Common crane

Common crane Winter guests at the Hula

עגור אפורGrus grus

The common crane is a tall, grey bird with a black-and-white neck and a red patch on its head. Tens of thousands of cranes spend the winter in the Hula Valley in the north, arriving in the autumn and leaving in the spring. In the past, they ate crops, and so farmers and conservationists agreed to feed them corn at the Agamon Hula park, which keeps them from nearby fields. Visitors watch them at dawn and dusk, when flocks fly out to feed or return to roost.

Glossary: Common crane