The Dardanelles Birding
I had seen a bird the previous day when I was walking around the grounds of the Naval Museum at Canakkale in Turkey. But it was raining and I did not have my camera. So this morning I set off with an aim of photographing this new bird.
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochuros) male
I worked out that it was a male Black Redstart. They were hopping around the naval exhibits looking for bugs.
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochuros) female
The female of course was a lot plainer but still had the orangy undertail.
Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
The other bird that I saw was the Common Chaffinch. I had seen this bird previously in New Zealand of all places.
So moving along with the day. At 11:30am we set off on a tour of Galipolli. We got the ferry over to the European side and a van took us to a restaurant where we had a snazzy fish dinner. Then we whooshed up the hill to the historic sites of Anzac Cove etc.
I finally got a photo of the Eurasian Magpie. I had seen a few of them but had been on a bus so I could not take their photo. They are also called the Black-billed Magpie.
Steppe Buzzard (Buteo buteo vulpinus)
It took me a while to work out this raptor and I am relatively convinced of my identification. It could be a Common Buzzard but they are out of range. The Steppe Buzzard is a sub-species of the Common Buzzard anyhow. I think this one is a fox red morph.
Steppe Buzzard (Buteo buteo vulpinus)
He came down on the road and I just managed to get his photo before he took off.
Dardanelles bird list
Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochuros)
Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
Steppe Buzzard (Buteo buteo vulpinus)