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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

birds

A barn owl at the Attica Zoological Park, near Athens, on January 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stravrakis)
January 29, 2025, 3:40 pm
An unlikely symbol of cooperation, the barn owl unites Jordanian and Israeli scientists
Experts from 12 countries convene in Greece for project that began as Jordanian-Israeli collaboration to protect rodent-eating bird of prey that is boon to farmers across Mideast
By Derek Gatopoulos
In this photo taken on October 15, 2017, a Great White Pelican prepares to land in the Mishmar HaSharon reservoir in the Hefer Valley, central Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
October 3, 2022, 5:49 am
Israel cutting back on feeding migrating pelicans to keep new bird flu outbreak away
After disease spread to wild birds last year, the INPA says feeding programs that concentrated them were part of the problem, though unclear if new policy will also apply to cranes
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative photo of a Barn Owl. (photo credit: CC BY-SA paddynapper, Flickr)
September 8, 2022, 7:08 pm
Israeli use of barn owls to control rodents heading to N. Africa, UAE
‘We failed with the dove of peace. The barn owl is doing much better,’ says veteran ornithologist and project creator Yossi Leshem
By Sue Surkes
A dead common kestrel at the foot of a wind turbine at Sirin in 2017. (Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
July 20, 2022, 5:19 am
Environment minister seeks moratorium on new wind farms to probe impact on nature
Ministry says 200 new turbines, some as high as Israel’s tallest towers, planned for gusty Golan and other areas, endangering wildlife, with protective tech having ‘zero effect’
By Sue Surkes
The first Israeli fishpond to undergo rewilding by the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, and to be tested as a basis for carbon credits by Terrra, Kfar Ruppin, March 27, 2022. (Shai Ben Aharon)
May 10, 2022, 4:22 am
Drain the swamp? Israeli startup sees green bonanza in rewilding wetlands instead
‘Israel’s first nature-based carbon trading project’ sees Terrra working with ecology group to rehab fishponds, sell pollution credits and create vital stops for migrating birds
By Sue Surkes
Eurasian golden oriole specimens from the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University. (TAU)
April 5, 2022, 8:26 pm
Study: Birds in Israel may be changing shape in response to global warming
TAU researchers suggest morphological changes enable birds to shed more heat; but they worry that as planet continues to warm, birds may run out of coping mechanisms
By Sue Surkes
A huge flock of birds can be seen suddenly dying and falling from the sky in northern Mexico, Feb. 7, 2022. (screenshot)
February 14, 2022, 6:20 pm
In Mexico mystery, video shows flock of birds falling from the sky
While cause of mass death unclear, local vet suggests the winged creatures could have died from inhaling toxic smoke or perching on power line during an overload
By ToI Staff
Gathering the carcasses of wild cranes killed by avian flu at the Hula Lake Nature Reserve in northern Israel, December 27. (Hadas Kahaner, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
December 29, 2021, 9:09 pm
Avian flu killing birds in Israel could jump to humans, warns epidemiologist
Prof. Amnon Lahad calls prospect of virus crossing species ‘very concerning,’ as Health Ministry advises Israelis to avoid sick birds and not to buy unregulated chicken, eggs
By Nathan Jeffay
A houbara bustard in flight. (Shmulik Ya'ari, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
August 27, 2021, 5:19 am
Israeli population of endangered dancing bird seen leveling off
Rangers count 400 nationwide, 246 of them in Negev Desert, but dangers still threaten rare fowl known for distinctive mating jig
By Sue Surkes
An artist's illustration of an ancient Moa bird being hunted by humans (From the book 'Extinct Monsters,' 1897)
August 11, 2021, 8:31 pm
Humans wiped out hundreds of bird species in last 50,000 years — Israeli study
Reviewing scientific literature, researchers find at least 400 species that disappeared around the world shortly after humans arrived on the scene
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
Rufous-tailed scrub-robin. (Yoav Perlman)
March 10, 2021, 2:33 am
Habitat loss, hunting, climate change taking toll on Israel’s birds — expert
Ornithologist Yoav Perlman calls for ‘rewilding’ of certain habitats to stem losses as migratory species and fowl that breed locally suffer decline, though others see gains
By Sue Surkes
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
Long-legged buzzard seen via livecam set up by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority and the Society for the Protection of Nature. (Screenshot)
February 19, 2020, 2:07 pm
Cameras allow peeping from afar at private lives of predatory birds
For fifth year, Raptor Nestcam unobtrusively records lives of several raptor species, starting with long-legged buzzards and griffon vultures
By Sue Surkes
The invasive common myna (Acridotheres tristis). (Ehud Fast)
December 18, 2019, 12:47 am
3 non-native birds helping to spur significant decline in local species — study
Over past 15 years, white spectacled bulbul population down 45% in urban areas, house sparrows by 28%, as myna birds and parakeets take over
By Sue Surkes
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