Israel, 22nd-29th November 2012
Join me on
The “Infinite Possibility” Tour
I will be leading a tour November 2012 with James Smith, top guide in all things Israel. 
Israeli birders call November the month of ‘infinite possibilities’. November has a special Asian flavour. Recent years have included rarities like Blyth’s Pipit, probable Asian Red-rumped Swallow, Kurdistan Wheatear, Pin-tailed Snipe, Siberian Buff-bellied Pipit and Grey Hypocolius. Birds of prey like Long-legged Buzzard, Steppe Eagle, large falcons and Eastern Imperial Eagle are regular. Local colourful specialities like Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse (+4 other sandgrouse species) and Little Green Bee-eater; the rare Sociable Lapwing, up to 3 types of Eastern Stonechat, common and rarer lark species such as Oriental Skylark, maybe Asian Desert Warbler- in fact too many interesting species to list! Expect to see up to 185 species in a week of inspirational birding. Under-explored by other travel companies- enjoy feeling of having the feeling of having southern Israel to ourselves.
Chance to use state of the art sound recording stuff and all things in a spirit of ‘always discovering’
Who knows what we might see?
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Here, just a few species on the target list…
McQueen’s Bustard
White-crowned Black Wheatear
Steppe Eagle with Steppe Buzzards
Pale Scops Owl
Siberian Buff-bellied Pipit (Yoav Perlman)
Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Temminck’s Horned Lark
Caspian Stonechat (variagatus)
Isabelline Wheatear
Grey Hypocolius
juvenile Namaqua Dove
Blackstart
Trumpeter Finch
and maybe try for one of these:
Tamarisk (Nubian) Nightjar
etc etc etc!!
plenty of other wildlife too e.g.
Wolf
Egyptian Mastigure
Dorcas Gazelle
Lots more on Birding in Israel from excellent sources:
Yoav Perlman’s Birding Blog with stunning images
Shalom. I met Martin last month in Eilat Israel. He is very kind. I added a picture he photographed to my website http://people.itu.int/~mazar/nature . The birds’ world is small. hope we will meet again.