Almaty. Republic Square.
On yesterday's walking on Square I again saw Lesser Whitethroat, but today I saw Sparrowhawk.
Almaty. Republic Square.
Became slightly warm, snow melted, on open lands there were much birds. Most of them were common winter birds: Carrion and Hooded Crows, Rooks, Mynahs, Blackbirds, House Sparrows, Great Tits. Still there are a bit of Chaffinches, today I saw only two Chaffinches were feeding in flock together with House Sparrows. Twice…
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Almaty. Little Almatinka river.
On Little Almatinka river I saw Blue Whistlig Thrush which regularly winters here. Wintering of Blue Whistling Thrush is one of features of warm winter. In small number the Chaffinches and Bramblings occurred in the city. But Rooks and Hooded Crows are a lot already.
Ile Alatau National Park. Kokjailau.
In the city the summer is still there, but mountains became snowy already about two weeks ago. The northern slopes of mountains are already snow covered, and southern ones are still open. In the mixed forest I watched Goldcrests. On meadows the flock of Grey-headed Goldfinches and some Azure Tits were feeding. Also on…
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Maly Sorbulak lakes. Ile region. Almaty oblast.
Today I with Andrey Kovalenko went to lakes of system Maly Sorbulak.
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Almaty. Butakovka.
On Little Almatinka river I saw Grey Wagtail. The bird did not departed till. But in the city I observed the first Hooded Crow.
Kazakchka river gorge. Ile Alatau National Park.
In the forest we saw one male Kestrel, and heard the Warblers and Tits. One male Pheasant flew over the road. In pine grove we saw several Blue-capped Redstarts.
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Almaty. Republic Square.
Nightjars are my friends, they never let me down. This year the rain delayed by one day and I went to Republic Square not at September 20 as in past years, but at September 21. One Nightjar waited me on the larch-tree. Thanks him. Also it was interesting to see two Crested Larks.
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Ozernoe gorge. Ile Alatau National Park.
A bit of birds. Great Tits, Hume's Warbler, Grey Wagtails, Blackbirds, Carrion Crows, two Azure Tits.
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Foothills of Zailisky Alatau. Karasay region. Almaty oblast.
Round dances in the sky. Today I saw round-flying Black Kites, Swallows and Bee-eaters. One Spotted Flycatcher flew by.
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Hotel “Kumbel”. Ile Alatau national Park.
At 7.30 am in Small Almaty gorge I saw three Blue Whistling Thrushes. Some later I went to branch of Big Almaty gorge. 10.00 am. In the forest near hotel “Kumbel” despite a late time there were a lot of birds. Hume's Warblers and Great Tit were most of all in number. Dozens of these birds flew by my vision. In addition…
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KokJailau. Ile Alatau National Park.
There were a bit of birds. Both Greenish Warblers and Tree Pipits weren't hearable. But the Nutcrackers became less cautious. They were quite often hearable and sometimes little flocks of them flew by. In spruce forest almost in the high border of forest belt it was interesting to watch the Grey Partridges. The flock o…
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Bakbakty. Southern Trans-Balkhash area.
In the village I saw Hobbies (probably nesting birds), Mynahs, Collared Doves. In sunset time above the channel the Grey Herons flew by in the small groups by 2-5 birds, in total about 20 birds.
Karatal.
In the river banks I saw the flocks of Wood Pigeons. In the riverside bushes Lesser Whitethroats and Greenish Warblers were visible. Once I saw the Bluethroat. Many Turkestan Shrikes, Hoopoes. The Hobbies flew by. In the wet meadows the Black-headed and Masked Wagtails were observed. Once on the pole I saw the Shikra.
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Almaty - Ushtobe.
Almaty. Samal. At the morning I saw the flock of the Martins about 20 birds. In my opinion they were the Sand Martins. Martins flew some laps around our block and flew off. For a long time I didn't see Martins in the city. The road to Ushtobe. The noticeable observations: the white morph Booted Eagle was recorded near…
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