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Tag Archives: Lotan
Birding Update Mid-January, 2012
It has been unusually cold in the Arava desert the past two weeks, and we even had a few sprinklings of rain, nothing really measureable but yet quite refreshing. The White-fronted Goose that I did not see at the Yotvata … Continue reading
Posted in Birding Field Reports, Birding Field Reports 2012
Tagged Corn Bunting, Desert Wheatear, House Sparrows, Lotan
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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
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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
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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
Birding update last week of October, 2010
Storks, storks and more storks After having guided a German group around the country for six days, I came back home to Kibbutz Lotan, and took a day to look around to see what kinds of birds were around. While … Continue reading
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Tagged Bluethroat, Grey Herons, Lotan, marsh harrier, southern Arava, western reef heron, Wheatears, white storks
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End of August 2010 birding update
The migration season is definitely underway, but still slowly. We have had a very hot summer, but although we did not break any records this year, we did have temperatures that topped 45 degrees Celsius, and, different from previous summers, … Continue reading
Birding Report 10.4.2010
As stated before, spring migration has been very different from previous years. I have had the opportunity to speak to several birders who have been here in the past week to get updates as to what has been going on. … Continue reading