Natural History Wanderings

Here are Landscape photos from a recent two-week trip to the Pontic Alps or Kackar Region in Northeastern Turkey. The trip was at the end of July and beginning of August with Greentours Natural History Holidays and led by Basak Gardner.  It is a region of scenic mountain landscapes of wildflower meadows, hayfields, butterflies and rural villages.

Here is the Flickr link for the landscape collection:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandysteinman/sets/72157635364204623/

Best viewed as  a full screen slideshow by clicking on the third little box from the left (under the word photos)

Here is the link to a collection of wildflower close-ups from the trip:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandysteinman/sets/72157635343704348/

You can also see butterflies from the trip at:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandysteinman/sets/72157635173878223/