tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32766189100339472792024-02-18T23:31:13.219-08:00METU Bird Ringing Stationsonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09320535055009738702noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276618910033947279.post-12625326404748376852012-04-15T14:15:00.005-07:002012-04-15T14:27:57.575-07:00April 14 / Influx of visitors !<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIByoRgi6kSMZyHH0gyw5W5K1yhvCtEVm58N8pbvpbEHK-t65rMahB4xgCN6QJJC5ur5sBUPiQz38Aocj9hhOS9R1Vcnjd9eh8XzdEc60DO3hu9bvcYzFHkkk1k-2W0AmaAtsWkRHxBDol/s1600/ODTU+istasyon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIByoRgi6kSMZyHH0gyw5W5K1yhvCtEVm58N8pbvpbEHK-t65rMahB4xgCN6QJJC5ur5sBUPiQz38Aocj9hhOS9R1Vcnjd9eh8XzdEc60DO3hu9bvcYzFHkkk1k-2W0AmaAtsWkRHxBDol/s320/ODTU+istasyon.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731742257390408210" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span lang="TR">Taking advantage of the weekend, bird lovers in Ankara influxed to our station. Thanks to all standing with us. Although they couldn’t have the chance to examine many birds in close, they seemed to be pleased to watch kinds of bird species and also to spend time in nature. We hope to see them again in following weeks.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; ">We closed the day with 5 species out of 6 birds. Blackcaps and a jay were new for the station.</span></p> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0tyEB2Ly9DTrapNaDUIQk-sxJU1eyjxGHB4R3iLaYcgy1J6W17Bkt5imqH__6xkVnEfaL8Y8KK4sN203nwd6GKmwssOGTF3eyDVY2XV_d5M_OaNsMX7CA9kTpjEF0bQELUkJsu51SHx7S/s320/karabaslilar.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731740441780165714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 161px; " /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span >Blackcaps (male & female)</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTY66PmkEXgCEbYR9cMppRb0GukXxc3V7Oq7hbPpDxQSSCGr6ENl75fqFbWtdIWlQ0H8CR_qRe3tHfIjZzdfLe8p5DAvKkRwB0-C7VkyeB-UHnUGe1BQiKMUzTcsDEgjIBfTruKuKRvGbY/s320/alakarga+14+nisan.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731740166949255010" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span >A Jay</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="TR" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; ">Many thanks to Ali Can Öztabak, Oğuz Işık, Kuzey Işık, Neslihan Ayvaz, İlker Şahin, Umut Tekakça, Hamit Çağlar Karataş, Kerem Kaplan, AysuTırnova, Gizem</span><span lang="TR" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left; " >,</span><span lang="TR" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; "> Alper Kaya, Hüseyin Karakaya, Bayram Karakay</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; ">a and Can Bilgin for their kind support.</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 161px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia5_LlvC-2bH-UvdlPuXW1nJKeNB4-6cNOlPTYzpFCwEdsyUMvS-KB6m_Uv_MvrvoFDZ_8hlh5FZkkh22ANlg_yrLvGqTml1vVmcfsYHLzc5UERzKuKezFXUCh5RN0LdHtsRVFfjxHWTe9/s320/kuzeyfoto.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731739978343381570" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span >Kuzey & a robin</span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;">Good birding...</div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><b><span lang="TR">Today’s species:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><b><span lang="TR">1</span></b><span lang="TR">. Blackbird (<i>Turdus merula</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><b><span lang="TR">2</span></b><span lang="TR">.Nightingale (<i>Luscinia megarhynchos</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><b><span lang="TR">3</span></b><span lang="TR">.Blackcap (<i>Sylvia atricapilla</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><b><span lang="TR">4</span></b><span lang="TR">.Robin (<i>Erithacus rubecula</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><b><span lang="TR">5</span></b><span lang="TR">. Jay (<i>Garrulus glandarius</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span lang="TR"><br /></span></p></div></div></div>sonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09320535055009738702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276618910033947279.post-83558626498046090792012-04-15T13:50:00.008-07:002012-04-16T07:40:14.557-07:00April 13 / Short toed treecreeper !<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBfU-XXVcqH3Ht3QuyqHd6risVK2U5VF7D26_vOAe89Oxotdj_gn4YTCwDEzg4cjqkb8ADDuwlKy4ynyfWoTQmylC3sYEpD4ElTTUmAdoOXhJFB2FqBeTNjo8YKIo1Xsch-Tkl6rUF0j01/s1600/13+nisan_bahcetirmasikkusu.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBfU-XXVcqH3Ht3QuyqHd6risVK2U5VF7D26_vOAe89Oxotdj_gn4YTCwDEzg4cjqkb8ADDuwlKy4ynyfWoTQmylC3sYEpD4ElTTUmAdoOXhJFB2FqBeTNjo8YKIo1Xsch-Tkl6rUF0j01/s320/13+nisan_bahcetirmasikkusu.