Caspian Plovers at Yotvata- 23 March 2008

At around 10:00 in the morning on the 23rd of March, good friends Tamir Siman-tov and Iris Magen found 5 Caspian Plovers in the Yotvata circular fields.

The birds were sitting at the edge of a small puddle of water on the main path of the field.

There were 2 adult males, a 1st summer male and 2 female type birds.

Caspian Plover is quite a scarce migrant these days and groups of 5 birds or more are quite rare.

The exhausted Plovers stayed close to the water and were nearly oblivious to the crowds that Caspian Plovers assembled to watch them.

With over 35 degrees out no wonder they stayed close to the water.

Enjoy the images.

Jonathan Meyrav /// Lotan center for birdwatching