10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2016

Today, I am writing about another very birdy place and an event that I was very fortunate to have experienced, the Champions of the Flyway Bird Race in Eilat, Israel. Sharing those special birds with so many like-minded people of all ages may have been the most magical experience on race day. Waiting for the sandgrouse.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

And I have lots of experience with my long lens drawing attention. Bethany-on-the Jordan is literally a stone’s throw from Israel, which is why we were required to stay with the group and keep moving. This was due, oddly enough, to my binoculars. But no one had ever been concerned about my binos before.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Mike’s best bird is the Hoopoe , the National Bird of Israel, spotted at the amazing Dor Beach Island Reserve. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. The mergansers were nice but not as nice as a new bird for me in Queens would have been! Mike’s Hoopoe. How about you?

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2020

Ruffs from Israel, the one in Costa Rica kind of looked like the top bird. These experiences, guiding, and other aspects of birding were gifts, I look forward to 2020. but the Ruff was also a major birding occurrence because this third country record stayed long enough for a good number of local birders to go and see it. Bird counts.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2016

And so South Africa’s fifth largest park came to be (it’s worth remembering that its largest park, Kruger, is the size of Israel) on marginal land that no one in particular could do much with. But I think it should be on the list of anyone that wants a knockout experience to share with non-birders.

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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

MAY 28, 2016

Looking for terns, White-eyed Gulls , and other seabirds from North Beach, Eilat, Israel during Champions of the Flyway. That said, this year, it barely happened, and that disturbing experience brings me to my next point. It can’t be any time in spring, though.

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