I have been back from Eilat, Israel for more than a week but still find myself dreaming about birding in the desert. As I...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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) ...
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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...
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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...
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My good friend Eran just returned from a visit to Israel. Eran belongs to that surprisingly large segment of the population that looks on...
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