I have been back from Eilat, Israel for more than a week but still find myself dreaming about birding in the desert. As I...

For those who happen to be faithful followers of posts about birding in Costa Rica, no, you haven’t accidentally browsed to the wrong place....

I’ve just returned from a trip to Israel and I feel like I’ve run 300 miles in a week…in the blazing sun…uphill…with no water…and...

Birding in Israel? Report your sightings to help build an eBird-like database of the country’s avifauna. New studies find that: when birds migrate from...

This Kestrel may have been carrying bugs, but an X-ray showed they were not of the surveillance type. (Image from DHA/Dogan News Agency)  ...

I am a migration junky. I love it. No matter how many times I see certain species, I’m happy to see them again when...

Last year, vigilant Saudi Arabian officials detained an Israeli spy vulture yet apparently failed to foil the “Zionist espionage plot.” How else to explain the highly...

My good friend Eran just returned from a visit to Israel. Eran belongs to that surprisingly large segment of the population that looks on...