Very sunny and very frosty. At the morning in Bakanas I saw how the mute Blackbird flew out. I have gone to Balkhash side a little. At the morning twilights I saw stirring in the shrubs Tree Sparrows (three flocks), twice noted sitting on the poles Rough-legged Buzzards, from time to time I saw flying by pairs or in no…
The sunny and frosty day. In the Kapchagai town as usually in winter the Crested Larks are occurred on road side. The Kapchagai reservoir is not frozen yet. Near the dam three Little Grebes were floating and two ones were floating a little bit further. As soon as the three closed Grebes saw me smartly dipped in water a…
The morning trip to sea buckthorn thickets. Today is not cold but murky day. Birds as rule in murky weather were quite a bit. Alone Wren customary searched food on the water border. Behelding me the Wren flew of in neighbor bush; but just after ten seconds it came back. It is its habitual behavior. Further I noted thre…
On the place of jointing of Ozernoe and Prohodnoe gorges there are the sea-buckthorn thickets. In winter time in these thickets quite a lot of birds occur. The day was cold, misty, very murky and snowy and wasn't very successful to the trip. It is not possible to take photos in such day but some birds I still saw. The…
The sunny day after yesterday's snowfall. Birds were quite a few. In the Square of Journalists the little (7 birds) mixed flock of Bramblings and Chaffinches fed on the ash-tree. On the Republic Square high on the birch-tree the flock of Red-fronted Serins and Siskins ate the catkins.
Very murky and very moist weather, dense mist. One only more or less interesting observation is the flock of the Red-fronted Serins on the birch-tree.
The trip with Javier Pierda to Bartogai reservoir by the upper Chilik road. Today's weather is not plain, in places is sunny but in some places all the country in the mist. Sometimes it visible as the smoke moved along the gorges. The upper Chilik road crosses the foothills of Karash and Bokaidyn Tau ridges; during the…
The mountain trip with Vladilen Karasyov and Javier Pierda. In the spruce forest there are almost no birds. Except the Carrion Crows and Magpies sometimes only Great Tits caught the eye. Once the flock of Grey-headed Goldfinches flew by; in one spruce the Coal Tits stirred. The Great Tits sang almost spring songs. We d…
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 the two Black-winged Stilts. Stint slowly walked on shoal now…
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 sewed, but the birds coming to the wintering were a lot. In th…
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 Thrush sat on the rock afar from waterfall, I didn't close it…
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 Long-legged Buzzards on the road near the settlements. Black…
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 photographed nobody.
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 Larks. I stopped to make photos of Larks and also heard its w…
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 closing Griffon-Vultures. I don't know what bird did on cement fac…
