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>> Monthly Summaries
January 2009Tomer Landsberger Below is a summary featuring the most interesting observations from this month, based on reports from the ISRABIRDNET mailing list and other sources. | |||||||||
| Mute Swan (Cygnus olor): 5 at Nahsholim fishponds, 24/Jan onwards (C. Rozen). | |||||||||
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| Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina): 1 at En HaNaziv fishponds, 30/Jan (A. Rinot). | |||||||||
| White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla): 1 1st winter near Noam, Judean plains, 05/Jan (R. Shaish, E. Hadad). | |||||||||
| Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus): 5 South-east of Zavitan Junction, Golan, 10/Jan and 4 near Katzrin 0n 31/Jan (E. Banker); 1 at Wadi Samech, 14/Jan (L. Kislev). | |||||||||
| Crested Honey Buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus): the bird which wintered last yead has returned to Eilat's date plantation (O. Joensson et al.). | |||||||||
| American Golden Plover (Pluvialis Dominica): the bird from Ma'agan Michael was relocated at Acre north beach, 24/Jan (S. Haham). | |||||||||
| Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla): 1 off Eilat's north beach, 02/Jan (S. Alterman). | |||||||||
| Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus): 1 still present at Acre beach (S. Haham). | |||||||||
| Pale Scops Owl (Otus brucei): 1 at Wadi Ketura throughout the month (S. Alterman, O. Horine). | |||||||||
| Oriental Skylark (Alauda orientallis): up to 7-9 at Yotvata fields, 02/Jan (S. Alterman, A. Ben Dov). | |||||||||
| Thick-billed Lark (Rhamphocorys clotbey): 17 near Shivta, 22/Jan (T. Magen). | |||||||||
| Hoopoe Lark (Alaemon alaudipes): 1 at Ha'Meyshar, 02/Jan (A. Ben Dov). | |||||||||
| Buff-bellied Pipit (Anthus japonicus): 7+ at Yotvata fields, 02/Jan (S. Alterman, A. Ben Dov); 1 at Ma'agan Michael, 09/Jan (C. Rozen). | |||||||||
| Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni): 2 in Eliphaz date plantation, 01/Jan (O. Joensson). | |||||||||
| Kurdish Wheatear (Oenanthe xanthoprimna): 2 birds were still present at Wadi Heimar and Mishmar on 03/Jan (Y. Perlman et al.). | |||||||||
| Black Bush Robin (Cercotrichas podobe): 1 still present near Yoseftal hospital, Eilat. | |||||||||
| Hume's Warbler (Philoscopus humeii): 1 at Kfar Ruppin, 16/Jan (Y. Dax et al.). | |||||||||
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| Goldcrest (Regulus regulus): birds were still present in several sites in the Golan and Galilee. | |||||||||
| Steppe Shrike (Lanius pallidirostris): 1 at the Hula re-flooded area, 04/Jan (I. Shanni). | |||||||||
| Pine Bunting (Emberiza leucocephala): 1-2 female type in Jerusalem, 18/Jan (G. Perlman). . | |||||||||
 Wood Lark (Lullula arborea) Latron area, Nov.04 |
 Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni) Kfar-Ruppin turf fields, Oct.06 |
 Trumpeter Finch (Bucanetes githagineus) Eilat area, Dec.05 |
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