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731734371131277954" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span>A short toed treecreeper </span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;" >We opened the day with a scops owl and a long eared owl in the nets. Great tits which are plenty in the area were caught today for the first time. Also, the first blackcaps of the season were seen in tha area. Today’s surprise was a short toed treecreeper. The pregnant individual was the certain proof for their breeding in Eymir Lake. We closed the day with 7 species out of 12 birds.</span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="TR">Many thanks to Başak Şentürk, Can Bilgin, İsmail Şenel ve Soner Bekir for their kind supports.<o:p></o:p></span></p><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilcXjx-NIv5wR6iBxKUeU54l7pOD-isndUuyvAv1hOvSSv93FkvbY4_hzfpjfBIpPI1TDyM6DXQ4SdduW66zG_5oL7-HJrnHGdhQipYf4TjguwikDkZODx9QWF_JBd6gd_aXqVR0Vene6H/s320/Ba%25C5%259Fak+b%25C3%25BCy%25C3%25BCkba%25C5%259Ftankara.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731733954799972962" border="0" /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Başak & Great tit</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTI_htM5WVw2bIO1JdoFIKj8FK6MOQxZm_rWLA_c0VFbwE7Kwz0IBM8BaZNJ60DJjpMtseN_i9iDjHnwHZLnGYjZ4gQFKy_ai4C6SCmU0KfrhU-0IFOr41KpHcRc7Uu8mp_3fcMsmHvutI/s320/13+nisan+ishakkusu%2526soner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731733498087136642" border="0" /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Scops owl & Soner</span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;">Good birding...</div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="TR"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;"><b><span lang="TR">Today's species:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="TR"> <b>1. </b>Scops owl (<i>Otus scops</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;"><b><span lang="TR">2. </span></b><span lang="TR">Long eared owl<b> </b>(<i>Asio otus</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;"><b><span lang="TR">3. </span></b><span lang="TR">Nightingale (<i>Luscinia megarhynchos</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;"><b><span lang="TR">4.</span></b><span lang="TR"> Great tit (<i>Parus major</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;"><b><span lang="TR">5. </span></b><span lang="TR">Chiffcaff (<i>Phyloscopus collybita</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;"><b><span lang="TR">6</span></b><span lang="TR">. Blackbird (<i>Turdus merula</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;"><b><span lang="TR">7</span></b><span lang="TR">. Short toed treecreeper (<i>Certhia brachydactyla</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="TR"><br /></span></p></div></div></div>sonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09320535055009738702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276618910033947279.post-83359730407345692102012-04-15T13:13:00.007-07:002012-04-16T07:43:12.970-07:00April 12 / Four New Species!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-2Q8JpDxdj0_o2br84BHboqebA9RyyAIoMgoW6Jzoz4ESw1MOPCcQWwMG2REONsJfVy1AxQIm_XFttLjj1HmKafrthDkvDUMbrXGZ3ALWSHZL4lPjRdu6CQI2_PRdx15zhNbdelR4NCcL/s1600/12+nisan+ishakkusu_Soner+Oruc.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-2Q8JpDxdj0_o2br84BHboqebA9RyyAIoMgoW6Jzoz4ESw1MOPCcQWwMG2REONsJfVy1AxQIm_XFttLjj1HmKafrthDkvDUMbrXGZ3ALWSHZL4lPjRdu6CQI2_PRdx15zhNbdelR4NCcL/s320/12+nisan+ishakkusu_Soner+Oruc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731724942782375586" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Scops owl (<i>Otus scops</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;" lang="TR" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;" lang="TR" >Nature of Eymir Lake seemed to be sligtly blossomed this week. Some of the sprouts had been burst and greens had appeared. We set up the nets again with my advisor Can Bilgin. We made a few changes in nets’ positions. We changed the place of first net and add two more nets to the area. This change took its effect quickly that we cought the half of the birds of two days in the first net. Today’s first bird was a Syrian woodpecker. Although we couldn’t catch many birds during day, we had 4 new species for the station: nightingale, cetti's wa</span><span style="text-align: left;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;" lang="TR" >rbler, penduline tit & scops owl. The long tailed tit we had caught last week was retraped with her pair in this time. She was in the club at his time. </span>:)<span style="text-align: left;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;" lang="TR" > Their fidelity to each other was amazing!