Aras Station Fall 2009 Volunteers

1-Ümit Durdu (Hacettepe University)
2-Güler Bozok (Hacettepe University)
3-Yiğit Ozan Çolak (Hacettepe University)
4-Abdurrahman Sefalı (Yüzüncü Yıl University)
5-Libor Praus (Czech Republic)
6-Jindrich Sedlacek (Czech Republic)
7-Yelda Yağcı (İstanbul University)
8-Sezgi Yalçınsü (İstanbul University)
9-Merve Aksu (İstanbul University)
10-Nadin Ebeoğlu (Bosphorus University)
11-D. Eylül Dizdaroğlu (Hacettepe University)
12-Ayşe Bengisu Gelmez (Hacettepe University)
13-Jerry Lewis (England)
14-Ron Clevely (England)
15-Peren Tuzkaya (Ankara University)
16-Feyzan Tuzkaya (METU)
17-Emine Köpük (Nahxivan)
18-Rene Vos (Netherlands)
19-Kerem Soyöz (İstanbul)
20-Kirsty Jane Lees İskoçy(Scotland)
21-Dirk Maes (Belgium)
22-Mizgin Sülün (Kafkas University)
23-Dave Hazard (İngiltere)
24-Robert Shaw (İngiltere)
25-Muhammed Ali Sönmez (Kafkas University)

Aras Bird Ringing Station End Season

Two of Turkey’s three bird-ringing stations, namely Kuyucuk and Aras Bird-Ringing Stations, have just ended their fall 2009 studies. Total number of the birds ringed in both stations through the fieldworks conducted by KuzeyDoğa Society, Kars Directorate of Environment and Forestry, Iğdır Directorate Environment and Forestry and Kafkas University, reached collectively to 5439.

Aras Bird Research and Education Center is located by the Lake of Aras in the village of Yukarı Çıyrıklı, district of Tuzluca, province of Iğdır. The bird-ringing activities at Aras Bird Research and Education Center were initiated in fall 2006, which were organized this year starting on 10 August 2009 and ending on 31 October 2009. On 83 days of bird-ringing studies, 2868 individuals from 74 different species of birds were ringed. Throughout the ringing period, 14 students from Hacettepe, METU, Bosphorus, Istanbul, Yüzüncü Yıl, Ankara and Kafkas Universities volunteered and 9 expert ringers from Czech Republic, England, the Netherlands, Belgium and Scotland boosted the studies. This year, for the first time a turtle dove (Streptopalia turtur) was ringed contrary to the previous years.

31 October 2009

Today is the last day of fall season at Aras Bird Research & Education Center. Sedat, Yakup, Ümit, Emrah, Kerem and Seda closed the station today. We ringed 13 birds out of 4 species.

Today's birds are:

Chiffchaff
Robin
Reed bunting
Magpie

30 October 2009

Today we ringed 25 birds out of 6 species.

Today's birds are:

Chiffchaff
Caucasian chiffchaff
Bluethroat
Moustached warbler
Reed bunting
Magpie

29 October 2009

Today we ringed 19 birds out of 3 species.

Today's birds are:

Chiffchaff
White wagtail
Blackbird

28 October 2009

Today we ringed 31 birds of 7 species.

Today's birds are:

Chiffchaff
Caucasian chiffchaff
Bluethroat
Moustached warbler
Robin
Reed bunting
Wren

27 October 2009

Today we ringed 16 birds of 6 species.

Today's birds are:

Chiffchaff
White wagtail
Moustached warbler
Penduline tit
Robin
Wren

26 October 2009

Today we ringed 25 birds of 6 species.

Today's birds are:

Tree sparrow
Chiffchaff
Redstart
White wagtail
Siberian stonechat
Robin

25 October 2009

Today we ringed 30 birds of 10 species.

Today's birds are:

Willow warbler
Chiffchaff
Caucasian chiffchaff
Bluethroat
Redstart
Moustached warbler
Robin
Reed bunting
Chaffinch
Dunnock

24 October 2009

Today we ringed 18 birds of 6 species.

Today's birds are:

Tree sparrow
Chiffchaff
White wagtail
Moustached warbler
Robin
Yellowhammer

23 October 2009

Today we ringed 34 birds out of 9 species. Our British volunteers Dave and Robert left the station today. Sedat from Kuyucuk station came back in order to complete the season.

Today's birds are:

Tree sparrow
Chiffchaff
Bluethroat
White wagtail
Great tit
Moustached warbler
Robin
Reed bunting
Yellowhammer

22 October 2009

Today we ringed 20 birds out of 8 species.

Today's birds are:

Chiffchaff
Caucasian chiffchaff
Bluethroat
Siberian stonechat
Great tit
Reed bunting
Chaffinch
Merlin

21 October 2009

Today we ringed 30 birds out of 9 species.

Today's birds are:

Chiffchaff
Caucasian chiffchaff
Redstart
Reed warbler
Savi's warbler
Moustached warbler
Penduline tit
Robin
Syrian woodpecker

20 October 2009

Today we ringed 29 birds out of 9 species.

Today's birds are:

Tree sparrow
Chiffchaff
Caucasian chiffchaff
Bluethroat
White wagtail
Moustached warbler
Robin
Reed bunting
Chaffinch

19 October 2009

Today we ringed 22 birds out of 7 species.

Today's birds are:

Chiffchaff
Caucasian chiffchaff
Bluethroat
Stonechat
White wagtail
Siberian stonechat
Moustached warbler

18 October 2009

Today we ringed 33 birds of 8 species.

Today's birds are:

Chiffchaff
Bluethroat
Black cap
White wagtail
Moustached warbler
Robin
Chaffinch
Yellowhammer

17 October 2009

Today we ringed 26 birds out of 10 species.

Today's birds are:

Corn Bunting
Tree sparrow
Chiffchaff
Bluethroat
Redstart
Reed warbler
Great tit
Moustached warbler
Robin
Reed bunting

16 October 2009

Today we ringed 39 birds out of 10 species.

Today's birds are:

Chiffchaff
Caucasian chiffchaff
Bluethroat
Redstart
Cetti's warbler
Sedge warbler
Savi's warbler
Moustached warbler
Robin
Yellowhammer

15 October 2009

Today we ringed 61 birds of 10 species. We had chiffchaff and white wagtail shower at the station.

Today's birds are:

Tree sparrow
Willow warbler
Chiffchaff
Caucasian chiffchaff
Bluethroat
Redstart
White wagtail
Siberian stonechat
Moustached warbler
Robin

14 October 2009

Today we ringed 17 birds out of 7 species.

Today's birds are:

Chiffchaff
Caucasian chiffchaff
Bluethroat
Redstart
White wagtail
Penduline tit
Robin