| Monday October 7th 2013 |
| | Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) |
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Yokne'am, Israel. (photo:  )
(seen/heard by: S. Agmon) (YP) |
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| Sunday October 6th 2013 |
| | Paddyfield Warbler (Acrocephalus agricola) |
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Hula Lake, Israel. (photo: )
Ringed. 9th for Israel..
(seen/heard by: F. Argyle) (YP) |
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| Tuesday September 3rd 2013 |
| | Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis) |
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Ein Hamifratz fishponds, Acre Valley, Israel. (photo: )
New bird or one of the summer's two dispersing?.
(seen/heard by: I. Shimshon) (YP) |
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| Saturday August 10th 2013 |
| | Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax) |
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2cy , Kiryat Gat, Israel. (photo: )
5th record if accepted.
(seen/heard by: E. Hadad et al.) (YP) |
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| Friday August 9th 2013 |
| | Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax) |
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2cy , Kiryat Gat, Israel. (photo: )
5th record if accepted.
(seen/heard by: E. Hadad) (YP) |
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| Thursday August 1st 2013 |
| | Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus) |
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Ma'agan Michael, Israel. (photo: )
3rd, 4th or 5th record for Israel if accepted, ssp. atrifrons. Still present.
(seen/heard by: I. Solnik, E. Jasper and N. Goldberg et al) (YP) (updated: 1/8 13:07 YP) |
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| Wednesday July 31st 2013 |
| | Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus) |
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Ma'agan Michael, Israel. (photo: )
3rd, 4th or 5th record for Israel if accepted, ssp. atrifrons. Relocated today..
(seen/heard by: I. Solnik, E. Jasper and N. Goldberg) (YP) |
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| Friday July 26th 2013 |
| | Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus) |
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Alexander estuary, Med. coast, Israel. (photo: )
3rd, 4th or 5th record for Israel if accepted, ssp. atrifrons.
(seen/heard by: I. Solnik) (YP) |
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| Thursday July 25th 2013 |
| | Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) |
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North Beach, Eilat, Israel.
5th record but first since 1988.
(seen/heard by: I. Shanni) (YP) |
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| Saturday July 13th 2013 |
| | Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) |
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North Beach, Eilat, Israel.
(seen/heard by: I. Shanni) (YP) |
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| Friday July 12th 2013 |
| | Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis) |
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Bet Netofa Valley, Galilee, Israel. (photo: )
Second bird!.
(seen/heard by: Y. Koren et al.) (YP) (updated: 14/7 21:08 YP) |
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Tel Yosef fishponds, Bet She'an valley, Israel. (photo: )
20th record for Israel but first since 1997. Still present..
(seen/heard by: Irad Solnik et al) (YP) (updated: 13/7 09:44 YP) |
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| Saturday July 6th 2013 |
| | Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis) |
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Tel Yosef fishponds, Bet She'an valley, Israel. (photo: )
20th record for Israel but first since 1997. Still present..
(seen/heard by: Irad Solnik et al) (YP) |
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| Thursday June 13th 2013 |
| | Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis) |
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Tel Yosef fishponds, Bet She'an valley, Israel. (photo: )
20th record for Israel but first since 1997. Still present..
(seen/heard by: Irad Solnik et al) (YP) (updated: 13/6 21:30 YP) |
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| Friday May 31st 2013 |
| | Pied Bush Chat (Saxicola caprata) |
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2cy male, south of Tirat Zvi fishponds, Bet She'an Valley, Israel. (photo: )
8th record for Israel .
(seen/heard by: A. Rinot) (YP) |
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| Monday May 27th 2013 |
| | Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis) |
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Tel Yosef fishponds, Bet She'an valley, Israel. (photo: )
20th record for Israel but first since 1997.
(seen/heard by: Irad Solnik) (YP) |
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| Wednesday May 15th 2013 |
| | Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus) |
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adult on migration, Elkana, Israel.
8th record for Israel if accepted, and first adult.
(seen/heard by: N. Kave) (YP) |
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| Friday May 3rd 2013 |
| | Greater Painted Snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) |
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Ya'ar pond, near Hadera, Israel.
