opisska
rabid twitcher
I am not sure if it is the right etiquette, but considering all other Desert Owl-related topics are endowed with a warning of them being old, I took to making a new topic. Sorry if that's inappropriate.
Even though I have been trying to crack this question for more than two years, I am still actually not sure: can you see/hear Desert (formerly thought to be Hume's) Owl in Israel on your own or not? Ebird (expectedly) won't show any observations and most of what you can Google now is related to the species question or some scientific research at undisclosed locations.
Interestingly xeno-canto has some recordings with locations, but they are several years old and scarce - with the exception of many recordings of a nesting pair in the same area - see https://www.xeno-canto.org/326454 for example - however according to UN maps, this is IDF military area, so probably a permit is needed (which is impossible for a foreigner to get alone afaik).
Does anyone have any definitive information to this topic? We decided to do an 11-day trip over Christmas in Israel, essentially out of having nothing better to do yet wanting to do WP birding - considering the list of species we will be after isn't very long, we could in principle devote considerable time to looking for the owls, including long trekking if needed ... if only we could figure out where should we trek to!
Even though I have been trying to crack this question for more than two years, I am still actually not sure: can you see/hear Desert (formerly thought to be Hume's) Owl in Israel on your own or not? Ebird (expectedly) won't show any observations and most of what you can Google now is related to the species question or some scientific research at undisclosed locations.
Interestingly xeno-canto has some recordings with locations, but they are several years old and scarce - with the exception of many recordings of a nesting pair in the same area - see https://www.xeno-canto.org/326454 for example - however according to UN maps, this is IDF military area, so probably a permit is needed (which is impossible for a foreigner to get alone afaik).
Does anyone have any definitive information to this topic? We decided to do an 11-day trip over Christmas in Israel, essentially out of having nothing better to do yet wanting to do WP birding - considering the list of species we will be after isn't very long, we could in principle devote considerable time to looking for the owls, including long trekking if needed ... if only we could figure out where should we trek to!