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


Jerusalem haven for migrating birds celebrates 25th anniversary

The Nili and David Jerusalem Bird Observatory offers a welcoming habitat for a wide range of native and migratory species.

Bird 311

Iranian migrating birds fall victim to widespread food poisoning

"The number of carcasses grew daily over the course of a week from 2,000 to 6,000, and local officials expect to find another 2,000 soon," Ebtekar newspaper reported.

Pelicans flying

Migrating starlings put on dazzling show in southern Israel

Starlings perch on power lines near Kiryat Gat, southern Israel January 1, 2020.

The great egret in Israel: Like a ballet dancer

The great egret

Winter migration provides dazzling spectacle for birdwatchers

A number of Israeli beauty spots offer the perfect backdrop to watch the birds fly south.

Bathers enjoy a visit to Einot Tzukim nature reserve

Who is the hoopoe? Israel's national bird - watch

The hoopoe is known in Eretz Israel for millennia.

The hoopoe

'A hunter's hope': Snaring birds in warring Afghanistan

"I have learned different types of hunting from my ancestors because they were hunters too," said 49-year-old Jan Agha, a farmer in Parwan province.

A bird flies over the Atlas Mountains

Thousands of pelicans migrate over Hula Lake - watch

The Hula Valley is visited by more than half a billion birds during the migrating season.

Migrating birds over the Hula valley

Week of events in Israeli desert celebrates nature

"24/Nature" event held in memory of Prof. Amotz Zehavi, reknowned zoologist.

A laughingthrush lands on a birdwatcher's binoculars.

'Opium-addicted' parrots terrorize Indian poppy farmers

"These opium-addicted parrots are wreaking havoc," Nandkishore, a local poppy cultivator said to NDTV.

Parrots land on a tree in the morning at Khati Waas village in the northern Indian state of Haryana December 29, 2005