Thursday, September 17, 2009

11 September 2009

Today we ringed 15 birds out of 8 species. Today's species are as follows:

Reed warbler
Great reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Whitethroat
Marsh warbler
Common rosefinch
Yellow wagtail
Willow warbler

10 September 2009

Today we ringed 14 birds out of 10 species. Today's species are as follows:

Cetti's warbler
Great tit
Reed warbler
Great reed warbler
Marsh warbler
Common rosefinch
Yellow wagtail
Whinchat
Willow warbler
Bee-eater

9 September 2009

Today we ringed 24 birds out of 10 species. Ringing team made a small kite today and enjoy the day trying to make it fly. Today's species are as follows:

Cetti's warbler
Reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Kingfisher
Whitethroat
Marsh warbler
Thrush nightingale
Yellow wagtail
Bluethroat
Bee-eater

8 September 2009

Today we ringed 24 birds out of 11 species. Today's species are as follows:

Cetti's warbler
Savi's warbler
Reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Whitethroat
Marsh warbler
Thrush nightingale
Yellow wagtail
Bluethroat
Redstart
Bee-eater

7 September 2009

Today we ringed 36 birds out of 11 species. Today's species are as follows:

Cetti's warbler
Savi's warbler
Reed warbler
Great reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Kingfisher
Whitethroat
Marsh warbler
Swallow
Yellow wagtail
Tree pipit

6 September 2009

Today we ringed 20 birds out of 13 species. Today's species are as follows:

Great tit
Savi's warbler
Reed warbler
Great reed warbler
Tree sparrow
Marsh warbler
Garden warbler
Sedge warbler
Swallow
Paddfield warbler
Yellow wagtail
Bluethroat
Bee-eater

5 September 2009

Today we ringed 16 birds out of 6 species. Today's species are as follows:

Cetti's warbler
Reed warbler
Great reed warbler
Wryneck
Black cap
Mountain Chiffchaff

Sunday, September 13, 2009

4 September 2009

Today we ringed 25 birds out of 12 species. Today's species are as follows:

Reed warbler
Great reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Whitethroat
Marsh warbler
Garden warbler
Sand martin
House sparrow
Lesser whitethroat
Ortolan
Black cap
Nightjar

3 September 2009

Today we ringed 32 birds out of 14 species. Today's species are as follows:

Pendilune tit
Savi's warbler
Great reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Syrian woodpecker
Wryneck
Marsh warbler
Garden warbler
Sand martin
House sparrow
Willow warbler
Nightjar
Spotted flycatcher
Tree pipit

2 September 2009

Today we ringed 52 birds out of 15 species. Today's species are as follows:

Cetti's warbler
Great tit
Reed warbler
Great reed warbler
Garden warbler
Sand martin
House sparrow
Sedge warbler
Swallow
Common rosefinch
Lesser whitethroat
Yellow wagtail
Willow warbler
Bluethroat
Nightjar

Second shower of sand martins (1 September 2009)

Today we ringed 201 birds out of 18 species. We had a sand martin shower at the last check and our ringer Sedat Inak had to ring until 2 am in the morning. Our volunteers Özgül Yahyaoğlu, Eylül Dizdaroğlu and Ayşe Bengisu Gelmez from Hacettepe University Biology Department joined us. As soon as Eylül and Bengisu arrived, they cleaned the house we stay in the village. Today's species are as follows:

Cetti's warbler
Savi's warbler
Great reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Wryneck
Whitethroat
Marsh warbler
Garden warbler
Sand martin
Thrush nightingale
House sparrow
Swallow
Common rosefinch
Lesser whitethroat
Willow warbler
Redstart
Bee-eater
Golden oriole

31 August 2009

Today we ringed 32 birds out of 18 species so that we ended up with August by ringing 738 birds out of 53 species in total. Güler Bozok,Yiğit Ozan Çolak, Abdurrahman Sefalı, Yelda Yağcı, Sezgi Yalçınsü, Merve Aksu and Nadin Ebeoğlu helped us at the station during these 20 days. Today's species are as follows:

