It was back to the big city life of Izmir on Saturday 26th September where we had an emotional reunion with our suitcases as we checked back in at the hotel for the next 3 nights. Being back in the city meant a marked drop in wildlife sightings but I still found a few things to keep me amused.
We walked to the Izmir Archeology Museum in the rain on Sunday 27th September, a very interesting museum that we hadn't visited before and where we saw the amazing bronze statue of the Kyme Runner dredged up from the seabed by a fishing boat in 1979.
We stopped off at the Konak Pier again for a coffee on the walk back to the hotel, it was still raining but I was pleased to find a Dalmation Pelican out in the harbour, firstly sat out on the water and then flying onto the harbour wall for a preen and a snooze.
We then walked to Museum IKSF - Archeology and Ethnography Museum, another new museum for us although containing exhibits from the now closed Izmir Museum of History and Art that we visited 4 years ago, and while walking through the Kulturpark to get there I saw Common Mynas and Ring-necked Parakeets.
The following day the weather improved a little and the sun eventually appeared from the dispersing clouds and the Dalmatian Pelican was still on the harbour wall before flying off. There were also 10 more Pelicans present out on the water around the bay, all unfortunately distant but presumably also Dalmatian Pelicans. Even better though were 2 Caspian Terns flying past, an adult and juvenile and picked up by the juveniles noisey calls. They were followed by 3 Sandwich Terns which flew out into the Bay to join them to feed with other Terns already busily diving away for fish.
The only other sighting of note was a Tree Sparrow feeding in amongst a flock of House Sparrows in the grass along the Kordon, the flock was very flighty but the Tree Sparrow had given itself away by its distinctive calls.
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