4 August 2025

Israel big day, august 2025

first mammal big day in Israel, great success with 20 species in 24 hours.

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Israel big day

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klil zaitlin
my name is klil zaitlin from jerusalem, israel. I am a birdwatcher since the age of 5 (15 years) and in the last few years also a mammal watcher.
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  • 4 August 2025
    Jon Hall

    Great effort Klil. You are now the Israeli world champion big mammal day lister. I hope you will now inspire Tomer to get out and see a Marten in his homeland!

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    • 5 August 2025
      klil zaitlin

      Thank you very much john! There is much more to see. Striped hyenas are common, arabian oryxes and persian fellow deers are not very hard as well. Blanford’s foxes are rare but not impossible, And there are some amazing rarities that I didn’t get to see yet – caracal, honey badger (exteremely rare), striped polecat, otter.

    • 9 August 2025
      tomeslice

      LoL yes, but hopefully Klil and I can combine forces in doing that 😜
      Plus Jonathan Ben Simone, who seems to know the whereabouts of most mammals in Israel!
      I actually know more about mammals abroad than I do about my own country….

      • 9 August 2025
        tomeslice

        P.S. Klil, I think Arabian oryx are in fact pretty difficult to find, aren’t they?
        I still haven’t seen any… (Only in the UAE and I don’t count it)

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