Pendilune tit
Savi's warbler
Reed warbler
Great reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Wryneck
Whitethroat
Marsh warbler
Garden warbler
Thrush nightingale
Sedge warbler
Swallow
Whinchat
Willow warbler
Redstart
Wheatear
Black cap
Magpie

30 August 2009

Today we ringed 25 birds out of 14 species. Our volunteers Merve, Yelda and Sezgi left the station today. We appreciate their contribution to our work. Today's species are as follows:

Great tit
Greet reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Wryneck
Whitethroat
Marsh warbler
Garden warbler
Barred warbler
Lesser whitethroat
Willow warbler
Redstart
Black-eared wheatear
Goldern oriole
Wood warbler

Sand Martin shower (29 August 2009)

Today we ringed 145 birds out of 19 species. We got a sand martin shower at the last check more than 70. Today's species are as follows:

Great tit
Pendilune tit
Savi's warbler
Reed warbler
Great reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Wryneck
Whitethroat
Tree sparrow
Marsh warbler
Garden warbler
Sand martin
Thrush nightingale
Swallow
Common rosefinch
Lesser whitethroat
Willow warbler
Bluethroat
Bee-eater

28 August 2009

Today we ringed 21 birds out of 15 species. Today's species are as follows:

Pendilune tit
Reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Wryneck
Whitethroat
Olivevacous warbler
Marsh warbler
Garden warbler
Barred warbler
Sedge warbler
Lesser whitethroat
Redstart
River warbler
Short-toed lark
Nightjar

27 August 2009

Today we ringed 28 birds out of 14 species. Today's species are as follows:

Reed warbler
Great reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Wryneck
Whitethroat
Tree sparrow
Marsh warbler
Garden warbler
Thrush nightingale
Yellow wagtail
Whinchat
Willow warbler
Redstart
Bee-eater

26 August 2009

Today we ringed 22 birds out of 10 species. Our volunteer Nadin left the station today. Today's species are as follows:

Reed warbler
Great reed warbler
Syrian woodpecker
Whitethroat
Marsh warbler
Garden warbler
Sand martin
Sedge warbler
Yellow wagtail
Willow warbler

25 August 2009

Today we ringed 30 birds out of 12 species. Today's species are as follows:

Great reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Wryneck
Whitethroat
Tree sparrow
Marsh warbler
Garden warbler
Thrush nightingale
Swallow
Lesser whitethroat
Willow warbler
Quail

24 August 2009

Today we ringed 25 birds out of 12 species. Today's species are as follows:

Pendilune tit
Greet reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Whitethroat
Tree sparrow
Marsh warbler
Thrush nightingale
Whinchat
Willow warbler
Ortolan
Bluethroat
Quail

23 August 2009

Today we ringed 17 birds out of 9 species. Today's species are as follows:

Reed warbler
Great reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Whitethroat
Tree sparrow
Marsh warbler
Garden warbler
Thrush nightingale
Willow warbler

22 August 2009

Today we ringed 23 birds out of 12 species. Today's species are as follows:

Cetti's warbler
Reed warbler
Great reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Kingfisher
Tree sparrow
Marsh warbler
Garden warbler
Thrush nightingale
House sparrow
Whinchat
Lesser grey shrike

21 August 2009

Today we ringed 26 birds out of 9 species. Today's species are as follows:

Red-backed shrike
Whitethroat
Tree sparrow
Marsh warbler
Garden warbler
Thrush nightingale
Swallow
Yellow wagtail
Willow warbler

20 August 2009

Today we ringed 16 birds out of 8 species. Today's species are as follows:

Greet reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Wryneck
Marsh warbler
Garden warbler
Thrush nightingale
Sedge warbler
Whinchat

