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.

2008 October 11th, Dalyan

LOCATION: Rock-cut Tombs

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• Little Egret, one in flight

LOCATION: Dalyan Mud Bath

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• Little Grebe, six on canal
• Cormorant, ten in flight
• Cormorant, five perching in pine tree
• Night Heron, one juvenile in flight
• Moorhen, one on canal
• Kingfisher, two perched on two adjacent boats
• Kingfisher, one seen while it caught a fish
• Kingfisher, two in flight
• White Wagtail, one in flight
• Grey Wagtail, one by riverbank
• Spotted Flycatcher, two in tree
• Blackcap, two in tree
• Great Tit, one in tree
• Rock Nuthatch, two heard on rocky slopes
• Jay, three fought loudly each other in pine wood
• Chaffinch, one in tree
• Greenfinch, two on tree top

2008 October 12th, Göcek

Two Mallards seen in flight and landed by the reeds at the end of the shore on the west of Göcek in the morning. A White Wagtail at the port. A Shag stood on the rocks on the southface of Göcek Island. Over thirthy Yellow-legged Gulls around the islands and bays. Four Robins in the olive trees and a Willow Warbler in St. John's Bread Tree. The hoarse scream of a Jay heard in the ruins of the church and then seen in flight on Tersane Island.

On the way back by boat around 18:00 a raptor seen in flight over the rock-cut tombs at Taşyaka, but could not be identified because of the opposite light. It seemed like an eagle.

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.

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 October 13th, Dalyan

A Peregrine Falcon flew off at Maraş Str. this morning and two White Wagtails.

2008 October 20th, Dalyan

A Kestrel perching on the top of a tree, heard the call of a Little Owl (day time), a Jay strolling around the bushes on the rocky hill slopes, nearly fourty Hooded Crows and six Crested Larks, ten White Wagtails on the ground of a field, a Grey Wagtail in a ditch by the same field, a Kingfisher flew over the Dalyan Canal, all these observed near the farm by the canal.

2008 October 21st, Ölüdeniz

Two White Wagtails and two Robins in the garden of a camping at Ölüdeniz.

2008 October 21st, Kayaköy

A Jay, two Robins, a Black Redstart, a Great Tit, a White Wagtail and a Willow Warbler seen around the church area at Kayaköy.

2008 October 23rd, Dalyan

A Marsh Harrier, two Kestrels, five Moorhens, a Kingfisher, a Little Owl, ten Collared Doves, eleven Crested Larks, a White Wagtail, four Jays and nearly seventy Hooded Crows around the farm by the Dalyan Canal.

2008 November 17th, Dalyan

A Common Buzzard, a White Wagtail, a Robin, five Black Redstarts, a Blackbird, a Great Tit, four Jays, a Chaffinch and a Sardinian Warbler seen around the excavation house .

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.

2009 April 11th, Turunç

A White Wagtail, heard the song of a Blackbird and House Sparrows were flying from one tree to another one in small flocks in olive trees near the hotel I work, a Blue Tit, a Great Tit, heard the song of a Rock Nuthatch from the rocky hill at edge of the shore, heard the call of a Scops Owl in the forest on th west at 11:00 and the calls of two Scops Owls from the same direction at 19:00, House Martins, Barn Swallows and Collared Doves.

2009 April 10th, Turunç

A Jay, three White Wagtails, two Blackcaps, a Blackbird, House Martins and Barn Swallows, a Great Tit, three Yellow-legged Gulls, heard the call of a Scops Owl in the forest on the west at 11:00, again from the same direction at 15:00 (first time I heard the call of a Scops Owl in day time) and from the same forest again a Scops Owl heard at 19:00, a Blue Rock Thrush alighted on the chimney of the hotel I work and it flew off after it went to the roof of the neighbour hotel by the shore, House Sparrows and Collared Doves.

2009 April 9th, Turunç

A Raven at the same rocks on the north, a Jay, a Blackbird, two Yellow-legged Gulls, a Blue Tit, a Great Tit, a White Wagtail, House Martins and Barn Swallows, heard the call of a Scops Owl in the forest on the west at 19:00, House Sparrows and Collared Doves.

2009 February 16th, Dalyan

Two Collared Doves near the farm by the Dalyan Canal, lots of Crested Larks at fields near the canal, a Wood Lark in a field by the garden of a restaurant before the Sulungur Lake, Crag Martins and House Martins flying together over Maraş Str., Meadow Pipits at fields, four White Wagtails,nearly twenty Hooded Crows in a field and nearly fifty Hooded Crows both perching on the trees and strolling around and House Sparrows.

2009 April 6th, Turunç

A Raven took a stroll around the hills near the downtown, a Blue Rock Thrush flew off from the neighbour land by the seaside, a Great Tit, a Blue Tit, a White Wagtail, a Blackbird was singing, House Martins and Barn Swallows, heard the call of a Scops Owl near the hotel at 21:30, House Sparrows and Collared Doves (Collared Doves at Turunç have very brown plumage).

2009 April 4th, Turunç

A White Wagtail, a Blackcap, a Blue Tit, a Blackbird, a Great Tit, three Yellow-legged Gulls, a Rock Nuthatch in the neighbour land by the seaside, a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in a tree in the hotel garden near the pool, House Martins and Barn Swallows, House Sparrows and Collared Doves.