Yes indeed dear readers, it is that time of year once again, when we delight in seeing migrating cranes overhead! (Truthfully it is almost impossible to distinguish between cranes and storks, but the overwhelming majority are cranes, even though in Hebrew everyone calls them Storks, and so it goes!) Our location in Northern Israel is about a 40 minute drive to the Hula Valley, and the Hula lake, where cranes can stop for a rest and they are generally fed as well. I wonder if the cranes changed their course last year, or were even aware of the war, which certainly meant no visitors or very few to the Hula Valley? I'll admit I did hear a few booms this morning, as things are happening within Syria, but of course it is nothing like the state of war that we experienced in the Fall, when the birds would have been migrating to Africa. Now they are on their way back to the Netherlands and that region, so very interesting!
I still get very excited seeing huge flocks of cranes (or storks?) and if I'm lucky, I have time to grab my camera and fun outside!
They are generally quite far away, but once in awhile a few stray from the bunch and come closer, so I have even seen their feet! Hoping to see many many more in the coming days, stay tuned!
