-
Recent posts
- Addendum to end-of-season update 05/10/2013
- End-of-season update 05/09/2013
- Mid-April 2013 update 04/22/2013
Birding Field Reports
-
Links
archived articles
Admin
Birding Update Archives
Category Archives: News
Birding Update January 2, 2012
First of all, happy new year to everyone! After a long time away from writing updates for the website, I have come back to doing it. Although the spring is the premium migration season, the other seasons do not disappoint … Continue reading
Posted in Birding Field Reports 2012, News
Tagged Arabian Warbler, Crested Larks, Water Pipits, White Wagtails
Leave a comment
Birding Update beginning November 2011
After a prolonged absence from writing an update on the website due to guiding elsewhere in the country, I have found the time to write again. I went on a 4-hour birding trip with two of my kids to see … Continue reading
Posted in Birding Field Reports 2011, News
Tagged Booted Eagle, One Purple Heron, Pied Kingfisher, white storks
Leave a comment
Large Raptor Migration over Lotan, 9 April 2011
After a few days where there was little new migration going on, we woke up to a day where from the outset it seemed that there was a lot more going on. There were many more Lesser Whitethroats, Blackcaps and … Continue reading
Posted in Birding Field Reports 2011, News
Tagged Black Kites, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Lesser Whitethroats, Lotan
1 Comment
Birding Report beginning of April 2011
After being away for a while from the southern part of Israel, I had the opportunity to go out with two couples to bird for two days. We headed down to the Eilat mountains to look for migrating raptors. We … Continue reading
Posted in Birding Field Reports 2011, News
Tagged Black Kites, Lotan, North Beach, Steppe Buzzards
Leave a comment
Birding update 20 March 2011
Spring migration is underway already in full force, just in the past two days it seems to have bypassed Lotan. Here is it quite quiet. In our Lotan Wetlands all four types of Wagtails can be seen: White Wagtail, Yellow … Continue reading
Birding update 16 March 2011
Today, I went out with Thomas Krumenacker and Frank Moffatt to bird around Lotan, and in a radius of about 5 kilometers. We started out around the Lotan wetland, where there were over 60 White Wagtails, about 40 Water Pipits … Continue reading
Regarding the Cinereous Vulture
… First of all an apology goes out to Dan Alon of the Israel Ornithological Center regarding the Cinereous Vulture. As a result of false information, I thought that he had seen the pictures. After speaking to him and to … Continue reading
Birding Update March 13, 2011
It has been quite a week of birding here in the Lotan area. Some of the highlights first: A Cyprus Wheatear was sighted on one of the compost piles at the Yotvata circular fields (thank you Thomas Krumenacker), in addition, … Continue reading
Cinereous Vulture on Lotan, February 2011
A few weeks ago I had seen an especially large raptor that landed on one of the light posts on the perimeter fence of the kibbutz. I did not have my binoculars with me, so I could not make an … Continue reading
Imperial Eagle right outside Lotan (Feb 27, 2011)
I was birding around the kibbutz relatively late during the day yesterday, seeing some of the wintering species that are here, also seeing a few tree pipits that came in. Suddenly I glimpsed a shadow above me, and noticed a … Continue reading