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;" lang="TR" ><br /></span></div><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 161px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtW8lnkBGHCTWvNDsSL3EDFzdVlEuEKVOpH9jjizQMZio9pWxFSZqklTqC71Nf37avevHZu1Oawdx4DmVLml3m-FcCiZuTE6xIYeXdUKJDhA71IsCHk808Kh8ftRk-taYcHoWlp08GaLL/s320/Toyga_Melike.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731724774246261682" border="0" /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Toyga, Melike & long tailed tits</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHI6GYPiQnkVu7UvLn_KcllhyvM2DwMwOdlFQP6HF6D01AS6PAx0h7NkKNG0meMfwL44A0t5K84oEhNht9dISQtP4gPMO63Yqaz4U2BkfIj0SYXefBwL07V8SChkm5BMF3zpGzzQSZLFL/s320/culha%2526bulbul.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731724414062526786" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 161px;" border="0" /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>nightingale & penduline tit</span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="TR">We closed the day with 7 species out of 8 birds.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="TR">Many thanks to Can Bilgin, Melike Eren, Toyga Özver, Soner Bekir, Emre Öztürk, Özgür Çavuş, Gazi abi, Jennifer Kalvenas, Hüseyin Karakaya and Elçin Ekşi for their kind supports.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="TR">Good birding... <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;"><b><span lang="TR">Today’s species:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;"><b><span lang="TR">1. </span></b><span lang="TR">Syrian woodpecker (<i>Dendrocopos syriacus</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;"><b><span lang="TR">2. </span></b><span lang="TR">Nightingale (<i>Luscinia megarhynchos</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;"><b><span lang="TR">3. </span></b><span lang="TR">Long tailed tit (<i>Aegithalos caudatus</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;"><b><span lang="TR">4.</span></b><span lang="TR"> Cetti's warbler (<i>Cettia cetti</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;"><b><span lang="TR">5. </span></b><span lang="TR">Penduline tit (<i>Remiz pendulinus</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;"><b><span lang="TR">6</span></b><span lang="TR">. Blackbird (<i>Turdus merula</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;"><b><span lang="TR">7</span></b><span lang="TR">. Scops owl (<i>Otus scops</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="TR"><br /></span></p></div></div>sonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09320535055009738702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276618910033947279.post-48572047666660376922012-04-09T12:03:00.004-07:002012-04-09T12:08:08.966-07:00April 5 / Syrian woodpeckers!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; text-align: left; ">Migration started to show itself gradually. There was a remarkable increase in the number of chiffcaffs and robins in the area. 10 birds out of 5 species were caught until noon. Today’s top birds were the a male and a female Syrian woodpeckers caught in the same net in a few hours intervals.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5VvXJS0bOYLhJGtxrBylrVf2N75zhWdKmOS6J5zqriFbUwu7pp5OJAD3qKo-YMsd_xifnqmnKT-29o-T52qSM5HpHL8xvfsi825UqKBzYHEBBnQwGYkTpMWtrrushmuwVJ1svY0TsdGt/s400/page2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729479023515144994" /> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span lang="TR" >Syrian woodpeckers (male & female)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span lang="TR">Good birding...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><b style="font-size: 100%; "><span lang="TR">Today’s species:</span></b></p><div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><b><span lang="TR">1. </span></b><span lang="TR">Blackbird (<i>Turdus merula</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><b><span lang="TR">2. </span></b><span lang="TR">Robin (<i>Erithacus rubecula</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><b><span lang="TR">3. </span></b><span lang="TR">Chaffinch (<i>Fringilla coelebs</i>) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><b><span lang="TR">4.