Up to half a billion birds fly over Israel on their spring and autumn migrations. I very much doubt any fly on to southeast Asia.However, Yossi Leshem’s work in preventing birdstrike is renowned. Since it began, Israel hasn’t lost a single plane (yet alone human life) to this problem. Being such a small country, Israel really can’t afford to (can anyone?); being so small, the opportunities for disaster are always there. To read about his work, go to www.birds.org.il and http://www.aftau.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=15961His use of nestboxes for owls and kestrels has helped enormously with reducing pesticide use, something several countries are trialling, too (including Oz). It’s not the first time anyone’s tried this but it is the first project to foster peace in the Middle East using birds. Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian farmers now share knowledge and collaborate on these projects.That’s what he referred to in the anecdote of owls from Israel and Jordan successful ly raising chicks.If it was sent to GH for some reason, maybe he could have explained why. Personally, I’d have given a short report rather than reproduce the whole thing. Obviously, I’m very interested in Leshem’s work and was lucky enough to hear him on a visit in 2010.
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Reminds me of “Yossi’s Principle;” not sure it is the same Yossi.
When want to draw people’s attention to an approaching bird one should say, ‘Look this might be an XYZ,’ but if the bird is leave then say with firmness, “Look there goes an XYZ!” Regards, Alan
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