Migrating Birds Know No Boundaries

		MIGRATING BIRDS  KNOW  NO  BOUNDARIES
		Israel's location at the meeting point of Europe, Asia and Africa, is a crossroad for the migrations of tens of millions of birds, such as the white storks in this picture. (Photo: Ofer Levy) The migratory air-lanes over Israel lead south to Africa in the fall and back north to Europe and Asia in the spring. Thus the country is the best spot in the world to observe this unique natural phenomenon.

SPANISH SPARROWS  FLY  OVER  EILAT
About 500 million migratory birds fly through Israel's skies, in both directions, each year. At Eilat, huge flocks of Spanish Sparrows can be spotted. (Photo: Yossi Eshbol)

		WHITE PELICANS
		The White Pelicans are the largest and heaviest of the migrating birds over Israel. Flocks of these pelicans fly off at dawn to continue their way along the Mediterranean coast. (Photo: Yigal Livneh)

HONEY BUZZARD  AND  LESSER  SPOTTED  EAGLE
Twice a year, millions of raptors fly over Israel, including the Honey Buzzard (above) and the Lesser Spotted Eagle (below) which land to drink water before or after crossing arid zones. (Photo: Yossi Eshbol)