</span></b><span lang="TR"> Syrian woodpecker (<i>Dendrocopos syriacus</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><b><span lang="TR">5. </span></b><span lang="TR">Chiffcaff (<i>Phyloscopus collybita</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggm75qZPdTvkDb9jeDY1s3i0KLyFK6OdYtneGCuFXobYkwL22yFss5Fakx42zODq_ZodlKCa-4soS9sT8vgMZZ5nQuk85JuqoEsDMHCGjlwD-xDi1z3O8AYqYgtqSMBvv5t07jLdbL2Ie6/s400/page3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729479247934991554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 201px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Blackbird & chiffcaff</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>sonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09320535055009738702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276618910033947279.post-70875001646093783942012-04-09T09:55:00.004-07:002012-04-15T14:00:49.450-07:00April 4 / Long eared owl!<div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RqV6xV7SvOpUzPSb6qKFNspupxu34p6lCdQjAsXN3Yh9XJcWbN7qgxKhaQfxKrOGXa0PsfXiOE1AUEJ_GmAffyWWkS25_lDRnhQ_mLPfkMlzUkh0cy9-0Ql3ySt7uoo524poQBTO4kFu/s1600/4+nisan+kucuk+6.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RqV6xV7SvOpUzPSb6qKFNspupxu34p6lCdQjAsXN3Yh9XJcWbN7qgxKhaQfxKrOGXa0PsfXiOE1AUEJ_GmAffyWWkS25_lDRnhQ_mLPfkMlzUkh0cy9-0Ql3ySt7uoo524poQBTO4kFu/s320/4+nisan+kucuk+6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729472292993728434" /></a><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Long eared owl</span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "> </b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">(</span><i style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Asio otus</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">)</span></span> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><span lang="TR">A more active day than previous day. With Mr. İsmail Şenel, we went to net controls with the hope of a different exciting species and we mostly turned back with ‘’firsts’’. The redwing being the first caught in ringing studies in METU, was also important showing the sign of prolonged winter in Ankara. We closed the day with few birds but a high diversity (12 birds of 8 different species). The last net round was again gave a surprise and one of the long eared owls that we saw during day was caught!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><span lang="TR">Many thanks to İsmail Şenel for his kind supports and also for his gracious ways.</span></p><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RqV6xV7SvOpUzPSb6qKFNspupxu34p6lCdQjAsXN3Yh9XJcWbN7qgxKhaQfxKrOGXa0PsfXiOE1AUEJ_GmAffyWWkS25_lDRnhQ_mLPfkMlzUkh0cy9-0Ql3ySt7uoo524poQBTO4kFu/s1600/4+nisan+kucuk+6.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4it3NaiqPKZa5mU4Qy8n6N3GoZI-hCTgqXZFLoaWSoK5izm7xRfEv9WZ1oOjgPqllBSIrs0yI74UEkXI6aqA9pjB5jkA6V2AE3s-AsH4Gpq_cKzsyqoNjc_khZKKB12VReHjh5ERFrWo5/s320/4+nisan+kucuk+5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729472673978664866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; ">Good birding...</span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="TR">Today’s species:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="TR">1. </span></b><span lang="TR">Blackbird (<i>Turdus merula</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="TR">2. </span></b><span lang="TR">Redwing (<i>Turdus iliacus</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="TR">3. </span></b><span lang="TR">Chiffcaff (<i>Phyloscopus collybita</i>) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="TR">4.</span></b><span lang="TR"> Long tailed tit (<i>Aegithalos caudatus</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="TR">5. </span></b><span lang="TR">Chaffinch (<i>Fringilla coelebs</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="TR">6.</span></b><span lang="TR"> Blue tit (<i>Parus caeruleus</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="TR">7. </span></b><span lang="TR">Robin (<i>Erithacus rubecula</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="TR">8. </span></b><span lang="TR">Long eared owl<b> </b>(<i>Asio otus</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrjjsLkI_vptTMrIwD9Myr4LIepMqmSaMeChdK1RJKE-P5wfwUoH5j5F60_kMtpXGEFkO4ILjGxaNCT2prl9cTv4Rxvn8eLWZEVVM5xmLdXi731DrBpw_71QSEFNN3SOE_ghkMzJtKgFlj/s400/page+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729473312195158818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><span lang="TR">Redwing, </span>Robin, Blue tit & Long tailed tit</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><br /></span></p></div></div>sonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09320535055009738702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276618910033947279.post-87956767615469931522012-04-09T09:27:00.004-07:002012-04-15T13:59:16.978-07:00April 3 / First Day!