By Eli Ashkenazi : Looking for a national bird - does the bulbul fit the bill?
Talkback
Title: Tzufit for national bird Name: Nicholas Dunne-Lynch City: Tel Aviv State:
The English ornitoloigist, the Revd Tristram, gave the `Palestine Sunbird` its name in the 19th Century. If he was naming it now doubtles she would call it, the Israeli Sunbird. Don`t disqualify the bird because of its name. Change the name. Names are not carved in stone. In any case, choose something. This is going on longer than an Israeli general election. The average Israeli doesn`t know the difference between a cormorant and a frigate bird, and doesn`t care a hoot about a national bird.