Foto Friday – Israel is Birdwatch Central

February 27, 2009 - 5:08 PM by

birdwatching_cranes_medTiny Israel is located on a land bridge that forms one of the major routes for birds migrating between Eurasia and Africa. Each spring, hundreds of millions of birds fly north to Europe and Asia, and thousands of birdwatchers from around the world come to Israel to watch them at sites such as the Kibbutz Lotan Centre for Birdwatching, the International Birding & Research Center in Eilat (IBRCE), and other birdwatching stations.

RED-FOOTED FALCON 2 By Sassi Haham
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Bird watching season opens next week with the 2nd annual Artists for Nature Festival , which will take place in the Hula Valley on 6-15 March 2009 The festival, organized by the Israel Ornithological Center of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI) together with the Dutch-based Artists for Nature Foundation (ANF), is intended to raise awareness of top priority conservation issues through cultural exchange. Over 20 internationally-renowned wildlife artists will participate by drawing and painting alongside Israeli wildlife artists in the open landscapes of the Hula Valley. In addition, there will be nature tours, lectures and workshops that will be open to the general public.

SANDGROUSE 4 By Sassi Haham
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Then, at the end of the month, the Ornithological Center, together with IBRCE, will organize the 3rd annual International Spring Migration Festival in Eilat on 23-30 March 2009. The program, timed to coincide with the peak week of Israel’s spring migration, will include activities for nature lovers and birders of all levels.

DAURIAN SHRIKE By Sassi Haham
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These activities dovetail nicely with the news that British nature magazine BBC Wildlife, declared the Hula Lake Park as one of the most important photography and observation sites in the world.

Common Crane By Sassi Haham
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Sassi Haham is an avid photographer/videographer and birdwatcher who shoots amazing videos. Some of these are posted here with many more to view on ExposureRoom, and on Zapar.col.il, the Israeli birdwatching portal – which also has a comprehensive index of Israel’s birds.

Common Buzzard 2 By Sassi Haham
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One Comment on Foto Friday – Israel is Birdwatch Central

  1. mauricio blechman on Fri, Feb 27th 2009 11:55 PM

    2. I feel great satisfaction for being able, for the first time after de war, to connect with israelien feelings.
    I felt here, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,, very alone during the war…surrounded by heavy critics of my colleagues and friends…
    Watching on the TV the horrors…and asking myself…how can they be so cruel…!
    I tried to give to my people more light over the conflict and make them to take in count new perspectives…but I coudnt cope with the horror…
    Thank you a lot

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