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| Bonus white dove(?) in this photo. |
Other birds seen in Turkey include the following sparrow-like varieties:
Then there was this fellow, looking out of a pipe:
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| Interesting head shape! |
Here we have some kind of swallow, I believe. There were a whole bunch of these sitting on a wire at the ruins at Patara.
A few more unidentified avians to round out the sampling:
So there you have it! I did see many swallows flying around, but they were hard to get a picture of. And I think the Turkish people are raising pigeons for their poop for farming purposes...hence the plethora of pigeons. Here is the exotic home of these pigeons:
Let's back up a little to get the bigger picture:
And even more, for an idea of the landscape:
Not bad digs, eh?
We passed these bags on one of our hikes...
...which we surmise are filled with pigeon poop, thus lending credence to our pigeon-raising theory.
Finally, just for fun, here's a photo of me and my traveling companions, friends Claire and Gillian:
It was a wonderful trip!
