50 years after their last autumn appearance in Israel, a flock of 30-40 blue-cheeked bee-eaters, including fledglings, flew over a group of ornithologists at the Lake Park in the Negev town of Yerucham. The bird experts played recordings of bee-eaters to attract the birds and managed to ring six of them.
http://www.israel21c.org/rare-songbird-reappears-in-israel-after-50-years/