These huge birds usually rest and feed in Israel for weeks, causing chaos for local fish farmers, whose outdoor commercial fish pools and reservoirs provide rich food for the birds. In order to keep the pelicans away from their commercial pools, the fish farmers usually provide them with alternative feed -- unmarketable small fish.
Great white pelicans are seen resting in a water reservoir in the Emek Hefer Valley near the central Israeli coastal city of Netanya during their annual migration to Africa, on Nov. 8, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)
Great white pelicans are seen feeding on small fish in a water reservoir in the Emek Hefer Valley near the central Israeli coastal city of Netanya during their annual migration to Africa, on Nov. 8, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)
Great white pelicans are seen feeding on small fish in a water reservoir in the Emek Hefer Valley near the central Israeli coastal city of Netanya during their annual migration to Africa, on Nov. 8, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)
Great white pelicans are seen flying over a water reservoir in the Emek Hefer Valley near the central Israeli coastal city of Netanya, on Nov.8, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)
