Habitat loss, hunting, climate change taking toll on Israel's birds -- expert
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 t...
Source: timesofisrael.com