Trip Report: Siberia (2008-07-14 - 2008-08-11)
Altai, Total Solar Eclipse, Bailey's Beads Detail
Red Square, Moscow
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
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
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
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
- Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
- Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
- Order: Bucerotiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Hoopoes
- Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Cranes
- Demoiselle Crane (Grus 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
- Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- 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 Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
- Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
- Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
- Order: Perching Birds
(61 records)
- Family: Accentors
- Altai Accentor (Prunella himalayana)
- Family: Bushtits
- Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
- Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
- Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)
- Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
- European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
- Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
- Long-tailed Rosefinch (Carpodacus sibiricus)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Azure Tit (Cyanistes cyanus)
- Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
- Great Tit (Parus major)
- Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
- Willow Tit (Poecile montanus)
- Family: Dippers
- White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Eurasian Jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
- Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
- Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
- Northern Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
- Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
- Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
- Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
- Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
- Family: Nuthatches
- Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Godlewski's Bunting (Emberiza godlewskii)
- Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana)
- Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
- Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
- Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
- Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Blyth's Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)
- Lesser Whitethroat (Curruca curruca)
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler (Helopsaltes certhiola)
- Family: Shrikes
- Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica)
- Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
- Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
- Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)
- Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
- Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
- Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)
- Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
- Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
- Family: Treecreepers
- Eurasian Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
- Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)
- Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi)
- Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
- Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
- Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- 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)
- Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dryobates minor)
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)