We had a good start with a sunrise and breakfast at the 5. floor. Beautiful view over Osmanyie.
In the morning we started to explore some wetlands around and found some Beeaters, White-throated Kingfisher, Nightherons, Lesser Grey Shrike and Orioles.
After this short stop we continued our way to Birecik. First we stopped at a green area and later at an old gravel-pit to check for new birds.
Special brids: Dea Sea Sparrow, Iraq Babbler, Pygmy Comoran and a mixed flock of free and not free Bald Ibis.
The area get used from many refugees who installed tents and try to survive. They all lives outside oft he city, have nothing and hope to go back one day.. An old women came to us and asked if we could help her. Our guide (Silas) who was able to talk their language gave her some bread. We couldn't do more..
We stayed in the area for some hours. For the midday it started to get really hot and we decided to go to a café and have a tea/coffee. At the same place we searched for the Pallid Scops Owl who use this place since years. We splitted in two teams to search the owl. After 10min they called us. The owl stayed quite on a branch near the trunk. She/He was smaller than some mobile phones are today. After a while we heard the noice of a police car and the owl really didn't like it. So she/he tried to follow this noice and got higher and closer to the street.
Later we drove to Syria.
Our guide talked with friends and was informed about the situation. It was everything okay so we decided to have a look. We parked the car 4km away and had a look to Syria. On the way there we passed a big camp for refugees..
At this place we could also make some good shots of an horny Black Francolin and a Ménétries Warbler.
For the evening we met some kurdish friend of Silas (our Guide). It was a nice evening. We learned a lot about their culture and tried to have conversations.
& The citys and villages are no more 'western sytl' but get more and more the 'east styl'
&& Most of the photos of the city/villages are made from the inside of the car. Becaus of two reasons:
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We had no time to stop for photos.
- We didn't want to get to much attention.
Map
Birdlist
| | Latin | English | German | |
| 1. | Anas platyrhynchos | Mallard | Stockente | |
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2. |
Netta rufina | Red-crested Pochard | Kolbenente | >30 |
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3. |
Pternistis atrifrons | Black Francolin | Halsbandfrankolin | 2 |
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4. |
Alectoris chuckar | Chukar Partridge | Chukarhuhn | |
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5. |
Podiceps cristatus | Great Crested Grebe | Haubentaucher | |
|
6. |
Phalacrocorax carbo | Great Cormorant | Kormoran | |
| 7. | (+) Phalacrocorax pygmeus | Pygmy Cormorant | Zwergscharbe | >50 |
| 8. | (+) Ixobrychus minutus | Little Bittern | Zwergdommel | 2 |
| 9. | (+) Nycticorax nycticorax | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nachtreiher | >10 |
|
10. |
Bubulucus ibis | Cattle Egret | Kuhreiher | >30 |
|
11. |
Egretta garzetta |
Little Egret |
Seidenreiher | >20 |
|
12. |
Ardea cinera | Grey Heron | Graureiher | 1 |
|
13. |
Ciconia ciconia | White Stork | Weißstorch | >20 |
|
14. |
Plegadis falcinellus | Glossy Ibis | Sichler | 4 |
| 15. | (+) Geronticus eremita | Northern Bald Ibis | Waldrapp | >200 |
|
16. |
Buteo rufinus | Long-legged Buzzard | Adlerbussard | >5 |
|
17. |
Falco tinnunculus | Common Kestrel | Turmfalke | 2 |
|
18. |
Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon | Wanderfalke | 1 |
|
19. |
Gallinula chloropus | Common Moorhen | Teichhuhn | 2 |
|
20. |
Fulica atra | Eurasian Coot | Blässhuhn | 3 |
| 21. | (+) Himantopus himantopus | Black-winged Stilt | Stelzenläufer | |
| 22. | (+) Charadrius dubius | Little Ringed Plover | Flussregenpfeifer | |
|
23. |
Vanellus spinosus | Spur-winged Lapwing | Spornkiebitz | >10 |
|
24. |
Calidris ferruginea | Curlew Sandpiper | Sichelstrandläufer | 1 |
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25. |
