10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

One of those places is the Hula Valley in northern Israel, home to the large Lake Hula which was drained in the 1950s to make way for more agricultural opportunities and prevent malaria. The bottom line is that migration can be enjoyed in so many places on this planet and Israel should be on your list to visit at some point.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

In somewhat dubious English, the abstract of one paper on this species by Chinese authors states that “ Pycnonotus sinens has got used to the city life and become a kind of city bird that are closely associated with human” (of course, my Chinese – spoken only anyway – is far worse than this English).

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Presumably, this also leads to income inequality, if parallels to humans are any guidance. However, this makes it a bit surprising that it was also named Israel’s national bird. As scientists have found. Apparently, the Eurasian Hoopoe is listed in the Old Testament as unclean and forbidden food for Jews. Ditto Grey Heron.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Similar to the situation among humans, among Grey-capped Greenfinches , “high-quality individuals prefer to mate with each other” ( source ). This is not really an option at Nanhui though. The third raptor of the month was the Black-winged Kite. The fourth and last was the Crested Honey buzzard – a beautiful male.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 17, 2022

On the other hand, compared to the Laughing Dove , human life is still pretty long. Please insert your own dirty joke relating to humans here. In a study in Israel, migrating Steppe Buzzard s were found to have much higher lice infestation rates than non-migratory Common Buzzards in the same region.

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