2009 June 22nd, Turunç

Two Blackbirds, two Red-rumped Swallows, Barn Swallows and House Martins, and four Jays seen on the north today. Two of the Jays were juveniles and one of them was a cannibal. It was eating a newborn bird. I heard the song of a Rock Nuthatch in the west forest where there is a rocky hill and water house this afternnon and the call of a Scops Owl in the same forest at about 21:00.

2009 May 7th, Turunç

Birds seen today: an Alpine Swift, a Red-rumped Swallow, Barn Swallows, House Martins, House Sparrows, Collared Doves.

Birds heard today: a Blackbird (sang afternoon), a Scops Owl from the west forest, a Tawny Owl from the north forest.

2009 May 6th, Turunç

First I heard the call of a Raven over the north rocky hills. Then I saw it while it was flying to the northwest by jarring and then it flew to the south. The other birds seen today: a White Wagtail, two Jays, a Red-rumped Swallow, a Blackbird, House Martins, Barn Swallows, House Sparrows and Collared Doves.

2009 May 1st, Turunç

Thirteen Bee-eaters flew off from northwest to the north and at the same time a Raven jarred over the north rocky hills at around 14:00. I heard the call of a Scops Owl near the hotel at 20.00. Other birds seen in Turunç today: a Blackbird, a Great Tit, a Red-rumped Swallow, an Alpine Swift, Barn Swallows, House Martins, House Sparrows and Collared Doves.

2009 April 28th, Turunç

A Bee-eater seen at the same location as same as on 26th April, a Red-rumped Swallow, Barn Swallows and House Martins (one alighted on the top chimney of the hotel, looked around for a while and then flew off) , House Sparrows and Collared Doves, a Great Tit and a Blackbird seen today, and a Scops Owl heard on the west forest in the evening.

2009 April 26th, Turunç

Six Alpine Swifts flew around a House Martin over the hotel this morning, heard the song of a Blackbird near the hotel afternoon, heard the song of a Scops Owl in the west forest afternoon, heard the call of a Bee-eater over the hotel and it flew alone, kept flying for a while and it flew off when an Alpine Swift got close it , I saw a Corncrake crouched down in the corner of the door of the boiler room at about 19:00, it looked very tired and was shy, it flew a few meters close to the ground, alighted again, hid itself under an idle refrigerator at a run and then it flew off after it stayed there for a while, and also a Great Tit, a Jay, Barn Swallows, House Martins, House Sparrows and Collared Doves seen today.

2009 April 25th, Turunç

Two Alpine Swifts, two Red-rumped Swallows, House Martins and Barn Swallows seen over the hotel today. Barn Swallows have perched on wires near the hotel.

2009 April 24th, Turunç

Seven Alpine Swifts flew over the hotel I work together with Barn Swallows and House Martins, heard the song of a Scops Owl before sunset.

2009 April 23rd, Turunç

A Blackbird, a Red-rumped Swallow, over fourty Alpine Swifts flew to the east over sea at noon, heard the call of a Bee-eater on the south but I could not spot it, heard the song of two Scops Owls at the same moment on the west forest area at 21:00, Barn Swallows and House Martins, House Sparrows and Collared Doves.

2009 April 21st, Turunç

A Raven jarred in flight from north to the west forest. Twelve Bee-eaters seen on the southwest and six more after them, they flew to the north at noon, nearly twenty minutes later about thirthy or fourty of them appeared in chorus over the west forest, they flew back and forth untill the sunset over Turunç. A Scops Owl's call heard at noon. A Blackbird, A Red-rumped Swallow, Barn Swallows and House Martins, a Great Tit, a White Wagtail, House Sparrows and Collared Doves.

2009 April 20th, Turunç

Nineteen Bee-eaters seen over the west forest and they flew to the north. A Blue Tit seen and heard its song. A Blue Rock Thrush seen in flight. A Red-rumped Swallow together with Barn Swallows and House Martins on the north. Heard the call of a Song Thrush near the hotel I work this morning and another one in the south forest after the sunset. A Blackbird on the north and another one in the south forest before the sunset. A Great Tit, a White Wagtail, House Sparrows and Collared Doves. Heard the call of a Scops Owl near the backyard of the hotel I work at 19:00 and heard another one in an old St. John's Bread Tree by the roadside on the south at 22:00.