(seen/heard by: N. Pevzner) (YP) |
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| Monday April 8th 2013 |
| | Caspian Plover (Charadrius asiaticus) |
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Yotvata, Israel.
(DM) |
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| | Black Scrub Robin (Cercotrichas podobe) |
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Yotvata , Israel.
(seen/heard by: David Monticelli) (DM) |
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| Wednesday April 3rd 2013 |
| | Grey-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus) |
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2cy, KM19 sewage, Eilat, Israel.
4th for Israel if accepted, first since 1989. .
(seen/heard by: P. Osterblad) (YP) |
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| Monday April 1st 2013 |
| | Kurdish Wheatear (Oenanthe xanthoprymna) |
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male, Har Amasa, Israel.
(seen/heard by: E. Dvir) (YP) |
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| Sunday March 31st 2013 |
| | Black Kite (Milvus migrans) |
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juv., 1 km North of the Rehovot cemetry, Israel.
re-identified as Black Kite without tail.
(source: IOC via Facebook) (MBH) (updated: 31/3 18:25 SW) |
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| Saturday March 16th 2013 |
| | Black Scrub Robin (Cercotrichas podobe) |
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2 Neot Smadar, 1 Eilat, Israel. (photo: )
(seen/heard by: M. Bruun, E. Valstra (NS), Dutch birders (Eilat)) (YP) |
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| Friday November 30th 2012 |
| | Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus) |
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Urim, NW Negev, Israel. (photo: )
2nd for Israel, first was in winter 1984/5.
(seen/heard by: M. Cohen et al) (YP) |
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| Saturday November 10th 2012 |
| | Oriental Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) |
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1cy , Nafha, C Negev, Israel. (photo: )
ssp. meena. 9th record for Israel..
(seen/heard by: S. Alterman et al.) (YP) (updated: 10/11 22:01 YP) |
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| Thursday October 18th 2012 |
| | Pied Bush Chat (Saxicola caprata) |
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1cy male, Yeroham, C Negev, Israel. (photo: )
7th for Israel.
(seen/heard by: E. Shochat) (source: Yoav Perlman's birding in Israel blog) (YP) (updated: 18/10 15:33 RSN) |
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| Wednesday October 17th 2012 |
| | Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus) |
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Hulda, Judean Lowlands, Israel. (photo: )
7th for Israel, just a few days after the sixth.
(seen/heard by: E. Banker) (YP) |
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| Friday October 12th 2012 |
| | Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus) |
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Yeroham, C Negev, Israel. (photo: )
Ringed. 6th record for Israel.
(seen/heard by: R. Livne & Y. Zvik) (YP) (updated: 12/10 22:56 RSN) |
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| Sunday May 13th 2012 |
| | Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) |
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female, KM19 sewage, Eilat, Israel.
First for Eilat.
(seen/heard by: N. Weiss et al.) (YP) |
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| Wednesday March 21st 2012 |
| | Mourning Wheatear (Oenanthe lugens) |
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Uvda Valley, Israel. (photo: )
Basalt Wheatear Oenanthe 'basalti'. 5th for Israel if accepted..
(seen/heard by: I. Berger & D. Berkovic) (source: http://www.israbirdcenter.org/rarebirds/1pagerare.htm) (YP) |
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| Sunday March 4th 2012 |
| | Crested Honey Buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus) |
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Eilat Date Plantations, Israel.
regular wintering female.
(source: Bosse Carlsson via SMS) (RB) |
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| Saturday January 28th 2012 |
| | Great Shearwater (Ardenna gravis) |
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off Haifa, Israel.
6th for Israel if accepted.
(seen/heard by: T. Khan) (YP) |
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| | European Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) |
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Ashdod, Israel. (photo: )
5th for Israel if accepted.
(seen/heard by: A. Ben Dov) (YP) |
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| Sunday January 15th 2012 |
| | South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) |
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Jaffa, Israel.
3rd for Israel if accepted, first for the Mediterranean.
