A rare Egyptian vulture nest was discovered in the Carmel region in northern Israel, almost six decades after the species was thought to have vanished from the area. The nest was discovered perched on a cliff face at the Hai Bar Nature Reserve on the mountains overlooking Haifa Bay. The Egyptian vulture went extinct in the Carmel [region] in the early 1960s, and disappeared from [the rest of] the Galilee in the late ’80s,” he told Israel’s Kan public broadcaster on Wednesday. He migrated to Sudan, where he now nests.”The Egyptian vulture is distributed from southwestern Europe, across North Africa and as far east as India. The alleged poisoning may be another example of accidental poisoning of vultures that has reduced their populations throughout the region.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 22, 2019 09:48 UTC