Israel: Choosing a National Bird

The people of Israel are being asked to help choose their country's new national bird. Here's more from our corespondent in Israel. Here is more from our Israeli correspondent.

Israel is preparing to celebrate the 60th Independence Day anniversary in May 2008. On this occasion Society for the Protection of Nature had suggested to choose a national bird. Hundreds of ornithologists and bird lovers have composed a list of ten candidates. Only one of the birds will get the title of the "National Bird" of the country.

[Zeev Labinger, Soc. for Protection of Nature in Israel]:
"In my opinion the whole idea of having a national bird is really to bring the idea of nature conservation forward in Israel."

Israeli citizens are invited to vote for a bird through website or telephone. For now, among the leading birds are spur-winged plover, graceful warbler and yellow-vented bulbul.

Choosing national bird seems to be a challenging task. On the one hand the appearance of the bird is considered, on the other hand its temper and features are important as well.

[Balfour Hakak, Poet and Writer]:
"The bird I would choose as our national bird is the graceful warbler. It's a simple bird that doesn't have outward charm or special coloring that catches the eye, but it's precisely out of this simplicity that the real singing voice emerges, making our life more beautiful and pleasant.''

Public opinion has a pretty portion of the final decision - 75%. The rest belongs to a special commission which is composed of experts in various fields.

NTDTV Israel

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