Rufous-tailed scrub-robin. (Yoav Perlman)
Habitat loss, hunting and climate change are taking a serious toll on bird populations in Israel, a leading ornithologist warned this week.
Israel forms a terrestrial bottleneck between wintering grounds in Africa and breeding grounds in Europe and Asia, making it a prime crossing point for some 200 species. Some 500 million birds fly across the country every spring and fall, attracting thousands of birders from all over the world.
However, many flocks that pass through are thinning out due to planetary warming that sends them north to breed earlier than normal, before a full complement of insect prey is available, Yoav Perlman, science director at the Israel Ornithological Center, told an English-language webinar on Sunday.
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Israel scrambles to save animals hurt in massive tar spill
A veterinary worker removing tar from a rescued sea turtle.
(ISRAEL21c via JNS) - A catastrophic tar spill washing up along Israel s entire Mediterranean coast may be the worst environmental disaster in Israeli history.
While government authorities investigate the source of the offshore leak of at least 1,000 tons of sticky, toxic tar, many Israeli civilians and soldiers are helping with cleanup efforts that will likely take months. Over the weekend I, together with thousands of volunteers, was at the beaches cleaning sticky, black tar oil off of dead and dying animals, Iris Hann, CEO of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, wrote.