Elat is Great. May 3rd:

Slept overnight in the mountains.

In the morning we had 7500 Honey buzzards from 08:00- 11:30. No cresteds.

In Yotvata:
Successfully twitched the incredibly oblging pectoral sandpiper.
Also, 3 Blue cheecked beaeaters

In Bahad 1 (on the way back):
-1 female White throated Robin. (part of perhaps the greatest influx ever)
-25 Pale Rock sparrow
and many, many others

The extremly obliging 6th Pectoral Sandpiper for Israel

Kfar Edomim 13.3.2008

Two male Lesser kestrels were hunting:


Two other Lesser Kestrals started harassing a local Long Legged Buzzard:


Over head there were 200 white storks, 60 Crane and single Eagles and steppe buzards.
In Jerusalem, one male Siberian Stonechat at the Deer Valley:

Meiyshar 12.3.2008

At the Meyshar with Yoav:

Bimaculated Lark 11
Lesser short toed lartk 10
Short toed lark 80
Desert wheatear 10
Savi's Warbler 3
Rupel's Warbler 3
Sedge Warbler 10
Reed warbler 1

Siskins

A flock of 20 siskins in a tree on may way home today.

Kfar Edomim 12.1.08

Was a beautiful but cold day.

Kalya 23.11.07

Wood Warbler at Kalya 23.11.07

Idit lectured at Ein Gedi. I spent the morning birding in the area:
Black Redstart 8 (only females)
Collard dove 500
Namaqua Dove 5
Starling 25
Skylark 40
Indian Silvrebill 30

20 Cranes 200 White Stork and 2 Black stork migratin

At Large pond:
3 Feruginus Ducks
4 Tufted Ducks
20 Teal
1 Great white egret
40 Little stint

At the Vegitation at Junction at the entrance to Kalya
1 wood warbler, extremly late (latest being first week november), Maybe wintering
Also there 1 Great Grey shrike

3 Dunlin

Goshawk over Nataf

wadi just north of Nataf 15km west of Jerusalem.

I female Goshawk being harassed by a male sparrowhowk
1 adult imperial eagel
200 migrating cranes