September 2 - A very poor day...

Today is the 18th day. Altough the weather was fine, only 5 specıes out of 11 birds in total were ringed. A very poor day...

Good birding...:)

Today's birds were:

Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)

Marsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris)

Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)

Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)

Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)

September 1 - We will miss you...

Today is the 17th day. 15 species out of 34 birds in total were ringed. Nothing new.

But there were 2 control Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti) which were ringed in our station before.

Today was also a quit sad day for us. We saw our dear volunteers off.

''Gamze Acet'', ''Jale Tanış'', ''Nuh Kubilay'', ''Osman Baydili'', ''Ömer Karaman'' from Fırat University; and ''Gül Yücel'' and ''Meltem Tuna'' from Middle East Technical University had been volunteering in our both bird ringing studies in Iğdır and in our Large Carnivors Project in Kars, for the last 2 weeks. Thanks to their kind effort. We will miss them...

Good birding...:)

Today's birds were:

Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)

Marsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris)

Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)

Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)

Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)

Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)

Savi's Warbler (Locustella lusciniodes)

Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)

Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)

Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria)

Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)

River Warbler (Locustella fluviatilis)

Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)

Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)

Magpie (Pica pica)

August 31 - A new arrival!

Today is the 16th day. 15 species out of 28 birds in total were ringed.

A Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) was new for this season and a Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) was the second for this season.

The Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) with its small bill, but huge mouth amazed new volunteers!

Good birding...:)

Today's birds were:

Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)

Marsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris)

Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)

Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)

Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)

Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)

Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)

Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)

Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)

Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)

Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)

Roller (Coracias garrulus)

Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)

Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba)

Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

Ausgust 30 - Reached 45 species in two weeks!

Today is the 15th day. We have left two weeks behind in the station with 45 different species out of 396 birds ringed!

Today, 13 species out of 28 birds in total were ringed. A Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) and a Magpie (Pica pica) were new species of this season. There was also a control bird: Syrian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus) which was ringed in our station before.

Good birding...:)

Today's birds were:

Marsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris)

Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)

Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)

Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)

Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)

Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)

Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)

Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)

Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)

River Warbler (Locustella fluviatilis)

Roller (Coracias garrulus)

Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba)

Magpie (Pica pica)

August 29 - A usual day...

Today is the 14th day.

A usual day...

Nothing new...

13 species out of 22 birds in total were ringed today.

This season's second Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) (first one was yesterday) and third River Warbler (Locustella fluviatilis) were pleasing...

Good birding...:)

Today's birds were:

Marsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris)

Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)

Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)

Syrian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus)

Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)

Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)

Great Tit (Parus Major)

Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)

Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)

Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)

Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)

River Warbler (Locustella fluviatilis)

Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)