19 August 2009

We ringed 42 birds out of 13 species. Our volunteer Nadin Ebeoğlu,who is a mater student at Environmental Sciences of Bosphorus University, joined us today. She is doing studyies about DNA of migratory birds that we trap at Aras Station. Today's species are as follows:

Savi's warbler
Greet reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Syrian woodpecker
Water rail
Whitethroat
Marsh warbler
Garden warbler
Thrush nightingale
Sedge warbler
Swallow
Lesser whitethroat
Corn Bunting

18 August 2009

Today we ringed 46 birds out of 13 species. Today's species are as follows:

Cetti's warbler
Savi's warbler
Reed warbler
Greet reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Kingfisher
Whitethroat
Olivevacous warbler
Tree sparrow
Marsh warbler
Garden warbler
Lesser whitethroat
Roller

17 August 2009

Today we ringed 37 birds out of 15 species. Today's species are as follows:

Great tit
Savi's warbler
Greet reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Syrian woodpecker
Kingfisher
Whitethroat
Olivevacous warbler
Marsh warbler
Garden warbler
Thrush nightingale
Barred warbler
Swallow
Roller
Black-headed bunting

16 August 2009

Today we ringed 37 birds out of 17 species. Today's species are as follows:

Cetti's warbler
Reed warbler
Greet reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Whitethroat
Tree sparrow
Marsh warbler
Garden warbler
Thrush nightingale
Barred warbler
House sparrow
Cuckoo
Sedge warbler
Swallow
Common rosefinch
Chiffchaff
Turtle Dove

15 August 2009

Today we ringed 20 birds out of 10 species. Yelda and Sezgi from Istanbul University Veterinary Faculty, Merve from Ondokuz Mayıs University faculty joined us where Güler, Yiğit, Yakup and Abdurrahman left the station for Kuyucuk Bird Station. Today's species are as follows:

Cetti's warbler
Savi's warbler
Reed warbler
Greet reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Kingfisher
Whitethroat
Garden warbler
House sparrow
Common rosefinch

14 August 2009

Today we ringed 32 birds out of 10 species. Today's species are as follows:

Reed warbler
Greet reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Little Bittern
Whitethroat
Tree sparrow
Marsh warbler
Garden warbler
Swallow
Green warbler

13 August 2009

Today we ringed 29 birds out of 14 species. Today's species are as follows:

Cetti's warbler
Savi's warbler
Reed warbler
Greet reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Olivevacous warbler
Marsh warbler
Garden warbler
Sand martin
Thrush nightingale
Cuckoo
Sedge warbler
Swallow
Paddfield warbler

12 August 2009

Today we ringed 24 birds out of 11 species. Today's species are as follows:

Cetti's warbler
Pendilune tit
Greet reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Tree sparrow
Marsh warbler
Garden warbler
Thrush nightingale
Barred warbler
House sparrow
Reed bunting

11 August 2009

Today we ringed 34 birds out of 12 species. Today's species are as follows:

Cetti's warbler
Savi's warbler
Reed warbler
Great reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Syrian woodpecker
Water rail
Nightingale
Whitethroat
Olivevacous warbler
Tree sparrow
Marsh warbler
Garden warbler
Sand martin

Fall ringing started at Aras Station (10 August 2009)

Since the weather is a little cooler than previous years, we started bird ringing 5 day earlier. Sedat Inak, who is our ringing specialists are running the station this fall with the help of many volunteer students from different universities all around Turkey. Today we started ringing at the station with the help Güler Bozok, Yiğit Ozan Çolak, Abdurrahman Sefalı and Yakup Şaşmaz.

Today we ringed 27 birds out of 12 species. These species are as follows:

Cetti's warbler
Great tit
Pendilune tit
Savi's warbler
Reed warbler
Greet reed warbler
Red-backed shrike
Little Bittern
Syrian woodpecker
Kingfisher
Wryneck
Water rail