Israel will host next week one of the largest and most important birding competitions in the world.
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Over 150 birders, in about 30 groups, from Israel and the world – Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, England, Germany, the United States, and for the first time Colombia – will compete to see who can identify more species of birds in a given area in southern Israel.
Funds raised at the event will be donated for the preservation efforts of the red-breasted goose, a rare species in danger of extinction.
The competition, which is hosted by Israel for the ninth time, is organized at the initiative of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel and the international ornithological organization Birdlife – Champions of the Flyway.
"This year it is a particularly exciting project because we are raising funds and awareness for the illegal hunting of one of the most interesting geese in the world," Jonathan Meyrav, senior birder and producer of the competition on behalf of the Society for the Protection of Nature, said.
"This is a small and beautiful goose that nests in the arctic tundra In North Asia and every winter, it migrates south, to roost in central and southern Europe. This is a very rare species, which is in danger of extinction".
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