Bird watching

In Hula Valley, a Hanukkah crane ritual connects modern families, ancient texts - opinion

Israel’s bird migrations offer a Hanukkah ritual that echoes the natural world Jeremiah once used to teach his people.

Wings beat in perfect unison, massive birds rising into the brightening sky.
Parisian psychologist Catherine Hervais holds a pigeon's toeless foot showing the consequence strings can have on the bird on her daily mission to care for the capital's pigeons in front of the Centre Pompidou (aka Beaubourg) in Paris, France, November 4, 2025.

Sharks, pigeons may have something in common - the electric sensors in their ears - study

The golden thrush (Zoothera aurea), spotted for the first time in Israel on October 30, 2025.

White's thrush spotted in Israel for the first time by local birdwatcher

 The gull which traveled from Portugal to Israel was tagged, allowing researchers to trace its path.

From Portugal to Israel: The gull that traveled the longest distance ever


Huge groups of migratory birds flock to Eilat for annual visit

The feathered guests come to Eilat every year as an important stop on their migration patterns, but their numbers are in sharp decline in recent years.

A huge group of white-winged terns are seen flocking to Eilat.

Fair-feathered news: Israel welcomes first-ever Chinese pond heron

The bird itself is fairly common, but this is the first time it has ever been seen in Israel.

A Chinese pond heron is spotted at Jerusalem's Botanical Gardens.

Starling flocks shift shape in the skies over Israel

The birds that come in from Russia and East Europe every winter, swooped, pivoted and soared, taking the shape of clouds and giant creatures in the skies.

A murmuration of starlings fly above a garbage dump near Beersheba

Crowdsourcing NGO purchases 700 acres in Brazil, Kenya for conservation

This year, for the first time, TiME will acquire two plots of land in a single year: 500 acres in Brazil's Atlantic forest and 200 acres in the Dakatcha woodland in Kenya.

Northern brown howler monkey

Bird-watching amid the coronavirus pandemic: We can't travel, but they can

Take a jaunt up North and spend some time with these “tourists.”

Hula Nature Reserve

Birds o’ Baka

Birds can’t close their windows and turn on their air conditioners like we can.

‘THE ‘KEETS and the crows like the same trees, but not at the same time.’

Biblically mislabelled, Israel's griffon vultures get new lease of life

But for a network of Israeli conservationists, the bird still has pride of place in the land whose ancient prophets saw in its soaring flight a metaphor for religious exaltation.

A griffon vulture lands in an area, used as a feeding station, where carrion is left by conservationists as part of a national project to protect and increase the population of the protected bird in Israel, in southern Israel.

Swiss chief of staff who learned to fly jets from Israelis dies at 75

Christophe Keckeis, Switzerland’s Chief of the General Staff and Chief of the Armed Forces, was a great friend of Israel.

CHRISTOPHE ‘PILO’ KECKEIS

Ambassadors at Hula Lake Park: “Opportunity for Shared Learning and Cooperation”

“Birds have no passports, nor do they stop at borders. We human beings could learn a great deal from them,” said Manuel Gómez-Acebo, Spanish Ambassador to Israel

Foreign diplomats at the Hula Lake Park bird-ringing station, with ornithologist Shai Agmon. By Yoav Devir, KKL-JNF

Israel's Hula Valley offers bird watchers an unrivaled experience

A visit to the Hula Valley Nature Reserve and the new KKL visitors center lets you enjoy a bird-like flying experience and interactive attractions, alongside old-school bird watching.

Cranes get ready to sleep