{"id":399,"date":"2018-09-12T16:23:47","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T13:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kustr.org\/kuskayitkomitesi\/?p=399"},"modified":"2018-09-12T16:25:11","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T13:25:11","slug":"around-the-region-2014-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kustr.org\/kuskayitkomitesi\/osme-atr\/around-the-region-2014-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Around the Region 2014-2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ali Atahan, Nizamettin Yavuz, Kerem Ali Boyla<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The second half of 2014 has been very productive in Turkey, with  sightings of some Trans-Atlantic vagrants and the appearance of a new species  fort he country at a ringing station. <strong>Red-throated Loon <\/strong>(<em>Gavia  stellata<\/em>) has arrive to \u0130stanbul, Karaburun on 9 December, apparently an  oiled bird, which passed away the following week. Another bird was in Samanda\u011f,  Hatay on 14 December, making the first record for the province. The same area  produced a <strong>Scopoli\u2019s Shearwater <\/strong>(<em>Calonectris diomedea<\/em>) on 14  December making one of the few wintering sightings. Several <strong>Red-necked Grebe <\/strong>(<em>Podiceps grisegena<\/em>) appeared in the northern half of the country,  one at \u0130\u011fneada on 31 October, 2 at Uluabat G\u00f6l\u00fc on 8 November and one between  Rumelifeneri and Kilyos, Istanbul on 14 December. Targeted boat trip to the  seas off Didim, Ayd\u0131n produced 2 <strong>European Storm Petrel <\/strong>(<em>Hydrobates  pelagicus<\/em>) on 6 October. Another winter visitor was a <strong>Common Merganser <\/strong>(<em>Mergus  merganser<\/em>) at \u0130\u011fneada on 29 November. The first wintering record of <strong>Levant  Sparrowhawk <\/strong>(<em>Accipiter brevipes<\/em>) came from Hatay on 11 December. <strong>Black-winged  Kite <\/strong>(<em>Elanus caeruleus<\/em>) has become\u00a0  a regular species according to the last observations, on at Milleyha,  Hatay on 29 October, 3 flying from the sea on 8 November, one at \u015eanl\u0131urfa on 22  July and one at Diyarbak\u0131r on 14 November. A <strong>Saker Falcon <\/strong>(<em>Falco  cherrug<\/em>) was present during the breeding season in Central Anatolia,  probably another attempt of colonisation, and who know how long they will  survive the smugglers! Two were on passage at Amanos Mountains, Hatay on 29  September and one at the mountains near Abant, Bolu on 13 October. <strong>Little  Bustard <\/strong>(<em>Tetrax tetrax<\/em>) is almost extinct as a breeding bird,  however regularly seen on the Black Sea coast late autumn and early winter.  Singles were at Arsin, Trabzon on 24 November, Trabzon on 4 December, Kastamonu  on 24 November and a nice group of three at Of, Trabzon on 8 December. A flock  of 259 <strong>Demoiselle Crane <\/strong>(<em>Grus virgo<\/em>) at Lake Kulu make a record  count this year. A single <strong>Black-winged Pratincole <\/strong>(<em>Glareola nordmanni<\/em>)  was observed near Mu\u015f on 21 September. This single bird clearly under-represent  the autumn passage. A single <strong>Pacific Golden Plover <\/strong>(<em>Pluvialis fulva<\/em>)  at Enez Lagoons on 13 September and a <strong>Pectoral Sandpiper <\/strong>(<em>Calidris  melanotos<\/em>) at Lake Kulu on 2 September are clearly the highlights of this  autumn. As a regular yet a rare wader, a single <strong>Terek Sandpiper <\/strong>(<em>Xenus  cinereus<\/em>) was present at Lake Kulu on the same day. After about 140 years  later, the second <strong>Glaucous Gull <\/strong>(<em>Larus hyperboreus<\/em>) was recorded.  A first winter bird was detected and photographed in Rize on 12 December and  the bird apparently has been staying there until the end of the year. <br\/>\n  A single <strong>Pomarine Skua <\/strong>(<em>Stercorarius pomarinus<\/em>) was at  Didim on 6 October was the other highlight of the trip. A single <strong>Namaque  Dove <\/strong>(<em>Oena capensis<\/em>) arrived from the sea at Milleyha, Hatay on 8  November, and another bird at 25 km NE of Kulu on 16 July, both maybe  supporting natural occurrence versus escapes. Milleyha coastland of Hatay  produced again good number of wintering pipits, singles of <strong>Buff-bellied  Pipit <\/strong>(<em>Anthus rubescens<\/em>) were on 29 October and 22 November and a  remarkable three <strong>Richard\u2019s Pipit <\/strong>(<em>Anthus richardi<\/em>) on 29 October.<br\/>\n  The Ringing Station at K\u0131z\u0131l\u0131rmak Delta produced another new species for  Turkey. A <strong>Black-throated Accentor <\/strong>(<em>Prunella atrogularis<\/em>) was  caught, photographed and released on 31 October. Biologist at the University in  Van claimed a <strong>Variable Wheatear <\/strong>(<em>Oenanthe picata<\/em>) from an unknown  locality near Van province in summer 2014. Unfortunately no details were  published.<br\/>\n  An <strong>Asian Desert Warbler <\/strong>(<em>Sylvia nana<\/em>) was observed in  Istanbul, Karaburun on 29 October. The passage of Booted Warbler (<em>Iduna  caligata<\/em>) was again well documented. IN spring one was singing in Halfeti  on 31 May, singles were in Rize on 28 August and Antakya on 18 September.  Another rare ringing onbservation was from Aras Ringing Station, Kars: a <strong>Blyth\u2019s  Reed Warbler <\/strong>(<em>Acrocephalus dumetorum<\/em>) on 27 August. Siberian Leaf  Warblers are now a regular target of birders, one <strong>Yellow-browed Warbler <\/strong>(<em>Phylloscopus  inornatus<\/em>) was in Suba\u015f\u0131, Antakya on 26 October, two at K\u0131z\u0131l\u0131rmak Delta on  18 October and one on 28 October. Two <strong>Pallas\u2019s Warbler <\/strong>(<em>Phylloscopus  proregulus<\/em>) were photographed at K\u0131z\u0131l\u0131rmak Delta, one on 29 October and  the other on 5 November. A <strong>Isabelline Shrike <\/strong>(<em>Lanius isabellinus<\/em>)  was in Birecik on 28 October. Rare bunting were also recorded. The third <strong>Lapland  Longspur <\/strong>(<em>Calcarius lapponicus<\/em>) was recorded at K\u0131z\u0131l\u0131rmak Delta on  3 November and one of the few autumn passage migrants, a <strong>Pine Bunting <\/strong>(<em>Emberiza  leucocephalos<\/em>) was recorded at Aras Ringing Station on 25 October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ali Atahan, Nizamettin Yavuz, Kerem Ali Boyla The second half of 2014 has been very productive in Turkey, with sightings of some Trans-Atlantic vagrants and the appearance of a new species fort he country at a ringing station. Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) has arrive to \u0130stanbul, Karaburun on 9 December, apparently an oiled bird, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-osme-atr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kustr.org\/kuskayitkomitesi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kustr.org\/kuskayitkomitesi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kustr.org\/kuskayitkomitesi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kustr.org\/kuskayitkomitesi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kustr.org\/kuskayitkomitesi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kustr.org\/kuskayitkomitesi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":401,"href":"https:\/\/www.kustr.org\/kuskayitkomitesi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399\/revisions\/401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kustr.org\/kuskayitkomitesi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kustr.org\/kuskayitkomitesi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kustr.org\/kuskayitkomitesi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}