photographed: 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.
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
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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