While far from a birding trip per se, I did manage to snap a few photos of some birds seen along the way.
SPUR-WINGED PLOVER
This handsome fellow with the glaring red eye was snapped on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.
LAUGHING DOVE
Photographed at Tiberias.
TRISTAM’S STARLING
A specialty of the desert area around the ancient hill fort of Masada.
HOODED CROW
This species can be seen just about everywhere in Israel.