(seen/heard by: B. Granit et al.) (YP) |
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| Sunday December 18th 2011 |
| | Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) |
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female, Mt. Bar'on, Golan Heights, Israel. (photo: )
1st for Israel! Also 2 Radde's Accentors at the same site.
(seen/heard by: F. Moffat and T. Khan) (YP) (updated: 18/12 19:03 YP) |
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| Saturday December 17th 2011 |
| | Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) |
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Mt. Bar'on, Golan Heights, Israel.
1st for Israel!.
(seen/heard by: F. Moffat and T. Khan) (YP) |
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| Thursday December 8th 2011 |
| | Tundra Bean Goose (Anser serrirostris) |
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Kfar Baruch reservoir, Israel.
2nd for Israel, ssp. fabalis - Taiga Bean Goose.
(source: http://www.israbirdcenter.org/rarebirds/1pagerare.htm) (YP) |
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| Sunday November 27th 2011 |
| | Grey Hypocolius (Hypocolius ampelinus) |
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male, IBRCE, Eilat, Israel.
(seen/heard by: B. Granit et al.) (source: http://www.israbirdcenter.org/rarebirds/1pagerare.htm) (YP) |
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| Saturday November 19th 2011 |
| | Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus) |
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1cy male, Eilat cemetary, Israel. (photo: )
2nd for Israel.
(seen/heard by: James P. Smith et al.) (YP) |
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| Thursday November 17th 2011 |
| | Hume's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus humei) |
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Mitzpe Ramon, Israel. (photo: )
(seen/heard by: R. Shaish and Y. Perlman) (source: http://www.israbirdcenter.org/rarebirds/1pagerare.htm) (YP) |
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| Thursday November 10th 2011 |
| | Pin-tailed Snipe (Gallinago stenura) |
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Tsor'a, Israel. (photo: )
ringed. 3rd confirmed record for Israel, all ringed. Another 6-7 records involve individuals probably of this species seen in the field, when Swinhoe's Snipe G. megala cannot be ruled out..
(seen/heard by: Y. Kiat et al.) (source: http://www.israbirdcenter.org/rarebirds/1pagerare.htm) (YP) (updated: 10/11 21:38 YP) |
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| Sunday October 16th 2011 |
| | Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) |
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1cy, Sde Boker, Israel. (photo: )
ringed, possible.
(seen/heard by: Darren Burns et al.) (YP) |
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| Saturday October 1st 2011 |
| | Blyth's Pipit (Anthus godlewskii) |
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Bet Kama, N Negev, Israel.
4th for Israel if accepted.
(seen/heard by: Y. Perlman) (source: http://nubijar.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-fest.html) (YP) |
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| Saturday September 24th 2011 |
| | Greater Painted Snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) |
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male, Hama'apil fishpinds, Hefer Valley, Israel. (photo: )
(seen/heard by: H. Ganzer) (source: http://www.israbirdcenter.org/rarebirds/1pagerare.htm) (YP) |
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| Monday September 19th 2011 |
| | Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola) |
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Wadi Eshboren /N Arava, Israel.
12th record for Israel if accepted.
(source: Israel IOC Birds and Birding) (MBH) |
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| Wednesday August 10th 2011 |
| | Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) |
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Revadim, Israel. (photo: )
(seen/heard by: Y. Perlman) (YP) |
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| Thursday August 4th 2011 |
| | Dunn's Lark (Eremalauda dunni) |
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Shezaf NR, Arava, Israel.
(seen/heard by: D. Rotem et al.) (source: http://www.israbirdcenter.org/rarebirds/1pagerare.htm) (YP) |
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| Saturday June 4th 2011 |
| | Green Warbler (Phylloscopus nitidus) |
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Ashdod, Israel. (photo: )
Ringed. 6th record for Israel..
(seen/heard by: Y. Perlman et al.) (YP) |
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| Thursday May 19th 2011 |
| | Grey Hypocolius (Hypocolius ampelinus) |
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female, Samar, S Arava, Israel.
(seen/heard by: E. Sadan et al.) (YP) |
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