EMEK HEFER, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 28: Migrating pelicans fly towards a water reservoir where they will spend the night before heading south on October 28, 2009 at Emek Hefer in central Israel. An estimated 500 million birds fly over the Holy Land twice a year as they make their annual migrations from Europe and Asia to Africa and back. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 weeks ago

EMEK HEFER, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 28: Migrating pelicans fly towards a water reservoir where they will spend the night before heading south on October 28, 2009 at Emek Hefer in central Israel. An estimated 500 million birds fly over the Holy Land twice a year as they make their annual migrations from Europe and Asia to Africa and back.

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