<div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: left; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; ">After finished all necessary preperations, we took the road to the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=39.82793,32.846262&num=1&t=h&z=18">METU Plantation</a> along the Lake Eymir early in the morning. My advisor Can Bilgin and my friends Başak Şentürk, Emel Kunduz ve Emre Öztürk came along with me. We were full of first day’s excitement and were curious about the species waiting for us. I was also wondering whether the blackcaps (my study bird) had arrived or not?</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><span lang="TR" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNeHGMcrvcoY5E71IwxuOz8hwbhHQpmobbTnOYOmD680HUnzx1Xt0rXdrfuyiDkZ1b_pxTQYkrduuZ0HB7EET8AbeWjtyhHxTPtJbJIwjlVebpmrRHK1_1rO_FBEywVxhO7JrurgSgDrwH/s320/3+nisan+kucuk.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729449667532486114" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /><span style="font-size: small; text-align: center; "></span></span></p><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><span lang="TR" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Today's first bird was a blackbird</span></div><p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 100%; "></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 100%; "></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><span lang="TR">The atmosphere was like fall in the plantation. Eve</span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">n the leaves of the bushes and the trees were not out yet. The nature was still in its winter sleep. The first two birds of the day were blackbirds which are resident birds that we encounter frequently in the area. But, the close was a surprise: A nightjar!</span></p><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvPWPz2ZpvlWMQ-PSeDhPASjgHBNQN9EsvebWV5GNRI9IKIBQ5vQsDxocwVVAxuK1yA2gyBogFuhZ2QDi_JaP34_OktTFggGM-V5QQ3zrGD9OKn8fZu1u2e5qXWfvktC4rPbIlDsSmcYg/s320/3+nisan+kucuk+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729450099599125666" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 100%; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">A Nightjar (</span><i style="font-size: small; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Caprimulgus europaeus</i><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">)</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><span lang="TR">8 birds out of 6 species were ringed in this somehow poor day.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><span lang="TR">Many thanks to today’s team (Başak Şentürk, Can Bilgin, Emel Kunduz, Emre Öztürk) for their kind support.</span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ55-hp5AMb26OIW9-_1eFM_rkJD9SlsPmRIVsmtmtBjr8Ub8Lew4oDFcuVTVsFFHGcxGeQsExebEkHsQ_5vfVvwtu9ERbjmkJbq-L2G90rWvL7mJC5Mwiz-ma_odXVTLdk_-PzyFJaapp/s320/3+nisan+kucuk+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729450797472783458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span >Emel, Emre & Başak</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><span lang="TR">Good birding...<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="TR">Today’s species:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="TR">1.</span></b><span lang="TR">Blackbird (<i>Turdus merula</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="TR">2.</span></b><span lang="TR">Chiffcaff (<i>Phyloscopus collybita</i>) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="TR">3.</span></b><span lang="TR">Robin (<i>Erithacus rubecula</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="TR">4.</span></b><span lang="TR">Chaffinch (<i>Fringilla coelebs</i>) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="TR">5.</span></b><span lang="TR">Song trush (<i>Turdus philomelos</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><b><span lang="TR">6.</span></b><span lang="TR">Nightjar (<i>Caprimulgus europaeus</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><span lang="TR"><br /></span></p></div>sonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09320535055009738702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276618910033947279.post-19098606256316144182012-03-27T08:45:00.011-07:002012-04-09T14:15:39.880-07:00When starting<div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-align: justify; "><b style="background-color: rgb(254, 253, 250); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: left; "><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;color:#330033;background:white">Middle East Technical University (METU)</span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 0, 51); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; "> with its 45km2 safeguarded land, is one of the most important untouched natural areas of Ankara, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 0, 51); ">capital city of Turkey. This arae includes a wide forest and Anatolian steppe, with some rocky areas and two lakes. It inhabits more than 33million trees, over 500 species of wild flowers, 23 mammal, 9 reptile and 126 butterfly species and 227 recorded bird species so far.