Winter may not have really left, but spring insists that its time has come: about 140 first storks have arrived at Agmon Hula, and despite the inclement weather, they are drying their feathers in an occasional ray of sunshine.
It is expected that approximately 600,000 herons will pass over the skies of Israel in the coming months.
The theory says that the first to migrate are the males, who hurry back to their nesting sites, to their specific nest, to organize, strengthen, and tidy it before the females arrive.
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Video: Inbar Shlomit Rubin, KKL-JNF
Inbar Shlomit Rubin, field manager at KKL-JNF's Agmon Hula: "The male herons challenge themselves during the spring migration. They have a mission to return to the nesting areas and impress the females with a large, strong, and tidy nest, which is why they sometimes arrive at our site exhausted and even insist on migrating in inclement and difficult weather. The Agmon provides them with a safe resting place to gain strength for the continuation of the migration.""
The Hula-KKL-JNF Lake is one of the most important habitats in Israel and along the bird migration route. It is a critical stopover for migratory birds, both in terms of the wealth of food it offers to a variety of species and in terms of a safe area for resting and storing energy.
Photo: Fatam Khatib, KKL-JNF
