Almaty. Republic Square, Samal.

It's hard to fly to birds during and after the rain. Therefore in case of rain on the migration pass the birds find the applicable place and rest waiting the good weather. Every year at 19-20 of May in Almaty it is rainy. Sometimes rains continue several days, but often 1-2 days. And these days are directly days of Nightjars migration. These night birds migrate in morning and evening twilights and their migration are not notable to people, but in case of rain the Nightjars rest. Once I found 9 Nightjars in one day, but that year was very rainy and Nightjars congregated on Republic Square during one week. Today I found two Nightjars, probably both were females. In addition to Nightjars I saw one Common Whitethroat (probably spruce singers are just they), one female Turkestan Shrike and singing males of Greenfinch.