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>> Monthly Summaries
November 2009Tomer Landsberger Below is a summary featuring the most interesting observations from this month, based on reports from the ISRABIRDNET mailing list and other sources. | |||||||||
| Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster): 1 off Eilat's north beach, 28/Nov (A. Ben Dov, R. Mizrachi). | |||||||||
| Mangrove Heron (Butorides striatus): 1 at Ma'agan Michael fishponds, 04/Nov (R. Ram). | |||||||||
| Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator): 1 at km 20, 28/Nov (R. Mizrachi et al.); 10 at Ma'agan Michael (J. Kooijman). | |||||||||
| Baikal Teal (Anas formosa): 1 female type at the Hula re-flooded area, 06/Nov (S. Agmon, J. Halevy). This species has never before been recorded in Israel. | |||||||||
| White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla): 2 at Hefer valley, 26/Nov (N & O Kirshanbaum). | |||||||||
| Black Vulture (Aegypius monachus): 1 near Kfar Ruppin, 28/Nov (A. Stein). | |||||||||
| Crested Honey Buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus): The bird which wintered in recent years has returned to Eilat's date plantation (Y. Lehnardt et al.). | |||||||||
| Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus): 1 at the Hula re-flooded are, 29/Nov (S. Luria). | |||||||||
| Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio porphyrio): 1 at Ma'agan Michael, 04/Nov (C. Rozen); 1 at the Hula re-flooded area, 19/Nov (I. Shanni). | |||||||||
| Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo): 1 1st winter at the Hula Re-flooded area, 11/Nov (I. Shanni). | |||||||||
| Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius): 8 at Urim fields (J. Kooijman). | |||||||||
| Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereous): 1 at Ma'agan Michael, 11/Nov (J. Meyrav). | |||||||||
| Red Knot (Calidris canutus): 1 still present at Ma'agan Michael fishponds, 11/Nov (J. Meyrav). | |||||||||
| Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva): 1 at Tishlovet HaKishon reservoir, 11/Nov (A. Ben Dov). | |||||||||
| Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus): 24 near Talmi Yosef, 17/Nov (D. Rotem, I. Magen); 10 at upper Hever wadi in Judean Desert, 30/Nov (O. Spiegel, R. Harel). | |||||||||
| Pale Scops Owl (Otus brucei): 1 at Wadi Ketura, 20/Nov (S. Alterman, B. Granit). | |||||||||
| White-winged Lark (Melanocorypha leucoptera): 1 heared in flight with Skylarks near Bahad 1 sewage, 20/Nov (B. Granit, S. Alterman). This species has never before been recorded in Israel. | |||||||||
| Buff-bellied Pipit (Anthus japonicus): 1 at the Hula re-flooded area, 11/Nov (J. Meyrav). | |||||||||
| Cyprus Wheatear (Oenanthe cypriaca): 1 at Ben Gurion airport fields, 05/Nov (K. Better); 1 still present at Ma'agan Michael fishponds, 04/Nov (C. Rozen); 1 east of Moshav nehusha, 11/Nov (E. Hadad). | |||||||||
| Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka): 1 at Eilat area, 28/Nov (R. Mizrachi). | |||||||||
| Kurdish Wheatear (Oenanthe xanthoprimna): 1 at Kohav HaYarden, 20/Nov (D. Porat). | |||||||||
| Yellow-browed Warbler (Philloscopus inornatus): 1 at Bahad 1, 07/Nov (B. Granit, A. Ben Dov); 1 at Nafha prison orchards, 21/Nov (B. Granit, S. Alterman); 1 at Nafha prison orchards, 28/Nov (B. Granit, R. Mizrachi, T. Landsberger); 1 at Bahad 1, 27-28/Nov. | |||||||||
| Menetries's Warbler (Sylvia mystacea): 1 at Km 20, 09/Nov (D. Forsman). | |||||||||
| Eastern Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola maura): an unpresedented influx - 129 birds counted at Eilat area, 09/Nov (D. Forsman). | |||||||||
| Steppe Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor pallidirostris): 3 at Eilot fields, 07/Nov (D. Forsman). | |||||||||
| Isabelline Shrike (Lanius isabellinus): 1 at Ramot sewage, Golan, 12/Nov (J. Meyrav); 1 at Nir David, 11/Nov (A. Ben Dov); 1 at Hamadiyya, 27/Nov (S. Alterman). | |||||||||
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| Rosy Starling (Sturnus roseus): 1 along the 'Hamovil Ha'artzi' canal near Eilabun, Bet Netofa valley, 10/Nov (Y. Perlman). | |||||||||
| Red-fronted Serin (Serinus pussilus): 2 at matash Bet-El, 14/Nov (I. Landoy). | |||||||||
| Rustic Bunting (Emberiza rustica): 1 in an orchard near Nafha prison, 14/Nov (B. Granit, S. Alterman). | |||||||||
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 Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) Sde Boqer, Apr.04 |
 Mourning Wheatear (Oenanthe lugens) Sde-boqer, Jul.04 |
 Painted Snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) Hefer valley, Sep.05 |
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