Trip Report: Turkey (2006-03-20 - 2006-04-01)
Solar eclipse - March 29, 2006 Side, Turkey, showing corona
Total Solar Eclipse - Solar disk prior to first contact
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
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 - Solar disk prior to first contact
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
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
- Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Cranes
- Common Crane (Grus grus)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
- Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- 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
- Eurasian Scops-Owl (Otus scops)
- Little Owl (Athene noctua)
- Order: Pelicans
(16 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
- Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
- Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)
- Family: Flamingos
- Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
- Family: Grebes
- Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
- Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
- Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
- Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
- Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
- 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)
- Eurasian Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
- Eurasian Siskin (Spinus spinus)
- European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
- European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
- European Serin (Serinus serinus)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
- Great Tit (Parus major)
- Sombre Tit (Poecile lugubris)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
- Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
- Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
- Family: Larks
- Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
- Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
- Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark (Alaudala heinei)
- Wood Lark (Lullula arborea)
- 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
- Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
- Cretzschmar's Bunting (Emberiza caesia)
- Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
- Rock Bunting (Emberiza cia)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe melanoleuca)
- Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
- Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
- Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Rock Sparrow (Petronia petronia)
- Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Eastern Orphean Warbler (Curruca crassirostris)
- Greater Whitethroat (Curruca communis)
- Lesser Whitethroat (Curruca curruca)
- Rueppell's Warbler (Curruca ruppeli)
- Sardinian Warbler (Curruca melanocephala)
- Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
- Family: Shrikes
- Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
- Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
- Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
- Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- 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)