Tringa glareola | Wood Sandpiper | Bruchwasserläufer | 2 |
|
26. |
Actitis hypoleucos | Common Sandpiper | Flussuferläufer | 1 |
|
27. |
Numenius arquat | Eurasian Curlew | Großer Brachvogel | 1 |
|
28. |
Philomachus pugnax | Ruff | Kampfläufer | >10 |
|
29. |
Larus michahellis | Yellow-legged Gull | Mittelmeermöwe | |
|
30. |
Larus fuscus | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Heringsmöwe | |
| Subspecies: heuglini | Heuglin's Gull |
Tundramöwe |
>1 | |
| 31. | (+) Chlidonias hybrida | Whiskered Tern | Weißbart-Seeschwalbe | 5 |
|
32. |
Columba livia f. domestica | Feral Pigeon | Straßentaube | |
| 33. | (+) Columba palumbus | Common Wood Pigeon | Ringeltaube | |
| 34. | Streptopelia decaocto | Eurasian Collared Dove | Türkentaube | 2 |
|
35. |
Stretopelia senegalensis | Laughing Dove | Palmtaube | |
| 36. | (+) Otus brucei | Pallid Scops Owl | Streifenohreule | 1 |
|
37. |
Apus apus | Common Swift | Mauersegler | |
| 38. | (+) Apus pallidus | Pallid Swift | Fahlsegler | 2 |
|
39. |
Tachymarptis melba | Alpine Swift | Alpensegler | >10 |
| 40. | Upupa epops | Eurasian Hoopoe | Wiedehopf | 2 |
| 41. | (+) Halcyon smyrensis | White-throate Kingfisher | Braunliest | 3 |
| 42. | (+) Ceryle rudis | Pied Kingfisher | Graufischer | 2 |
|
43. |
Merops apiaster | European Bee-eater | Bienenfresser | >30 |
|
44. |
Coracias garrulus | European Roller | Blauracke | >10 |
|
45. |
Dendrocopus syriacus | Syrian Woodpecker | Blutspecht | 1 |
| 46. | Galerida cristata | Crested Lark | Haubenlerche | |
|
47. |
Lullula arborea | Woodlark | Heidelerche | |
|
48. |
Riparia riparia | Sand Martin | Uferschwalbe | |
|
49. |
Hirundo rustica | Barn Swallow | Rauchschwalbe | |
|
50. |
Ceropis daurica | Red-rumped Swallow | Rötelschwalbe | |
|
51. |
Delichon urbicum | Common House Martin | Mehlschwalbe | |
|
52. |
Anthus campestris | Tawny Pipit | Brachpieper | 1 |
|
53. |
Motacilla alba | White Wagtail | Bachstelze | |
|
54. |
Cercotrichas galactotes | Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin | Heckensänger | 2 |
|
55. |
Oenanthe oenanthe | Northern Wheatear | Steinschmätzer | |
|
56. |
Oenanthe hispanica |
|
|
|
| Subspecies: melanoleuca | Eastern Black-eared Wheatear | Balkansteinschmätzer | ||
| 57. | Turdus merula | Common Blackbird | Amsel | |
|
58. |
Sylvia nisoria | Barred Warbler | Sperbergrasmücke | 2 |
|
59. |
Sylvia atricapilla | Eurasian Blackcap | Mönchsgrasmücke | 2 |
|
60. |
Sylvia curruca | Lesser Whitethroat | Klappergrasmücke | >5 |
|
61. |
Sylvia crassirostris | Eastern Orphean Warbler | Nachtigallengrasmücke | 3 |
| 62. | (+) Sylvia mystacea | Ménétries's Warbler | Tamariskengrasmücke | 3 |
|
63. |
Cettia cetti | Cetti's Warbler | Seidensänger | 1 |
|
64. |
Acrocephalus scirpaceus | European Reed Warbler | Teichrohrsänger | 1 |
|
65. |
Acrocephalus arundinaceus | Great Reed Warbler | Drosselrohrsänger | >2 |
| 66. | (+) Hippolais languida | Upcher's Warbler | Dornspötter | 2 |
|
67. |
Iduna pallida | Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Blassspötter | >5 |
|
68. |
Phylloscopus trochilus | Willow Warbler | Fitis | 1 |
| 69. | (+) Muscicapa striata | Spotted Flycatcher | Grauschnäpper | 1 |
|
70. |
Parus major | Great Tit | Kohlmeise | 2 |
|
71. |
Poecile lugubris | Sombre Tit | Balkanmeise | 1 |
|
72. |
Sitta krueperi | Krüper's Nuthatch | Türkenkleiber | |
|
73. |
Sitta neumayer | Western Rock Nuthatch | Felsenkleiber | |
| 74. | (+) Sitta tephronota | Eastern Rock Nuthatch | Klippenkleiber | 4 |
| 75. | (+) Lanius minor | Lesser Grey Shrike | Schwarzstirnwürger | 2 |
|
76. |
Lanius collurio | Red-backed Shirke | Neuntöter | >20 |
|
77. |
Lanius senator | Woodchat Shrike | Rotkopfwürger | >10 |
|
78. |
Lanius nubicus | Masked Shrike | Maskenwürger | 1 |
| 79. | Pyconotus xanthopygos | White-spectacled Bulbul | Gelbsteißbülbül | |
| 80. | (+) Turdoides altirostris | Iraq Babbler | Rieddrossling | 3 |
|
81. |
Sturnus vulgaris | Common Starling | Star | |
|
82. |
Passer domesticus | House Sparrow | Haussperling | |
| 83. | (+) Passer moabiticus | Dead Sea Sparrow | Moabsperling | 3 |
Photos
