Despite the gloomy weather, about 140 of the season’s first storks arrived over the weekend at the Hula Lake Park. Their arrival marks the opening signal of the major spring migration.
An earthquake measuring 3.7 struck this afternoon in the Tiberias area and was also felt in the Hula Valley.
Over the next few weeks, approximately 600,000 white storks will pass over the Hula lake, joined by tens of thousands of pelicans and hundreds of thousands of birds of prey.
About 24,500 cranes flew over Agamon Hula this morning. 'The wonderful sounds of the cranes manage to silence even the sounds of war.'
Sirens heard in a number of towns in the Galilee. IDF says a fall was identified adjacent to Ayelet HaShahar. IDF officer and soldier moderately injured and evacuated to hospital.
Some 2,500 pelicans take flight from Hula Nature Reserve, heading north for Europe, where they are expected to stay during summer.
Despite inclement weather, pelicans continue migrating north to their nesting areas in Romania.
As summer heat peaks, first flocks seen making way south.
Kibbutz Sde Nechemia, in Israel's Hula Valley, working to build a place of worship for its residents.
