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Spring 2014 in Southern Israel

14/4/2014

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Picturephotographed: Ron Haran. Isabelline wheatear
Just had a couple of tours at the begining of April to southern Israel. 
One of them was a short half day in Nitzana area and Sde Boker- mainly to see the Endangered Macqueen's Bustard and the Cream Coulured courser. 
The second tour was with an avid birder from New York who wanted to see the spring migration here at Israel, and he definitely saw it. We had 3 great days in southern israel- started with the Macquuen's Bustard, cream coulured courser and crowned sandgrouse at Nizzana and followed from there towards Eilat and the Arava valley to see some more great birds. In adittion had a couple of night excursions to see some owls. I am attaching the 2 bird lists from the 2 tours.Enjoy.

Bird species observed while on a half day tour to Nizana area:

Cattle egret                                                 Little Egret                                      Steppe Buzzard

Black Kite                                                   Marsh Harrier                                   Common Kestrel

Chukar                                                        Wryneck                                          Moorhen

Macqueen's Bustard                                     Cream coloured courser                    Common Sandpiper

Spur winged lapwing                                     Ruff                                                 Pin tailed sandgrouse

Crowned Sandgrouse                                    Laughing Dove                                  Hoopoe
  
Crested Lark                                                Barn Swallow                                    Tawny Pipit

White Wagtail                                              Yellow Wagtail                                  Spectacled Bulbul
  
Northern Wheatear                                        Isabelline Wheatear                          Common Stonechat

Rufos Tailed Rock Thrush                              Blackcap                                          Lesser Whitethroat

Ruppell's Warbler                                          Graceful Prinia                                  Reed Warbler

Masked Shrike                                              Southern Grey Shrike                        Arabian Babbler

Hooded Crow                                                 Brown Necked Raven                        Spanish Sparrow

Ortolan Bunting                                              Corn Bunting                                     

Bird species onserved while on a 3 day tour to Nizana, Eilat, Arava and Judean Desert:


Little Grebe                                            Night Heron                                     Cattle Egret

Squacco Heron                                      Little Egret                                       Grey Heron

Purple Heron                                         White Stork                                      Glossy Ibis

Greater Flamingo                                   Pintail                                              Shoveler

Garganey                                              Steppe Eagle                                    Booted Eagle

Black Kite                                              Marsh Harrier                                   Montagu's Harrier

Pallid Harrier                                          Steppe Buzzard                               Honey Buzzard

Levant Sparrowhawk                               Common Kestrel                              Chukar

Sand Partridge                                       Common Quail                                 Little Crake

Baillon's Crake                                       Moorhen                                          Eurasian Coot

Macqueen's Bustard                               Avocet                                             Black winged Stilt

Cream Coloured courser                          Collard Pratincole                             Little Ringed Plover

Common Ringed Plover                            Kentish Plover                                 Spur winged lapwing

Dunlin                                                      Little Stint                                       Wood Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper                                      Common Sandpiper                          Common Redshank

Common Greenshank                                Marsh Sandpiper                             Black Tailed Godwit

Common Snipe                                        Red Necked Phalarope                      Ruff

Black Headed Gull                                   Slender billed Gull                            Common tern

Lesser blacked backed Gull                      Caspian Tern                                   Crowned sandgrouse

Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse                         Collared Dove                                  Laughing Dove

Pharaoh  Eagle Owl                                  Hume's Owl                                     Hoopoe

Pied Kingfisher                                          Europen Bee Eater                          Little green Bee Eater

Eurasian Wryneck                                     Crested Lark                                   Sand Martin

Pale crag Martin                                        Barn Swallow                                   Red Rumped  swallow

Tree pipit                                                   White Wagtail                                  Yellow Wagtail

Spectacled Bulbul                                      Common Nightingale                         Bluethroat

Northern Wheatear                                     Isabelline Wheatear                           Blackstart

Black eared Wheatear                                 Rufous tailed Rock Thrush                 Blackbird

Blackcap                                                     Lesser Whitethroat                          Ruppell's warbler

Common Whitethroat                                   Gracefull  Prinia                               Sedge Warbler

European Reed Warbler                                Clamorous reed warbler                   Wood Warbler

Balkan Warbler                                             Chiffchaff                                       Collared Flycatcher

Yellow Browed warbler                                  Woodchat Shrike                            Masked Shrike

Southern Grey  Shrike                                   Palestine Sunbird                          Arabian Babbler

Eurasian Jay                                                 Hooded Crow                                Common Raven

Brown Necked Raven                                     House Crow                                  Tristram's Starling

House Sparrow                                              Spanish Sparrow                           Greenfinch

Corn Bunting

Additional   species spotted in "Judean Planes":

Scops Owl
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