</span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 13.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#330033">Birds</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;color:#330033"> are the most known livings in METU. Thanks to </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51); background-color: white; font-size: 100%; line-height: 13.5pt; ">METU Bird Watching Society’s over 20 years observations and bird ringing studies of Özge Keşaplı Can in 2001&2002 that makes Campus bird checklist </span><b style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51); background-color: white; font-size: 100%; line-height: 13.5pt; ">227</b><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51); background-color: white; font-size: 100%; line-height: 13.5pt; "> species which is half of Turkish bird checklist (460) This number shows the importance of METU Campus for birds and makes it Turkey’s top university for birds.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 13.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;color:#330033">METU Bird Ringing Station</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; "><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">The first scientific researches for birds of METU and their migration strategies date back to spring 2001 when bird ringing expert biologist </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify; "><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#330033">Özge Keşaplı Can </span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify; color: rgb(51, 0, 51); ">and her advisor <b>Dr.</b></span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify; "><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#330033"> Can Bilgin </span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify; color: rgb(51, 0, 51); ">started<b> </b>bird<b> </b>ringing in different parts of the cam</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51); background-color: white; font-size: 100%; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify; ">pus. This study continued systematically in 2001 fall and 2002 spring and fall. These studies are also the first systematic bird ringing studies documenting passerine migration in Turkey. 1832 birds out of 60 species were ringed during these studies.</span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;color:#222222">Thanks to these ringing studies, first scientific data were provided about morphometric, physiological properties of migrant birds and their phenologies and migration strategies. These data and results </span>revealed that small wooded landscapes within less hospitable habitats provide crucial stopover habitat for many migrant passerines.<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#222222"></span><o:p></o:p></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWKrXcVRt5Fphi0i1j22iSEsilKDBsu654_6zzfR5PWV_htRLdVq1l-_KUNW-T3-uU9MtaDHQeeZqfKfuJ3vTfOF2W4_vIHeESoQSjEbKi4YoGXak0DMfCxJ0FwZy25BtX-HN7_W4_pzF/s320/blog+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724603836303419522" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 230px; " /></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center; "><span>a Jay</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 100%; "><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; ">The second bird research in METU campus is </span><span lang="TR" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; ">conducted</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; "> by biologist </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; "><span lang="TR">İlker Özbahar</span></b><span lang="TR" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; "> between 2003</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; ">-2005. That study aimed to investigate breeding biology, population size and spatial distribution of nightingales at a small area in Yalıncak within the METU campus</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#222222">As a result of that study, c</span>ontrary to previous knowledge, taxonomically the Yalıncak population is found to be belonged to subspecies <i>africana </i>although more westerly subspecies could be recorded during migration. This study also revealed the importance of small but productive biotopes as important breeding habitats for passerines. It also showed that a few highly successful individuals may contribute out of proportion to the next generation.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 13.