This is taken at Nachal HaShofet – located near Ein HaShofet which is also named after Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis.
Similar to my previous post Stop bugging me, I presume this to be a dragonfly of the family Odonata: Libellulidae, Genus Sympetrum corruptum – still my best guess.
Below a photo of a local bird perched on a branch.
These photos were taken on 2007-07-30