Trip Report: Siberia (2008-07-14 - 2008-08-11)
Altai, Total Solar Eclipse, Bailey's Beads Detail
Red Square, Moscow
Lake Baikal
Bolshie Koty on Lake Baikal
World War II Memorial in Kyzyl, Tuva
Tuva Yurt in the Valley of the Kings
View From Mergen's Homestay, Kyzyl
Shamanistic Center, Kyzyl
Kyzyl, Lenin
Kyzyl, Tank
Western Tuva, Inside The Yurt
Western Tuva, Ghenghis Khan Statue
Western Tuva, Outside the Yurt
Western Tuva, Ancient Turkic Carving
Western Tuva, Sacred Site
Western Tuva, Taiga
Western Tuva, Ladas
Western Tuva, Mountaintop
Western Tuva, Valley
Kyzyl, Tuvan Throat Singing Competition
Kyzyl, Tuva, Throat Singing Competition
Altai, Total Solar Eclipse, Just Before 2nd Contact, Cloud Trouble
Altai, Solar Eclipse, 2nd Contact Bailey's Beads
Altai, Total Solar Eclipse, Bailey's Beads Detail
Altai, Solar Eclipse, 3rd Contact, Diamond Ring
Altai, Vicious Dog
Altai, Lake Teletskoe
Novosibirsk, View From Railway Station
Novosibirsk, Railway Station
Novosibirsk Railway Station, TransSiberian Train 055 Arrives
Trans-Siberian Railway, View From Platskart
Krasnoyarsk, Russians on Holiday
Krasnoyarsk, Russian Boogie Down
Krasnoyarsk, Theater
Krasnoyarsk, My Hotel View from Across the Yenisey
Liger, Novosibirsk Zoo
Red Square, Moscow
Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana) Female
Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) Male
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) Male
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Altai, Total Solar Eclipse, Bailey's Beads Detail
Red Square, Moscow
Lake Baikal
Bolshie Koty on Lake Baikal
World War II Memorial in Kyzyl, Tuva
Tuva Yurt in the Valley of the Kings
View From Mergen's Homestay, Kyzyl
Shamanistic Center, Kyzyl
Kyzyl, Lenin
Kyzyl, Tank
Western Tuva, Inside The Yurt
Western Tuva, Ghenghis Khan Statue
Western Tuva, Outside the Yurt
Western Tuva, Ancient Turkic Carving
Western Tuva, Sacred Site
Western Tuva, Taiga
Western Tuva, Ladas
Western Tuva, Mountaintop
Western Tuva, Valley
Kyzyl, Tuvan Throat Singing Competition
Kyzyl, Tuva, Throat Singing Competition
Altai, Total Solar Eclipse, Just Before 2nd Contact, Cloud Trouble
Altai, Solar Eclipse, 2nd Contact Bailey's Beads
Altai, Total Solar Eclipse, Bailey's Beads Detail
Altai, Solar Eclipse, 3rd Contact, Diamond Ring
Altai, Vicious Dog
Altai, Lake Teletskoe
Novosibirsk, View From Railway Station
Novosibirsk, Railway Station
Novosibirsk Railway Station, TransSiberian Train 055 Arrives
Trans-Siberian Railway, View From Platskart
Krasnoyarsk, Russians on Holiday
Krasnoyarsk, Russian Boogie Down
Krasnoyarsk, Theater
Krasnoyarsk, My Hotel View from Across the Yenisey
Liger, Novosibirsk Zoo
Red Square, Moscow
Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana) Female
Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) Male
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) Male
I flew from San Francisco to Irkutsk via New York and Moscow with the primary goal to view the total solar eclipse of August 1, 2008. I visited a few areas in the region including Lake Baikal at Listvyanka, Tuva, the Altai mountains region, and Krasnoyarsk.
Sites Visited
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (106 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(106 records)
Class: Birds
(101 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(4 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
- Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
- Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
- Order: Bucerotiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Hoopoes
- Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Cranes
- Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
- Order: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (7 records)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(2 records)
- Family: Swifts
- Common Swift (Apus apus)
- Pacific Swift (Apus pacificus)
- Order: Pelicans
(10 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
- Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
- Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Order: Perching Birds
(61 records)
- Family: Accentors
- Himalayan Accentor (Prunella himalayana)
- Family: Bushtits
- Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
- Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
- European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
- Long-tailed Rosefinch (Carpodacus sibiricus)
- Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)
- Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
- Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
- Willow Tit (Poecile montanus)
- Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
- Great Tit (Parus major)
- Azure Tit (Cyanistes cyanus)
- Family: Dippers
- White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
- Northern Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
- Eurasian Jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
- Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
- Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
- Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
- Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
- Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
- Family: Nuthatches
- Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Godlewski's Bunting (Emberiza godlewskii)
- Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana)
- Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola)
- Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)
- Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
- Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Pallas's Grasshopper-Warbler (Helopsaltes certhiola)
- Blyth's Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)
- Lesser Whitethroat (Curruca curruca)
- Family: Shrikes
- Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
- Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
- Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
- Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
- Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica)
- Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
- Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)
- Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
- Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)
- Family: Treecreepers
- Eurasian Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
- Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
- Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi)
- Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
- Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)
- Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (7 records)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Hazel Grouse (Tetrastes bonasia)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(3 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dryobates minor)
- Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Class: Mammals
(5 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Canidae
- Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)
- Order: Primates
(1 record)
- Family: Hominidae
- Human (Homo sapiens)
- Order: Rodents (3 records)
- Family: True Mice and Rats, Gerbils, and Allies
- Common American Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)