I continued with the intensive work in the Beit She'an Valley also
this autumn to collect moult data. This period produced more than 1300 birds
ringed of 64 different species. The interesting or irregular species were 1 Black-winged
Kite (in mist net…), 30 Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters, 60 Red-throated Pipits, 2 Richard's
Pipits, 5 Tawny Pipits, 2 Citrine Wagtails, 26 Isabelline Wheatears, 23 Marsh
Warblers (big number), 1 Isabelline Shrike, 6 Lesser Grey Shrikes and 376 Dead
sea Sparrows.
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| Black-winged Kite |
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| Isabelline Shrike |
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| Lesser Grey Shrike |
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| Richard's Pipit |
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| Dead-sea Sparrow |
In Tzor'a Valley I worked intensively during 12-14 September. This
session was relative poorer, produced only 240 birds of 21 different species. Two
interesting species were Red-footed Falcon (7) and Roller (2).
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| Red-footed Falcon - male |
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| Red-footed Falcon |
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| Red-footed Falcon |
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| Red-footed Falcon - female |
Thanks to Ron Efrat, Rafi Paz, Itai Bloch, Ezra Jasper, Arad
Ben-David, Michaela Zinkin, Avner Rinot 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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| Roller's wing |