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Tajikistan. Dushanbe. Komsomol lake.
The very cold and the very murky morning. On Komsomol lake there were usual Mallards, Black-headed Gulls. Only carefully looking on binocular I could find two Tufted Ducks. The Common Greenshanks were two birds only. More than one hour I observed the one of th…
Tajikistan. Dushanbe. Komsomol lake.
The other day looking the last year photos to the project “Birds of Tajikistan” I descried that last year December 2nd was very cold day and Komsomol lake was frozen. Today is sunny and the temperature is much higher (+18+20 C). The water of the lake is not se…
Tajikistan. Takob waterfall.
The next trip to Takob waterfall on purpose to find the Blue Whistling Thrush. As a matter of fact there were never a lot of birds on this place, but I always have been seen Blue Whistling Thrush and Little Forktail. Today is not exception. The Blue Whitling T…
Tajikistan. Romit.
Day is murky and windy. From time to time a little rain drops. Apparently birds are a little. All migrant birds departed, only common residents stayed. Because of murky weather there were not large raptors. Once only I saw high soared Lammergeier and also two…
Tajikistan. Varzob.
On the window of my car in Varzob gorge I saw Eurasian Griffon-Vultures, two Brown Dippers, one Wallcreeper and one White-capped Redstart. In Hoja Obi-Garm there were two Turkestan Tits, Black-throated Thrushes, Blackbirds and Blue Whistling Thrush. I photogra…
Таджикистан. Душанбе.
On the Dushanbe river coast I saw one Crested Lark and one Black-headed Gull. This year fist gull to me. Black-headed Gulls are only winter visitors in Dushanbe. Vakhdat. On the ploughed fields large flocks of Rooks, Rock Pigeons, Mynahs and a few of Crested L…
Tajikistan. Varzob gorge.
Day was murky. Yet in the city over the cement factory I watched soared Eurasian Griffon Vultures. In the beginning I counted ten birds but later two Griffon-Vultures added, a few later also two Cinereous Vultures added and when I left I watched yet two closin…
Tajikistan. Takob.
The day was very murky, there were almost non ceasing downpour. The tops of the rocks were in blank brume. I went to Takob waterfall with one aim to see on Blue Whistling Thrushes, did they depart or stay on wintering. The wintering of Blue Whistling Thrush is…
Tajikistan. Dushanbe.
The number of Warblers in the city decreased. Near my office several days ago I saw not less ten Warblers on trees, but today I have seen one bird only. Probably birds feeling the approaching cold weather migrated to south.
Tajikistan. Takob.
Takob gorge is narrow and there are a bit greenery in this gorge. Gorge's slopes are almost bluff rocks impending over the river passed in the gorge. A lot of Red-billed Choughs soared, today I saw not less ten flocks of Red-billed Choughs about 10-15 birds ea…