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Monthly Summaries
April 2007Below is a summary featuring the most interesting observations from this month, based on reports from the ISRABIRDNET mailing list and other sources. | |||||||||
| Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aetherus): 1 adult off Eilat's north beach, 13/Apr (T. Kahn). | |||||||||
| Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo): 1 in migration over Eilat, 05/Apr (G. Perlman, A. Balaban et al.). | |||||||||
| Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus): 1 off Eilat's north beach, 18/Apr (A. Cohen, B. Granit, S. Haham, T. Kahn). | |||||||||
| Caspian Plover (Charadrius caspius): 1 female at Yotvata fields, 07/Apr (N. Weiss et al.) and 2 Males there on 11/Apr (Markus Craig, Kris De Rouck et al.). | |||||||||
| Bar-tailed Godwit (Limoza lapponica): 1 adult at Ma'ayan Tzvi, 26/Apr onwards. | |||||||||
| Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus): Up to 13 at Km 20 and Eilat (J. Meyrav et al.). | |||||||||
| Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus): 1 off Eilat's north beach, 13/Apr (T. Kahn). | |||||||||
| White-cheeked Tern (Sterna repressa): 6 off Eilat's north beach, 30/Apr (J. Meyrav).
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Egyptian Nightjar (Caprmulgus aegyptius) - 1 still present at Yotvata on 04/Apr (J. Meyrav).
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| Nubian Nightjar (Caprimulgus nubicus): For the first time ever, 2 fledglings were seen being fed by their parents at Neot Hakikkar, southern Dead Sea, 28/Apr (Y. Perlman). | |||||||||
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| Black-crowned Sparrow Lark (Eremopterix nigriceps): 1 adult male at Lotan's dairy barn, 21/Apr (J. Meyrav). | |||||||||
| Thick-billed Lark (Ramphocoris clotbey): 4 at Km 76 on 03/Apr (J. Meyrav); 2 near Nizzana - Ezuz road, 26/Apr (Andreas Bruun Christensen et al.). | |||||||||
| Hoopoe Lark (Alaemon alaudipes): 1 at Km 72 on 07/Apr (J. Meyrav et al.). | |||||||||
| Menetries's Warbler (Sylvia myctacea) - a first summer male ringed at Lotan, 01/April. | |||||||||
| River Warbler (Locustella fluviatillis): at Jerusalem, 2 ringed on 27/Apr (A. Balaban) and 1 on 30/Apr (Y. Perlman). | |||||||||
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| Upcher's Warbler (Hippolais languida): 1 at Eilat's north beach, 27-28/Apr (A. Cohen, B. Granit, S. Haham). | |||||||||
| Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva): 1 at Yotvata's gas station, 28/Apr (S. Haham). | |||||||||
| Daurian Shrike (Lanius isabellinus isabellinus): 1 male at Km 72, 07/Apr (J. Meyrav et al.); 1 at Shezaf nature reserve, 09/Apr (T. Magen); 1 near En Yahav, 16/Apr (T. Magen). | |||||||||
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| Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus): 1 ringed at the Hula valley, 13/Apr (F. Argyle, Yonatan HaLevi et al.). | |||||||||
 Hooded Wheatear (Oenanthe monacha) Arava valley, Oct.05 |
 Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola) Eilat salt pans, Apr.06 |
 Dunn's Lark (Eremalauda dunnii) Km 76, Mar.07 |
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