{"id":384,"date":"2018-09-12T15:20:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T12:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kustr.org\/kuskayitkomitesi\/?p=384"},"modified":"2018-09-12T15:25:06","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T12:25:06","slug":"around-the-region-2015-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kustr.org\/kuskayitkomitesi\/osme-atr\/around-the-region-2015-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Around the Region 2015-1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ali Atahan, Nizamettin Yavuz and Kerem Ali Boyla<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br\/>The active birding scene in Turkey was yet productive as previous years, with addition of two new species to the country list, <strong>Bateleur <\/strong><em>Terathopius ecaudatus <\/em>and <strong>Sykes&#8217;s Warbler <\/strong><em>Hippolais rama. <\/em><br\/>The year started with a relatively mild winter, however short periods of very cold weather brought down a good array of species. Four species of grey geese were in the same view at K\u0131z\u0131l\u0131rmak Delta, including one <strong>(Taiga) Bean Goose <\/strong><em>Anser fabalis <\/em>between 12-14 Feb and two <strong>Lesser White-fronted Goose <\/strong><em>Anser erythropus <\/em>between 12-21 FebOther species escaping northern cold were 6 <strong>Greater Scaup <\/strong><em>Aythya marila <\/em>in \u0130\u011fneada on 10 Jan, one at Lake B\u00fcy\u00fck\u00e7ekmece on 3 Jan and two at Ondokuzmay\u0131s Harbour, Samsun on 24 Jan. A single <strong>Common Eider <\/strong><em>Somateria mollissima <\/em>at Fethiye Bay on 9 May, certainly is certainly a good sighting for the southern waters, with others at Riva on 2 Jan and K\u0131z\u0131l\u0131rmak Delta on 15 Jan. A single <strong>Common Scoter <\/strong><em>Melanitta nigra <\/em>at Ye\u015fil\u0131rmak Delta on 16 Jan made up the expected sighting, together with a staggering 165 <strong>Velvet Scoter <\/strong><em>Melanitta fusca <\/em>at the same location. More western sightings included 2 at \u0130\u011fneada on 10 Jan and 1 at Lake K\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck\u00e7ekmece, \u0130stanbul on 16 Jan. A single <strong>Common Merganser <\/strong><em>Mergus merganser <\/em>was in \u0130\u011fneada on 10-11 Jan. . A total of four single <strong>Slavonian Grebe <\/strong><em>Podiceps auritus<\/em>, two of them at K\u0131z\u0131l\u0131rmak and Ye\u015fil\u0131rmak Delta on 15 Feb and 15 Mar and two others in surprising locations, one in continental Lake Mogan, Ankara and one at Lake Amik, Hatay. 2 Jan and 28 Feb respectively. <strong>Lesser Flamingo <\/strong><em>Phoeniconaias minor <\/em>certainly became a regular sighting nowadays, 1 was at Lake Kulu on 9 Mar and two at the same location on 17 Mar.<br\/>A second year <strong>Bateleur<\/strong> <em>Terathopius ecaudatus <\/em>was recorded in a suburb of Istanbul on 2 May by a photographer. This is the first record for the country, detected completely randomly by a photo. <strong>Black-winged Kite <\/strong><em>Elanus caeruleus <\/em>is certainly regularly breeding in SE Turkey, although still in very low number, such as a pair in Bozova, \u015eanl\u0131urfa on 1 May 2015 at the site where it has been observed breeding in the last three years. A <strong>Short-toed Snake Eagle <\/strong><em>Circaetus gallicus <\/em>at Samanda\u011f, Hatay on 12 Jan is a rare wintering record. A second <strong>Red Kite<\/strong> <em>Milvus migrans <\/em>was recorded for Hatay in Suba\u015f\u0131 on 16 Jan, and a systematic count on migrant raptors on the Bosphorus brought up a sighting on 12 Mar.<br\/><strong>Corncrake<\/strong> <em>Crex crex<\/em> was recorded at Gerede Plain on 5 Jul, which might indicate the third breeding site, after Posof and the nearby Yeni\u00e7a\u011fa G\u00f6l\u00fc. A single passing <strong>Demoiselle Crane<\/strong> Anthropoides virgo was recorded in Enez Lagoons on 30 Aug make up the only record from the west for many decades. <strong>Terek Sandpiper<\/strong> <em>Xenus cinereus<\/em> were recorded in Karacabey Longozu on 5 Jul, and two on Filyos Delta between 2-4 Sep, are remarkable for the western half of the country. Similarly a total of 41 <strong>Eurasian Curlew<\/strong> <em>Numenius arquata<\/em> in Lake Terkos on 2 Jul and 90 on the coastline there on 31 Aug make up significant totals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A record count of Blue-cheeked Bee-eater  Merops persicus summed to a total of 1200 birds around the breeding sites in  Bozova, \u015eanl\u0131urfa, could well be used to figure out the national breeding  population. A group of 10 <strong>Citrine  Wagtail<\/strong> <em>Motacilla citreola<\/em>, was  recorded in Daltan Delta on 14 Oct, indicating a late passage migration. A late <strong>Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush<\/strong> <em>Monticola saxatilis<\/em> at METU Campus,  Ankara on 10 Oct is a good addition to the universities checklist. A <strong>Wallcreeper<\/strong> <em>Tichodroma muraria<\/em> between K\u00fctahya and Boz\u00fcy\u00fck on 30 Aug may  related to a new breeding site in NW Turkey. Field work for the first Breeding  Bird Atlas in Turkey has already brought some interesting breeding records of <strong>Garden Warbler<\/strong> <em>Sylvia borin<\/em> in Bolu, Sinop and Istanbul and <strong>Red-breasted Flycatcher<\/strong> <em>Ficedula  parva<\/em> in Sinop from previously unknown sites in NW Turkey. The mild autumn  helped to stay some <strong>House Martin<\/strong> <em>Delichon urbicum<\/em> in Bursa city center on  22 Nov. This autumn few Siberian vagrants have been recorded, like a <strong>Yellow-browed Warbler<\/strong> <em>Phylloscopus inornatus<\/em> photographed near  Okcular, Dalyan on 30 Oct. The first <strong>Common  Myna<\/strong> <em>Acridotheres tristis<\/em> for  Antalya was recorded at Atat\u00fcrk Park\u0131 on 25 Nov, which may be the start of  further expansion along the Mediterranean coastline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ali Atahan, Nizamettin Yavuz and Kerem Ali Boyla The active birding scene in Turkey was yet productive as previous years, with addition of two new species to the country list, Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus and Sykes&#8217;s Warbler Hippolais rama. 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