A nature photographer documented falcon this week in fish ponds on the Carmel coast, and was surprised to find that she treated him about a year and a half ago after being abandoned as a chick

• The healthy falcon in the fish ponds at Spring Zvi // Photo: Michal Giladi

Nature photographer Michal Giladi was documented last Sunday in the fish ponds of Maayan Zvi on the Carmel coast. When she sent the photo to be identified by the ring numbers on his leg, she was surprised to find out that it was a falcon she had handled about a year and a half ago.

In June last year, an abandoned falcon flower was found in the Ayalon landscape near Modi'in. The origin called the hotline of the Nature and Parks Authority, and it was collected by Giladi who is part of the volunteers of the Nature and Parks Authority - the "Havolans". Together with her daughter Zari, who was a national service member of the Safari Wildlife Hospital at the same time, they treated him until the next morning, so he was taken to hospital.

The falcon that was abandoned when he was robbed, before being transported to the hospital

After the falcon was treated and recovered, he was transferred to Yaniv Levi-Paz, head of the Ramat Hanadiv Wildlife Interface and Conservation, which will acclimatize it as part of the Accumulation and Restoration project to the Ramat Hanadiv Gardens and release it to nature in Zichron Yaacov in about two weeks. As mentioned, last Sunday an exciting circuit was closed, in which they realized that the falcon had acclimated well to nature, and that its condition was good.

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The "Havolence" is a complete set of Nature and Parks Authority, created to help transport protected or injured wildlife from all over the country to the Nature and Parks Authority Wildlife Hospital, which operates in conjunction with the Safari and Environmental Protection Agency in Ramat Gan.

The falcon is well acclimated in its vicinity, and is identified by the ring numbers on its foot // Photo: Michal Giladi

In Israel, there is only one hospital that deals with affected wildlife because of a variety of considerations. Transporting wildlife is a task that requires considerable manpower and resources, especially during busy seasons (such as migratory and nesting seasons). Until the establishment of the "Havolans" system, the work was divided between a limited number of employees and inspectors of the Nature Authority, usually at the expense of other tasks related to the preservation of nature, heritage and landscape.

The falcon was transported to the wildlife hospital through the Havolans volunteers // Photo: Michal Giladi

Establishing the venture to aid in harming wildlife that relies on many volunteers has changed the way things are, and today most of the wildlife that come to safaris from a wide range of species come with the help of volunteers from the public and not just by inspectors.