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Turkey: 3/20/2006 - 4/1/2006 (Center on Map)

Turkey
 Solar eclipse - March 29, 2006 Side, Turkey, showing corona



Cappadocia Uchisar, The Swiss Cheese City
Cappadocia Fairy Chimney
Cappadocia Early Christian Fresco
Cappadocia Rock That Looks Like a Head
Cappadocia Ilhara Town - Hasan Dagi Mountain in Background
Cappadocia Ilhara Valley
Cappadocia Ilhara Valley Pigeon Houses
Cappadocia, Cappadocia, Selime Village Star Wars Movie Scene
Cappadocia, Selime Village Star Wars Movie Scene
Cappadocia, Selime Village Ancient Monastery
Cappadocia, Silk Road Caravan Stop (Caravanseri)
Cappadocia, Reed Farm
Anamurium, Phoenician/Roman Ruins
Anamurium, Roman Theater
Total Solar Eclipse - Solar disk prior to first contact
Total Solar Eclipse - first contact
10 minutes later
Total Solar Eclipse - 20 minutes later
30 minutes later
Total Solar Eclipse - still later
moon keeps chugging along
and along...
Total Solar Eclipse - and so on, check out the sunspots
keep clicking, the good part is coming up

Total Solar Eclipse - just a bit longer
Total Solar Eclipse - almost 2nd contact, just a sliver of the sun remains
Total Solar Eclipse - good view of prominences
Total Solar Eclipse, prominences and corona visible
Total Solar Eclipse - The Diamond ring and prominences
Total Solar Eclipse - just after 3rd contact
Total Solar Eclipse - Sun is coming back


Total Solar Eclipse -

Total Solar Eclipse -

Total Solar Eclipse -


moments before 4th contact
after 4th contact
Solar eclipse - March 29, 2006 Side, Turkey, showing corona
Side, Turkey, Before the solar eclipse
Side, Turkey, Before the solar eclipse
Side, Turkey, Before the solar eclipse
Antalya Harbor, lower Dueden Falls

Termessos, Rock Tombs
Termessos, Rock Tombs
Termessos, Rock Tombs
Termessos, Stadium
Olympos Mountains, Beach
Bey Olympos Dagi
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Male
Cappadocia, Shepherd
Agama (Laudakia stellio)
Danfords Lizard (Anatololacerta   danfordi)
Eurasian Tortoise (Testudo graeca)
White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
Orphean Warbler (Sylvia hortensis) Female
Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon)
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
Bearded Parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) Female
Bearded Parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) Male
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Western Rock-Nuthatch (Sitta neumayer)
Spectacled Bulbul (Pycnonotus erythropthalmos)
European Souslik (Spermophilus citellus)
Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)
Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Eurasian Linnet (Carduelis cannabina) Female
Eurasian Linnet (Carduelis cannabina) Male
A two week trip to Cappadoccia and Turkish Rivera featuring a total solar eclipse in Side on March 29, 2006.

Sites Visited





Species Recorded (109)


Birds ( 102 )

Grebes ( Podicipedidae )
Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis

Herons ( Ardeidae )
Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea
Great Egret - Casmerodius albus
Little Egret - Egretta garzetta

Ibises and Spoonbills ( Threskiornithidae )
Eurasian Spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia

Storks ( Ciconiidae )
White Stork - Ciconia ciconia

Flamingos ( Phoenicopteridae )
Greater Flamingo - Phoenicopterus ruber

Swans, Geese, and Ducks ( Anatidae )
Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata
Common Teal - Anas crecca
Cinnamon Teal - Anas cyanoptera
Eurasian Wigeon - Anas penelope
Garganey - Anas querquedula
Whooper Swan - Cygnus cygnus
Red-crested Pochard - Netta rufina
Ruddy Shelduck - Tadorna ferruginea

Kites, Hawks, Eagles, and Allies ( Acciptridae )
Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus
Lesser Spotted Eagle - Aquila pomarina
Rough-legged Hawk - Buteo lagopus
Long-legged Buzzard - Buteo rufinus
Western Marsh-Harrier - Circus aeruginosus
Northern Harrier - Circus cyaneus
Montagu's Harrier - Circus pygargus

