Sparrowhawk came flying and scared the flock of Siskins. Siskins circled and were going to come back to the same tree. But Sparrowhawk was here! Siskins scared again and flew out forever. But Sparrowhawk stayed on the birch-tree about 10-15 minutes. It's very strange to me that Siskins came back to the tree where they…
Warm and sunny day. The berries on the trees were already eaten, but were many catkins on the birches. I watched Great Tits, Hooded Crows, Blackbirds, Bramblings, Chaffinches, House Sparrows, Rooks, Mynahs, Pigeons and one Robin. Robin were searching food under the spruces, picking up thuja's seeds from the snow.
Warm and sunny day. The tour to Three-toed Woodpecker. I didn't see and hear Woodpecker but I knew the history of the tallow which I hung on trees. So the food I hung and scattered were eaten during at maximum 5 minutes by the Magpies which permanently watched all the rested visitors of the gorge. I understood it's imp…
The overcast and cold day. I wanted to watch Three-toed Woodpecker I saw yesterday but did not see anyone, saw only Wallcreeper on the fence of house at the bottom of the gorge.
Sunny but a quite cold day. At the mountains the birds are a bit mostly I noticed the Magpies awaiting the tourists departure that to feed the remnants of food. Carrion Crows sometimes caught the eye of me. One of the tourists told me about a bird larger than a sparrow with a rusty spots on body-flanks, he called this…
The warm and sunny day. The Robin was not so timid as before, but my attention worried it. Robin firstly fed on the thawed grass until the Blackbird chased it. Later I saw it were pecking the seeds under the thuja and eating berries on the bush. Robin like other birds prefer to eat the berries on the sunny side of bush…
I took the shot of Robin, though from afar and not good quality but I still recorded the fact of observation. Also I saw Black-throated Thrushes, both single birds and a flock. Lesser Whitethroats behaved cheerfully despite the snow and the slight frost.
Overcast weather. Yesterday's snow melted away but the new snowfall began. Common birds: Hooded Crows, Rooks, Magpies, a lot of Blackbirds, Mynahs, very active Great Tits; not so many Chaffinches, Bramblings and House Sparrows. The pair of Collared Doves arrived and fed under the thuja. Also I noticed the Greenfinches.…
I saw the Upland Buzzard which was chasing by the Carrion Crow.
The overcast day. More likely the Lesser Whitethroats were located in three places where they could feed close to the spruce-trees. One of Whitethroats fed on the frozen birch-tree. The unusual event, but Whitethroat was not seemed faint or lethargic, behaved quite an active.
I still wait when Lesser Whitethroats fly away. They still did not migrate, today I photographed one of them.
Sunny and warm day. Snow was melting. Birds actively fed the thawed berries. In this action most active was the Mynahs and Hooded Crows especially. (Earlier I didn't see in the berry bushes neither Mynahs nor Crows, therefore I presume that Mynahs and Crows are capable to eat all the berries on bushes, that other birds…
After the heavy snowfall the weather is cold, snow is all around. The birds probably hide and waited for warmth.
During the very short mountain trip I ran into the awaiting White-bellied Dipper.
In Karaoi I saw the flying wedge of Gulls, which I could not identify. At entrance to Sorbulak in the morning twilight I saw the Saker Falcon perched on the pole. I thought that have time to take photo of perching Falcon, but unfortunately could not. As a result, only the photo of bird in flight. At the first lake I im…
