Tajikistan. Dushanbe. Komsomol lake.
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Yesterday this year first snow dropped out. After snow the air became cold, yesterday weather was cloudy, but today the sun shines and the air has become a little warmer. I have gone today to Komsomol lake on purpose to visit Kingfishers, to check they have departed to the south. On morning time the western half of lake has been tightened by thin ice, but on midday there were only small sites of ice on a lake surface. Kingfishers have not departed. On the contrary Kingfishers became more, in my opinion. Today I met not less than 7-8 birds, once I even saw pair of birds simultaneously. On the lake's coast with the plane trees there were many the mixed flocks of Chaffinches and Bramblings. They were fed seeds of plane trees, but mostly searched seeds on the ground among the fallen down foliage.
White-capped Redstart also has not departed. Today I saw it not on the lake but on the bank of the channel flowing near to lake. In the same place I met also Kingfisher, Eurasian Collared and Laughing Doves. I would not notice Redstart if not its shrill shout. The bird as drew my attention. Redstart sat on an acacia and was hid by branches. Then bird with the shrill shout flew about twenty meters and sat down to a stone, and then at all flew to other coast of the channel.
Saw the small predator similar to the Sparrowhawk pursued by the Crow. Ducks and Gulls are most in number of all birds on the lake. Gulls are Black-headed. Ducks are generally Mallards, from afar it is difficult to identify. Today I didn't turn out Pochards in crowd of mallards but allocated two small ducks which were identified as Common Teals.
Still today Great White Egret and Grey Heron have arrived to the lake. They were frightened off by one curious passer, and both birds departed every which way. The Grey Heron departed to the West, but White Egret to the North. Grey Heron so more has not appeared, but here White Egret has arrived back after about thirty minutes. Egret was cautiously, but easy. In case of the slightest danger Egret flew from a place into place but within lake.
It appears, it is a lot of waders on lake. If to look from opposite coast can to see only large Common Sandpipers. But if to look against the sun the small waders are visible. But it is difficult to identify its. There were one Black-winged Stilt and one Green Sandpiper.
On a return way to home, in city centre on a coniferous tree I saw Bramblings and Siskins (new bird to me in Tajikistan).
White-capped Redstart also has not departed. Today I saw it not on the lake but on the bank of the channel flowing near to lake. In the same place I met also Kingfisher, Eurasian Collared and Laughing Doves. I would not notice Redstart if not its shrill shout. The bird as drew my attention. Redstart sat on an acacia and was hid by branches. Then bird with the shrill shout flew about twenty meters and sat down to a stone, and then at all flew to other coast of the channel.
Saw the small predator similar to the Sparrowhawk pursued by the Crow. Ducks and Gulls are most in number of all birds on the lake. Gulls are Black-headed. Ducks are generally Mallards, from afar it is difficult to identify. Today I didn't turn out Pochards in crowd of mallards but allocated two small ducks which were identified as Common Teals.
Still today Great White Egret and Grey Heron have arrived to the lake. They were frightened off by one curious passer, and both birds departed every which way. The Grey Heron departed to the West, but White Egret to the North. Grey Heron so more has not appeared, but here White Egret has arrived back after about thirty minutes. Egret was cautiously, but easy. In case of the slightest danger Egret flew from a place into place but within lake.
It appears, it is a lot of waders on lake. If to look from opposite coast can to see only large Common Sandpipers. But if to look against the sun the small waders are visible. But it is difficult to identify its. There were one Black-winged Stilt and one Green Sandpiper.
On a return way to home, in city centre on a coniferous tree I saw Bramblings and Siskins (new bird to me in Tajikistan).
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