to handle them. Towards the end of the [...]
This time of year is exceptionally thrilling for me; while the wintering species are still dominating, there are many “firsts” for the season that appear daily in different corners of the Arava and some of our breeding species already have brood-patches… During the last few days numbers of both Lesser and Common Whitethroats, Chiffchafs and Sedge Warblers have risen both in [...]
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