I continued with the intensive work in the Beit She'an Valley to
collect moult data. This period produced more than 1200 birds ringed of 65 different
species. The interesting or irregular species in my nets were 1 Little Grebe, 3
Teals, 1 Black Stork (in mist net…), 1 Temminck's Stint, 6 Blue-cheeked
Bee-eater, 2 Red-throated Pipit, 1 Tawny Pipit, 12 White Wagtail, 313 Yellow
Wagtail, 1 Citrine Wagtail, 19 Isabelline Wheatear, 2 Eastern Stonechat, 67 Cetti's
Warbler (big number), and 43 Desert Finch.
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| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater |
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| Desert Finch |
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| Little Bittern |
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| Tawny Pipit |
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| Isabelline Wheatear |
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| Citrine Wagtail - adult female |
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| Eastern Stonechat - first year male |
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| Little Grebe |
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| Teal |
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| Black Stork |
In Tzor'a Valley I worked intensively during 20-24 September. This
session produced also nice figures, 1400 birds of 35 different species. Most
were Swallows (370) and Willow Warblers (700). Two interesting species were
Balkan Warbler and Common Rosefinch.
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| Yellow Wagtail - adult male |
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| Common Rosefinch |
Thanks to Ron Efrat, Ezra Jasper, Arad Ben-David and Kobi Meyrom for
their assistance. Also to the British team, Terry Southall, Gary Goddard, Mike
Jackson & Christopher Southall, who worked in Beit She'an Valley during
this period and joined some nice sessions.
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| European Bee-eater - second year after partial moult |