2009 April 19th, Turunç

A Blue Rock Thrush perched on the top branch of a tree in the garden of a bar near the hotel I work and flew to the north after it sang there for a while. Two Jays (one of them mewed like a buzzard), two Great Tits in courtship, a Blackbird, Barn Swallows and House Martins, House Sparrows and Collared Doves.

2009 April 18th, Turunç

Five Alpine Swifts on the west and sixteen Alpine Swifts over the sea on the northeast seen at the same moment, a Red-rumped Swallow, Barn Swallows and House Martins, a Blackbird, a Yellow-legged Gull, House Sparrows and Collared Doves, heard the call of a Scops Owl and a Tawny Owl in the west forest at 20:00.

2009 April 16th, Turunç

Alpine Swifts arrived Turunç. Five Alpine Swifts, a Swift and two Red-rumped Swallows seen together with Barn Swallows and House Martins on the north. A Cormorant and a Yellow-legged Gull standing on a rock together on the north rocks by the shore. Heard the call of a Scops Owl in the west forest at 20:00. A Great Tit, a Blackbird, House Sparrows and Collared Doves.

2009 April 15th, Turunç

Two Jays, two Red-rumped Swallows, a Great Tit, Barn Swallows and House Martins, House Sparrows and Collared Doves, and heard the call of a Scops Owl in the west forest at 19:00.

2009 April 14th, Turunç

Swifts arrived Turunç. Two Swifts seen on the north, they flew together with House Martins and Barn Swallows and then flew to the east. A Common Buzzard seen over the peaks on the northwest of Turunç where there is a hotel on the hillslopes, and it kept its site in flight like hovering for a couple of seconds, then flew to the west and disappeared behind the peaks. Bee-eaters arrived Turunç. I heard their calls but I could not spot them. Heard the calls of two Scops Owls from the forest on the west at 20:00. A Great Tit, a Blackcap, a Jay, Collared Doves and House Sparrows, too.

2008 October 13th, Hamitköy

Hundreds of Cormorants, ten Little Grebes, nearly fifty or sixty Little Gulls flew close to the water surface, Barn Swallows and more than hundred Coots at Hamitköy Location (northwest of the Lake Köyceğiz).

2008 October 13th, Köyceğiz

A Blackcap, four Willow Warblers, an Orphean Warbler, a Chiffchaff, three Collared Doves, House Sparrows,a White Wagtail, a Grey Wagtail, a Spotted Flycatcher, a Red-backed Shrike, Barn Swallows, a Robin and ten Goldfinches at Karabatak Location near the Köyceğiz Harbour (northeast of the Lake Köyceğiz). Feral Pigeons at the Köyceğiz Harbour.

2008 December 2nd, Dalyan

A solitary Barn Swallow still in Dalyan (it was flying over the houses), a Meadow Pipit, two White Wagtails, nine Crested Larks, a Great Tit, a Chiffchaff, a Chaffinch, a Stonechat, a Black Redstart, a Sardinian Warbler and House Sparrows around/in the playground at Maraş Str.

2009 April 12th, Turunç

Heard the call of a Song Thrush in the garden of a neighbour hotel, a White Wagtail, a Blackbird, a Jay, a Great Tit, House Sparrows flew in small flocks at the same place as same as yesterday, a Blue Rock Thrush alighted on a chimney on the neighbour hotel and flew to the south after it singed for a while, a Raven appeared over a hotel on the mountain slope and flew to the north rocky hills at the edge of the shore and heard the loud rolled r-sound, heard the call of a Scops Owl in the same forest as same as yesterday at 10:00 and three of them sang in short intervals at 20:00 tonight, House Martins, Barn Swallows and Collared Doves.