Falcons and Allies ( Falconidae )
Lesser Kestrel - Falco naumanni
Eurasian Hobby - Falco subbuteo
Common Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies ( Rallidae )
Common Coot - Fulica atra
Common Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus

Cranes ( Gruidae )
Common Crane - Grus grus

Plovers ( Charadriidae )
Little Ringed Plover - Charadrius dubius
Spur-winged Lapwing - Vanellus spinosus
Northern Lapwing - Vanellus vanellus

Sandpipers and Allies ( Scolopacidae )
Black-tailed Godwit - Limosa limosa
Jack Snipe - Lymnocryptes minimus
Ruff - Philomachus pugnax
Common Greenshank - Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper - Tringa ochropus
Common Redshank - Tringa totanus

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers ( Laridae )
Slender-billed Gull - Larus genei
Common Black-headed Gull - Larus ridibundus

Pigeons and Doves ( Columbidae )
Rock Dove - Columba livia
Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
Laughing Dove - Streptopelia senegalensis

Typical Owls ( Strigidae )
Little Owl - Athene noctua
Common Scops-Owl - Otus scops

Swifts ( Apodidae )
Common Swift - Apus apus
Alpine Swift - Tachymarptis melba

Hoopoes ( Upupidae )
Eurasian Hoopoe - Upupa epops

Piculets and Woodpeckers ( Picidae )
Syrian Woodpecker - Dendrocopos syriacus

Larks ( Alaudidae )
Eurasian Skylark - Alauda arvensis
Lesser Short-toed Lark - Calandrella rufescens
Crested Lark - Galerida cristata
Calandra Lark - Melanocorypha calandra

Swallows ( Hirundinidae )
Northern House-Martin - Delichon urbica
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica

Bulbuls ( Pycnonotidae )
Spectacled Bulbul - Pycnonotus erythropthalmos

Jays and Crows ( Corvidae )
Carrion Crow - Corvus corone
Eurasian Jay - Garrulus glandarius
Black-billed Magpie - Pica pica

Chickadees and Titmice ( Paridae )
Coal Tit - Parus ater
Sombre Tit - Parus lugubris
Great Tit - Parus major

Bushtits ( Aegithalidae )
Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus

Nuthatches ( Sittidae )
Wood Nuthatch - Sitta europaea
Krueper's Nuthatch - Sitta krueperi
Western Rock-Nuthatch - Sitta neumayer

Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers ( Sylviidae )
Moustached Warbler - Acrocephalus melanopogon
Bearded Parrotbill - Panurus biarmicus
Common Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita
Wood Warbler - Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Common Whitethroat - Sylvia communis
Lesser Whitethroat - Sylvia curruca
Orphean Warbler - Sylvia hortensis
Sardinian Warbler - Sylvia melanocephala
Rueppell's Warbler - Sylvia rueppelli

Wheatears ( Muscicapidae )
Finsch's Wheatear - Oenanthe finschii
Black-eared Wheatear - Oenanthe hispanica
Isabelline Wheatear - Oenanthe isabellina
Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe
Pied Wheatear - Oenanthe pleschanka

Thrushes and Allies ( Turdidae )
European Robin - Erithacus rubecula
Common Nightingale - Luscinia megarhynchos
Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros
Eurasian Blackbird - Turdus merula

Wagtails and Pipits ( Motacillidae )
Olive-backed Pipit - Anthus hodgsoni
White Wagtail - Motacilla alba
Yellow Wagtail - Motacilla flava

Shrikes ( Laniidae )
Woodchat Shrike - Lanius senator

Starlings and Mynas ( Sturnidae )
Common Starling - Sturnus vulgaris

Brushfinches, Seedeaters, Sparrows, and Allies ( Emberizinae )
Cretzschmar's Bunting - Emberiza caesia
Rock Bunting - Emberiza cia
Reed Bunting - Emberiza schoeniclus
Corn Bunting - Miliaria calandra

Cardueline Finches and Allies ( Fringillidae )
Eurasian Linnet - Carduelis cannabina
European Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis
European Greenfinch - Carduelis chloris
Eurasian Siskin - Carduelis spinus
Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs
European Serin - Serinus serinus

Old World Sparrows ( Passeridae )
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
Spanish Sparrow - Passer hispaniolensis
Eurasian Tree Sparrow - Passer montanus
Rock Sparrow - Petronia petronia

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