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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 565

Hula Lake Park

Security forces at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Yemen hit near a playground in Jaffa on December 21, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
December 24, 2024, 1:32 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 24: Day 445 – IDF rethinks ballistic missiles for long-range attacks
Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses a gag order lifted in the PM’s office leak case; ecology reporter Sue Surkes talks about the Hula nature reserve and ecological sandals
By Jessica Steinberg, Tal Schneider and 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
A dead crane in a flooded field in the Hula Valley. (Nadav Israeli, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)
February 15, 2024, 7:29 pm
As avian flu rises in Hula Valley cranes, authorities spar over who collects carcasses
While Agriculture Ministry, Nature and Parks Authority argue, farmers see more crane corpses in fields; Hula reserve closed; fears that virus could spiral into epidemic, as in 2021
By Sue Surkes
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
Cranes fly in formation out of Israel and into Syria on the Golan Heights, December 14, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
March 21, 2023, 2:13 pm
Number of overwintering cranes in Hula Valley drops as authorities reduce feeding
After last year’s bird flu killed at least 8,000 gray cranes, the park is giving out less corn to control crowding; farmers now await compensation for expected damage to crops
By Sue Surkes
A 'Keep Out' sign at Moshav Beit Herut in central Israel warns of a bird flu outbreak, November 28, 2022. (Agriculture Ministry)
November 28, 2022, 8:36 pm
Bird flu detected in Israel in 2nd case within days
Nature authorities closely monitoring wild birds, weighing whether to stop feeding cranes in northern Israel to prevent crowding, avoid risk of last year’s mass infection
By Sue Surkes
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
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
The carcass of a crane, infected by avian flu, at the Hula Valley Nature Reserve in northern Israel, on December 23, 2021. (Shlomit Shavit, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
December 23, 2021, 8:29 pm
A fifth of wild cranes in Israel thought to be infected with fatal bird flu
Authorities expect to have to clear 25 to 30 tons of crane carcasses after H5N1 virus spread from northern moshav, where farmers failed to report poultry deaths on time
By Sue Surkes
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
Tourism Minister Yariv Levin (left) and Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai try out hand cycles on newly-adapted accessible bike paths at the dedication of the Accessible Cycling Complex on July 28, 2016. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
July 28, 2016, 11:04 pm
Tel Aviv rolls toward accessibility with new adaptive cycling center
The city and the Tourism Ministry ramp up NIS 5.7 million initiative for Accessible Cycling Complex with bike paths
By Melanie Lidman
The classic silhouette of a flycatcher, 'with the tail pumped up and wings pointing down.' (photo credit: Yoav Perlman)
October 11, 2013, 11:59 am
Get outside for a no-fail fall
It’s time for some birds, boats and sea quills during this glorious autumnal season
By Jessica Steinberg
Birds flying over the Hula Lake in the Hula Valley in December (Haim Shohat/Flash90)
April 1, 2012, 8:03 pm
Bird-watching centers aim to attract flocks of tourists
Cabinet to spend NIS 37 million on new ornithological centers in the Negev and Galilee
By Michal Shmulovich
An undated photo of cranes at the Hula Lake Reserve in northern Israel. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
February 6, 2012, 12:22 pm
Flocking tourists driving birds away from Hula Valley
Fewer visiting birds could mean fewer visiting humans, report warns
By Stuart Winer
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