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;color:#222222">New Period (2012-2013)</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="font-weight: normal; "></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 13.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;color:#222222">After a period of 10 years, bird ringing and bird migration studies in METU are starting again. </span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white; font-size: 100%; line-height: 13.5pt; ">We, <a href="METU Biodiversity and Conservation Lab">METU Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.</a> are planning to continue bird ringing during 2012 and 2013 migration period. The aim of this study is to test the results of previous studies and especially to understand the real nature of different migration waves, geographic origin of different populations, their migration strategies and migration dynamics. Moreover, this study will make a major contribution to our knowledge of passerine migration over Turkey and also will be a perfect opportunity for the education of keen candidate bird researchers and bird lovers in every age.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 13.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;color:#222222"></span></p><div style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-size: medium; "><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;color:#222222"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2RdXuEUv8sKbBIgWkqsg7_3IiU-ONnTdwdf2Ypt6X8_aZIoT7BV_6YTQMI_oNq1XK0gkNlHrEkxKmeCgru75TKUiCrYSazuLkjiyWYjg8bQF9nIefYk_jDTndAUBpkihco8jvEzQAuwP/s320/blog+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724604156491356530" style="text-align: justify;color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-size: medium; "></div><p style="font-weight: normal; "></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 13.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 13.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;color:#222222">By the help of this blog, we will be pleased to share the latest news in METU Bird Ringing Station in the heat of the moment. We hope you will also enjoy sharing the same exciting moments and the amazing migration journey of our feathered friends.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; "><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#222222">At last, we emphasize that your support and your comments will be considerably worthful for our motivation and the future of bird researches and conservation of birds in Turkey.</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 13.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;color:#222222">Good birding,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 13.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;color:#222222">Warm regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 13.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;color:#222222">Soner<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 13.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;color:#222222">References</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 13.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span>-<b> </b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left; ">Karaçetin, E., H.J. Welch, A. Turak, Ö. Balkız ve G. Welch. 2011. Türkiye’deki Kelebeklerin Koruma Stratejisi. Ankara: Doğa Koruma Merkezi.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(254, 253, 250); "><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#333333">- Keşaplı , Ö., 2004, A Study of Passerine Migration at METU (Ankara, Central Turkey), Based on Mis-Netting Method<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(254, 253, 250); "><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#333333">- ODTÜ'nün Doğası <a href="http://www.odtunundogasi.org/"><span style="color:#7D181E;background: white;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">http://www.odtunundogasi.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 13.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; ">- Oruç, S., 2009, ODTÜ’nün Kuşları 1995-2008, ODTÜ Kuş Gözlem Topluluğu, Ankara<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; ">- Özbahar, İ., 2005, Breeding Biology, Population Size and Spatial Distribution of Common Nightingale <span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;color:#333333">(Luscinia megarhynchos Brehm, 1831) Population at Yalıncak (Ankara)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 13.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; ">- Zeydanlı, U., 1995, ODTÜ Doğa Rezervi, ODTÜ Doğa Topluluğu, Ankara<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; "> <o:p></o:p></p></div>sonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09320535055009738702noreply@blogger.com0