Web Sites

The Jerusalem Bird Observatory
http://www.jbo.org.il/Eng%20index.htm
Web site of one of the few traditional birdwatching areas in Jerusalem.

Migrating Birds Know No Boundaries
http://www.birds.org.il/show_item.asp?levelId=457
Extensive information on the Middle East’s migrating birds.

Israel Nature and National Parks Protection Authority
http://www.parks.org.il/ParksENG
Information on Israel’s parks and their programs.

Children for the Protection of Nature in Palestine
http://www.cpnpeecp.org
Web site for a bird banding station in Beit Jalla.

Neot Kedumim
http://www.neot-kedumim.org.il
The biblical landscape reserve where much of Lost World of the Holy Land was filmed.

Nature Conservation in Israel
http://www.israel.org/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00n70
Informative web page from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Ein Gedi Reserve
http://www.jajz-ed.org.il/noar/sites/eingedi.htm
A description from the Jewish Agency for Israel.

Noah’s Ark Search
http://www.noahsarksearch.com/
Site offering information on the search for the ark.

The Search for Noah’s Ark
http://arksearch.com/
Another site looking for clues.

Books

Cottridge, David. BIRDS OF ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST. London: Ralph Curtis, 2001.

Menache, Susan. THE MAMMALS OF ISRAEL. New York: Geffen Books, 2002.

Niemi, Tina. THE DEAD SEA: THE LAKE AND ITS SETTING. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.

Porter, R.F. et al. FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF THE MIDDLE EAST. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996.

Strutin, Michael. DISCOVERING NATURAL ISRAEL. London: Jonathan David Publishers, 2001.