(Reuters) Lee Marzel - Some 45,000 cranes currently winter in Israel, compared with less than 1,000 in the 1950s, said Israeli ornithologist Shay Agmon. "In the last few decades Israel has become more than just a short stopover." Each year 500 million migrating birds stop over briefly in Israel before flying on to Africa.
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