2009 September 4th, Turunç

LOCATION: Turunç

Daha Büyük Haritayı Görüntüle

• Raven, one appeared over my home this afternoon
• Jay, one in neighbouring garden
• Great Tit, one in neighbouring garden next to my home

2009 September 1st, Turunç

A Great Tit and a Jay seen in the garden on the north, a Red-backed Shrike seen on the wire where there is a water house on the west.

2009 August 30th, Turunç

Two Blackbirds by the road in the west forest. A Raven appeared suddenly by jarring over the red pine trees and rocky hills where there is a waste water treatment system by the sea. And then disappeared beyond the trees far away. Two Yellow-legged Gulls, one was flying towards the north rocky hills, the other was resting on a rocky island near the shore and the ruins of the antique city, Amos. The Raven appeared again and it accompanied the Yellow-legged Gull. A Long-legged Buzzard seen while it was gliding over the place where I saw the Raven first. And it kept flying over the sea, and then I lost it in the background. And also a Common Buzzard seen over the village by the west forest, it was flying very close to the houses and gardens. Two Blackbirds, a Jay, a Coal Tit, a Great Tit by the roadside in the south forest; four Blackbirds in trees and bushes, a Jay in an olive tree on a slope in the west forest, Collared Doves and House Sparrows seen. The Raven I saw first appeared again over the north rocky hills.

2009 August 20th, Turunç

A Wheatear by the roadside before the village Dereözü and also a Blackbird, two Jays by the roadside after that village on the way back to Turunç. A Red-rumped Swallow and two Great Tits in Turunç.

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

Daha Büyük Haritayı Görüntüle

• Little Egret, one in flight

LOCATION: Dalyan Mud Bath

Daha Büyük Haritayı Görüntüle

• 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 11th, Dalyan

I saw a Little Owl in a tree at the Dalyan Harbour before we board the boat.

Two Little Grebes by the reeds, a Sparrowhawk was disturbed by six Jays over the hill while it was flying and later it disappeared behind the hill but Jays kept flying there and then two Hooded Crows joined the game of the Jays, later three Kestrels appeared at the same location and they started to fly together from one edge to another edge of the rocky cliff and they took the Jays and Hooded Crows away from their territory, at the location where the Nile Turtles seen in the Dalyan Canal.

And also this morning a Kingfisher was caught by a captain in his boat, I told him to let it go and he has done it. It went back its kingdom.

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.

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 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 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 14th, Kayaköy

A Robin and a Jay at Kayaköy.

2008 October 19th, Göcek

Yellow-legged Gulls at the Göcek Harbour and its bays and islands, a Grey Heron standing and waiting by the seaside and two Robins in the pine wood in Büyükova Bay, a Robin and a Kingfisher in Bedri Rahmi Bay, two Kingfishers flew from the rocks and two Stonechats catching the flies over the bushes and two Jays at Tersane Island, a Shag standing at the edge of the light buoy.

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, Ovacık

Three Jays strolling around in a garden at Ovacık.

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 October 28th, Ölüdeniz

A Stonechat, a Kingfisher, a Jay and a Blackcap at the camping area at Ölüdeniz.

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 .