It was such an amazing feeling to stand so close to this beautiful Little Bittern featured above, as our host and his team member measured and discussed its size and general condition.
I had an even greater thrill when the IBRCE (see last week’s post about the International Birding & Research Center Eilat) directorNoam Weiss let me release this tiny Olivaceous Warbler above, so the bird could begin the very long return trek to his far-away home in Europe!Noam explained that when studying the birds, he and his research team never keep a bird for more than 90 minutes. He showed us how he examined the warbler and saw that the bird had enough nourishment from his stopover in Eilat and was ready to go. . .
I’m pretty sure I’ve taken good notes and have managed to get all these birds correctly identified – but I hope my fellow-birders will let me know if they find errors! I will post a bit next time about the IBRCE and the Eilat Birding Festival, but be sure to check here to see more now.
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