Trip Report: Turkey (2006-03-20 - 2006-04-01)
Solar eclipse - March 29, 2006 Side, Turkey, showing corona
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
Termessos, Stadium
Total Solar Eclipse - Solar disk prior to first contact
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
Side, Turkey, Before the solar eclipse
Side, Turkey, Before the solar eclipse
Side, Turkey, Before the solar eclipse
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Solar eclipse - March 29, 2006 Side, Turkey, showing corona
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
Termessos, Stadium
Total Solar Eclipse - Solar disk prior to first contact
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
Side, Turkey, Before the solar eclipse
Side, Turkey, Before the solar eclipse
Side, Turkey, Before the solar eclipse
A two week trip to Cappadoccia and Turkish Rivera featuring a total solar eclipse in Side on March 29, 2006.
Sites Visited
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (110 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(110 records)
Class: Birds
(103 records)
- Order: Anseriformes (8 records)
- Order: Bucerotiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Hoopoes
- Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Cranes
- Common Crane (Grus grus)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (3 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (7 records)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (2 records)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(2 records)
- Family: Typical Owls
- European Scops-Owl (Otus scops)
- Little Owl (Athene noctua)
- Order: Pelicans
(16 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)
- Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
- Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
- Family: Flamingos
- Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
- Family: Grebes
- Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
- Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
- Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
- Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
- Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
- Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
- Family: Storks
- White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
- Order: Perching Birds
(55 records)
- Family: Bearded Reedling
- Bearded Reedling (Panurus biarmicus)
- Family: Bulbuls
- White-spectacled Bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
- Family: Bushtits
- Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
- European Serin (Serinus serinus)
- European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
- Eurasian Siskin (Spinus spinus)
- European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
- Eurasian Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Sombre Tit (Poecile lugubris)
- Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
- Great Tit (Parus major)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
- Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
- Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
- Family: Larks
- Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
- Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
- Wood Lark (Lullula arborea)
- Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark (Alaudala heinei)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
- Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
- Family: Nuthatches
- Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
- Krueper's Nuthatch (Sitta krueperi)
- Western Rock Nuthatch (Sitta neumayer)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Rock Bunting (Emberiza cia)
- Cretzschmar's Bunting (Emberiza caesia)
- Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
- Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
- Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)
- Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe melanoleuca)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- Rock Sparrow (Petronia petronia)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
- Greater Whitethroat (Curruca communis)
- Lesser Whitethroat (Curruca curruca)
- Rueppell's Warbler (Curruca ruppeli)
- Sardinian Warbler (Curruca melanocephala)
- Eastern Orphean Warbler (Curruca crassirostris)
- Family: Shrikes
- Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
- Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
- Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
- Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
- Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(5 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
- Slender-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus genei)
- Family: Plovers
- Little Ringed Plover (Thinornis dubius)
- Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
- Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Syrian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus)
Class: Mammals
(4 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Canidae
- Golden Jackal (Canis aureus)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(1 record)
- Family: Bovids
- Domestic Goat (Capra hircus)
- Order: Primates
(1 record)
- Family: Hominidae
- Human (Homo sapiens)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Asia Minor Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus xanthoprymnus)
Class: Reptiles
(3 records)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(2 records)
- Family: Agamas
- Roughtail Rock Agama (Stelligama stellio)
- Family: Wall Lizards
- Budak's Rock Lizard (Anatololacerta finikensis)
- Order: Turtles
(1 record)
- Family: Tortoise
- Eurasian Tortoise (Testudo graeca)