protecting birds in Lebanon, so that they can protect our trees and crops from pests, and locusts

In March 2017 the Lebanese president passed a hunting law and spoke up against the massacre and said "“There should be a peace treaty between Man and the tree as well as Man and birds, because we continue to transgress upon them.”

President Aoun launches new campaign to protect migratory birds – The Lebanese International Business Council – LIBC

But corrupt officials and their buddies ignored that law, and threatened those who enforce it:

Lebanon's hunting season could curb illegal bird 'massacre' | Middle East Eye

The president of the National Ecological Survey and Reform (NESR), Lara Haddad said that after she once escorted an unlawful bird trapper to a police station, she was abducted by a politician's armed body guards who threatened her to pressure her into dropping the charges.  

NESR is an NGO that protects natural resources and wildlife. It also advised 

According to NESR president Lara Haddad, the most common and pernicious methods include the use of nets with "sound machines" that lure birds by replaying their call or coating the branches of trees with an adhesive substance that stick birds to where they land.

These are some of the species that migrate through or live in one of the reserves in Lebanon, the Shouf: Birds – shoufcedar.org

Now the birds might be coming back, because of the lockdown...

Coronavirus lockdown brings Lebanon's migratory birds up close | Reuters