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An oasis in Elat
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After crossing the scorched Ethiopian badlands and chancing the crossing to the Sinai Peninsula at the southern tip of the Gulf of Suez, Levant sparrowhawks, in flocks of hundreds, make good time across the barren Sinai Desert. Tired and hungry, they push hard toward the green areas just beyond the reaches of the Gulf of Aqaba. There they can land, enjoy good meals of turtledoves, and start the last lap of their journey refreshed.
This is the third week of April, and these handsome sparrowhawks are on their spring migration to breeding grounds along the Volga River and in the thick riverine ...
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