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The carcass of one of around 30 white storks killed by electrocution in the central Jordan Valley, Auagust 17, 2026 (Yuval Bashan, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)
August 17, 2026, 1:33 pm
Officials urge action as dozens of storks electrocuted on Jordan Valley power lines
Reporting new discovery of 30 electrocuted birds, Society for Protection of Nature calls on Electric Corporation to insulate poles. IEC: Plans advancing to bury some infrastructure
By Sue Surkes
Dried up fishponds in Emek Maayanot, April 2026 (Courtesy)
April 19, 2026, 4:38 pm
Green in the valley: Israel’s abandoned fishponds are turning into a solar goldmine
In a pathbreaking deal, a project in northern Israel will generate clean energy, restore natural habitats, and share profits between local kibbutzim and the city of Beit She’an
By Aviv Lavie
Gray Cranes at the Hula Lake Park in the Hula valley in northern Israel, November 16, 2017. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)
March 10, 2026, 4:50 pm
War will not interrupt annual migration of millions of birds through Israel — expert
Even the conflict will not stop birds from rushing to get the best nesting spots in their usual breeding areas, says KKL-JNF chief ornithologist
By Sue Surkes
On a misty day, gray cranes feed on a field not yet sown just outside the Hula Lake Park in northern Israel, December 22, 2024. Alex Kolomoisky/KKL-JNF)
December 23, 2024, 7:09 pm
Pioneering KKL-JNF laser beam tech aims to keep wild cranes off farmers’ fields
First-of-its kind system in world uses cameras, lasers and AI without harming birds; it’s set to debut next year at newly reopened Hula Lake Park, where crane numbers are down due to war
By Sue Surkes
Dozens of Orthodox Jews hold signs during a protest outside a Christian Embassy Feast of Tabernacles eventa t the Pais Arena stadium in Jerusalem on October 3, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 5, 2023, 12:40 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 5: Why Orthodox radicals are spitting at the hand that feeds them
Diplomatic reporter Tal Schneider on coalition’s response to latest harassment of Christians in Jerusalem; environment reporter Sue Surkes discusses worrying soft coral discovery
By ToI Staff
Cranes arrive at the Hula Lake Park in northern Israel, October 4, 2023. (Inbar Shlomit Rubin)
October 4, 2023, 11:56 pm
First cranes of fall season arrive at Hula Lake nature reserve
Some 90,000 cranes expected to pass through or winter at northern lake, joining flamingos, cormorants, pelicans, raptors and other bird species at popular tourist site
By Sue Surkes
Participants in ths ninth annual Champions of the Flyway international bird-spotting contest, photographed in Eilat, southern Israel, March 27, 2023. (Dov Greenblat, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)
March 28, 2023, 7:42 pm
Birders gather in southern Israel for 24-hour spotting contest
More than 150 competitors from as far afield as Colombia, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Finland and the UK raise over $35,000 to protect the illegally hunted rare red-breasted goose
By Sue Surkes
Great white pelicans swim at a water reservoir at Mishmar HaSharon in Hefer Valley, Israel, November 4, 2022. (Oded Balilty/AP)
November 6, 2022, 2:29 pm
Heading for Africa, thousands of great white pelicans make annual stopover in Israel
Israel Nature and Parks Authority sets out fresh fish for feathered visitors to help them on their way as they migrate south for the winter
By ToI Staff
The first cranes of the fall migration season arrive at the Hula Lake Park is northern Israel, October 11, 2022. (Inbar Shlomit Rubin, KKL)
October 11, 2022, 8:55 pm
First cranes of the fall migration season arrive at Hula Lake
Up to 90,000 of these birds are expected to pass through Israel this season, of which 30,000 to 40,000 will stay until March
By Sue Surkes
A man uses his smart phone to capture birds fly as the sun sets the over the Mediterranean Sea in the Israeli Arab village of Jisr al-Zarqa, Israel, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
September 8, 2022, 9:30 am
Bird experts: Mass migration poses ‘scary’ flight safety risk at Ben Gurion Airport
Airports Authority is urged change to flight paths to avoid 500 million birds traversing Israel, a biannual ‘aviation safety issue par excellence’
By Ash Obel
Great white pelicans gather at a reservoir in Mishmar HaSharon north of Tel Aviv on October 11, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)
From the WebNovember 9, 2021, 1:37 pm
Israel sets up pelican havens to protect local fisheries during migration
Some 45,000 hungry pelicans fly over Israel as they head south every autumn, Reuters reports, setting up an annual challenge
Illustrative: An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy runs near a giant bonfire, during celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Lag B'Omer in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood, April 28, 2013. (Yaakov Naumi/ Flash90)
April 29, 2021, 1:43 pm
Daily Briefing Apr. 29: Lag B’Omer’s inflamed political, environmental disasters
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By ToI Staff
Greater flamingo at the International Birding and Research Center Eilat. (Noam Weiss, IBRCE)
April 17, 2021, 10:17 am
A key stop on the great bird flyway, Eilat sees steep dive in migrating flocks
Habitat destruction, pesticides, hunting, invasive species, manmade obstacles such as wind turbines and high voltage power lines all take a toll, but reliable research lacking
By Sue Surkes
Flamingos (aka Phoenicopterus Roseus) are pictured at a reservoir in Atlit, north of Tel Aviv on October 13, 2020. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
October 14, 2020, 1:23 pm
En route to Africa, flamingos make stop near Haifa
Migration route takes birds to Atlit reservoir before flying south for the winter
By ToI Staff
A common redstart, photographed in Jerusalem (Courtesy Dudu Ben Or)
April 22, 2020, 10:33 pm
When stay-at-home rules help you learn you’re living in a huge salad bowl
Foraged greens, clearer birdsong and prime wildlife documentaries: Nature comes into focus on this Earth Day in the time of coronavirus
By Jessica Steinberg
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