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Temirtau-Almaty.
The last day of my trip was marked by the tire wore down to the cord. My reserve tire also was not so good and I tried quickly come back to Almaty. Birds observed on the road were not so interesting, only Pied Avocets on Balkhash coast may be noted. Business r…
Temirtau - Almaty.
Back road. Very murky. The rain was in all Kazakh Upland. Some places rain was strong some places was easier. Very dark. Despite the rain Harriers flew. Today I observed them less than last time. During 75 km (from 900 to 825 km) I saw 7 Harriers include 4 Mon…
Temirtau. Nura river.
The weather is murky, the wind is very strong. In the Nura holm in willow thickets Bluethroats sang. I hoped to find Warblers but probably it's early enough time to Warblers. Always Magpies were occurred, there were Common Starlings on poplars and Fieldfares i…
Temirtau. Samarkand reservoir, Nura river.
Samarkand reservoir is large enough, a coastal line is about 56 km. There are groves on the coast of reservoir. In the old poplar grove I saw pair of Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tits, pair of Azure Tits, pair of Fieldfares and singing Common Starlings. Hoo…
Temirtau. Karaganda oblast.
In Temirtau city there is a Samarkand reservoir. Reservoir is large, coast by places overgrown by reeds by places coast is sandy. Almost everywhere fishermen on the shore catch fish. In the shore bushes the small flocks of House Sparrows chirp, Yellow and Whit…