Before the dawn I came to the city administration; Peregrine Falcon was perching in the niche. At around 8:00 am the projectors illuminating the building turned off; at the same time the Rooks with Crows began to fly. Peregrine woke up but did not fly from the niche. I made the control shot for the record. At 8.15 the…
Сегодня в 3 часа дня прогулялся около горакимата. Несмотря на солнечную погоду птиц почти не видно. Встретились только единственная пара черных дроздов и стайка больших синиц. Не видно не только зябликов и юрков, но и врановых - ни сорок, ни ворон, ни грачей.
At 9 am the morning was light and snowy. Peregrine Falcon was in the niche. Perhaps it not leave the niche when the snowfall. It means that you can just wait until the end of snowfall and take photos with better light.
Этих птичек мы с Сергеем Корневым нашли в 2003 году на самом юге Оренбургской области - в верховьях балки Шыбынды (Соль-Илецкий район), на самой границе с Казахстаном. Хотелось бы узнать мнение участников сайта относительно их принадлежности к таксону L. ph. karelini и/или их гибридного происхождения.
In the botanical garden birds not much too. In the main it black thrushes, most of which are sitting on hawthorn. Among them, only one Black-throated Thrush. Next in the park Black-throated Thrush more, but in general is still not much, only saw about a dozen. However, they are very shy (unlike last year). White-winged…
Yesterday night at around 10 pm I went to the Republic Square to look at Peregrine, just to check if it there or not. Falcon was in the niche where it stayed to night last year. Also today and yesterday, past my window the Eastern Buzzard flew by with the escort of dozen Crows.
Couple days ago near the my home I saw pack of Red-fronted Serin (maybe it was a piggy). I decided today to look for the birch in the main stadium, where is the third year in the winter flock Red-fronted Serin and Eurasian Siskin. Indeed, the finches already there. On the fertile birch hung about 10 Red-fronted Serin.…
Family tour to the mountains. Day was sunny in the morning, but snowy in afternoon. In the spruce I heard and watched Three-toed Woodpecker but didn’t make good photos because I careless came to the spruce. But it was impossible to do it otherwise because snow was knee-deep and the slope was arduous. Woodpecker flew ou…
Peregrine Falcon arrived to the Square. I watched it in the same place where it rested last winter. Probably Falcon stayed because snowfall.
Sunny and warm day. The birds were not a lot. We were surprised by Waxwings which were observed in spruce forests at altitudes up to an 2400 m, and more than likely they flew to the upper border of spruce forest. We saw four pairs of Black Vultures flying west. I guess that not all of them were the same birds. Red-fron…
Overcast day. At evening I watched 5-6 Lesser Whitethroats and 3 Goldcrests.
After three days of snowfall the sun came out, the snow piled above the knee. For the two-hour walk only I noticed only two Hooded Crows perching on the birch tree; other Crows and Rooks were observed only in the sky, in total not more than a dozen. It is not surprising since both Rooks and Crows feed mainly on the gro…
Sunny morning. The flock of about 40 Waxwings flew above the Square. The Black-throated Thrushes were about 2 dozens. Under the bushes on the open ground the Blackbirds were raking up fall leaves; with Blackbirds there were the little bird, probably Robin, but I am not sure because bird hid in the bush. Two Lesser Whit…
8.30 am, sunny morning. I noted the flock of Waxwings I observed yesterday, one Lesser Whitethroat and two Goldcrests. These are only "uncommon" birds and only short morning visit!
Sunny, cold day. Generally I planned to find wintering Warblers, and I found one Barred Warbler and two Lesser Whitethroats. All Warblers were very active, so it means they easily survived the night cold (about -15-17 C). So I was pleased, but the most interesting observations were to come. From a distance I saw the fl…
