Natural History Photographs


Oymapinar Baraji (Antalya)
27 April 2014


At he first day of our trip, we aimed for the Brown fish owl. If you're willing to pay a high price for a party boat, you're all but guaranteed to see the owl, as it rests predictably in a Greek Strawberry Tree along the coastline of a reservoir. Peter already spotted the owl after some ten seconds - no suspense here... After the boat trip we looked around in the area close to the artificial lake.



Brown fish owl (Bubo zeylonensis semenowi)
resting in Greek strawberry tree (Arbutus andrachne)





Lunch with (from left to right) Hans, Peter, Wil & Ilona.





Cephalanthera kurdica


Ophrys spec.


Serapias spec.


Orchis anatolica


Selaginella spec.


Styrax officinalis


Cystus spec.


Limodorum abortivum Arum dioscoridis


Bryum spec.


Bombylella atra


Ypthima asterope


Platycnemis spec. Epallage fatime


Chalcophorella stigmatica
Eulasia diadema


Eucera spec. Syrphini, larva




Lichens


Aspicilia spec. Lecanora campestris



Parmelina tiliacea
Xanthoparmelia tinctina &
Parmelina tiliacea
Xanthoparmelia tinctina


Pyrenodesmia erythrocarpa


Squamarina cartilaginea


Lepraria nivalis Lobothallia radiosa


Cladonia spec.