We're very saddened to hear this news - condolences to Oleg's family and friends, and to everyone in the BirdLife International community.

Albino or fully leucistic Western Yellow Wagtail this morning near Yavne, Israel. Digiscoped from a distance through SWAROVSKI OPTIK ATX85

A migrant Sedge Warbler doing what Sedge Warblers normally do - sit out in the open motionless

Meet Chalamish, or C114 yellow. This handsome male MacQueen's Bustard was GPS-tagged in 2022 by רשות הטבע והגנים in the western Negev, very close to the Egyptian border. Yesterday, Meidad and me found it with another three bustards in fields not far from where it had been tagged.

Mega news from Israel: Senegal Thick-knee in Maayan Zvi, found by Yonatan Gordon and Uri Laor. 3rd record for Israel! Photo by Yonatan (mine are much worse) OSME

Jonathan Meyrav and me fooling around at the Senegal Thick-knee site. Introducing Yonatan Gordon and Uri Laor the finders

A day in the life - my Senegal thick-knee write up: yoavperlman.com/2024/09/excell…

This morning during work in Maagan Michael I spotted this colour-ringed Ringed Plover. It had been ringed nearby by Yosef Kiat in October 2013! With foreign ringing recoveries coming from NE Asia, it is mindboggling to imagine the journeys this bird may have taken during its life

Wait for it + volume up Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters with little transitiva friends (how red they are!) this morning in Kfar Ruppin at our restoration site. Lots of flying insects for food. Digiscoped through SWAROVSKI OPTIK ATX85

Bubbles So cool to watch these Eared Grebes in action this morning near Yavne טבלנים בינוניים

A Cretzschmar's bunting through the Cotton גיבתון אדום-מקור דרך הכותנה #BirdsSeenIn2024

I missed the official #ploverappreciationday by a couple of days, but for me every day is Plover Appreciation Day! Caspian Plover, Eurasian Dotterel, Pacific Golden-Plover, Tibetan Sand-Plover, all taken in #israel

Migration is GO! Join the BirdLife Israel team LIVE from the field, see the birds up close and learn how we are working to preserve their stopover sites.... This Sun, Sep 22nd - 4pm (Israel time) Reserve your FREE place here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

In case you missed - what a season it was for our breeding Griffon Vultures! Read the summary and watch the highlights here: birds.org.il/en/article/gui…

After years of hard work and challenges, we're proud to be partners in the wonderful new Ramat HaNegev Birding Center. Project leader Meidad Goren explains all, here: birds.org.il/en/blog/id/45/…

Fun time visiting Goldy, the Tel Aviv Pacific Golden-Plover. More in my blog: yoavperlman.com/2024/10/good-o…

Busy birding in Israel today! Daily-updated rarity news: birds.org.il/en/rarityObser…

European serin בזבוז אירופי #BirdsSeenIn2024

A wonderfully poignant article by Piki Ish-Shalom about Sooty Falcons and their place in these troubled times, with beautiful photos, too. Five mins of your time very well spent, here: birds.org.il/en/article/soo…