Jordan Valley Bird watching center

Great bird !!!

Amazing find of Arabian Lark!!! by Ophir Lotan in the fields of Kfar Ruppin at noon today. I went to see it, it is the best you can ask for these days... @JordanWatching @BirdingInIsrael @westpalbirds

What a fantastic bird!! Three banded Plover - Charadrius tricollaris, 1st record for Israel. Found yesterday by Shahar Alterman at Maayan Zvi fishponds. Digiscoped with @SwarovskiOptik ATX. @flywaychampions #mega

Check out our group for the Champions of the Flyway 2020 This year we are #steppeupforeagles raising funds to save Steppe Eagles. champions-of-the-flyway.com/jvbs/ @BirdingInIsrael @flywaychampions @FXMbirding @AlanDaviesbirds @yoavperlman

The Little 'uns are back on theb #COTF20 playing field - good luck raising funds and awareness for this year's campaign to #SteppeUpForEagles!

Spring time is just around the corner... birdwatching.org.il/en/

Please welcome back THE BUNTINGS! These dedicated birder-conservationists are once again running their race on foot, but can they beat other green teams or indeed their own record set last year? Find out more about them here: champions-of-the-flyway.com/buntings-2/ #SteppeUpForEagles #COTF20

More of the great birding of the Beit Shean Valley. @BirdingInIsrael @SwarovskiOptik @KahnTuvia @FXMbirding @dutchbirding @yoavperlman

A wonderful morning around Kfar Ruppin. Pallid Harrier, Greater Spotted Eagles , Pallas's Gulls , Little Green Bee-eaters, Oriental Skylarks and Isabelline Shrike. You don't need moor then that. @JordanWatching @BirdingInIsrael @FXMbirding

Dear friends, time has come to Step(pe) it up! in 2020 Champions of the Flyway is taking a stand for STEPPE EAGLES. 80% of the worlds Steppe Eagles nest in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, they are suffering heavy losses. learn more, Retweet and donate today! champions-of-the-flyway.com

This morning in the fields of the Bet Shean Valley: At least 4 Oriental Skylarks still present. A single juvenile Bonelli's Eagle and at least 15 GSEagles also present. Wishing all a great week. @JordanWatching @SwarovskiOptik @BirdingInIsrael @dutchbirding

Teams up and running for @flywaychampions and need your money. We won't be there but want to give a shout out to @BirdingWarsaw and the #WarsawWoodpeckers These guys need your support, so please look at justgiving.com/fundraising/wa…, back youth and #SteppeUpForEagles Photo @yoavperlman

This is what birding looks like every day in the Jordan Valley. You are more than welcome to come visit our birding lodge. you too will enjoy all this beauty. birdwatching.org.il/en/ @SwarovskiOptik @KahnTuvia @FXMbirding @BirdingInIsrael @dutchbirding @AlanDaviesbirds

This morning we search the cliffs of Mount Arbel. Without the Wallcreeper this time. @SwarovskiOptik @JordanWatching

My last bulletin of 2019, and somehow I've made it to 100 posts in 2019 - my most since 2013... this one's chocful o' big guns from the famous Kfar Ruppin ponds. More to follow early in 2020 - but for now, thanks everyone for following the blog this year! northernrustic.blogspot.com/2019/12/northe…

Back at the Jordan Valley Birding Center, stepping outside the door and looking up was all that was required to get killer views and shots of a multitude of broad-winged and soaring birds. More here: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2019/12/northe… #zeissbirding #birdingisrael

The Good Old Days - not always old? The Soaring Bird Survey re-wrote the script for various species, inc Lesser Spotted Eagle, Levant Sparrowhawk & Great White Pelican .... ... so how are they faring now? Find out here: birds.org.il/en/blogPost-pa… #oldnotebooksdontlie

Come visit us at the Jordan Valley Birding Center. birdwatching.org.il/en/

Siberian Buff-bellied Pipit this morning at Kfar Ruppin with @KahnTuvia - quality! More in my blog: yoavperlman.com/2019/12/pipit-…

Great birding at Kfar Ruppin in the Bet Shean Valley. In the fields 2 Buff-bellied Pipits, Richard's Pipit, 2 Oriental Skylarks, Calandra Larks. In the fishponds Little Crake, Pallas's Gulls and many more. @JordanWatching @FXMbirding @yoavperlman @BirdingInIsrael