Almaty.

At the Republic Square I saw the Quail, which as usual flashed under my feet and disappeared behind the trees. And as usual I didn’t find it. Also I saw two birds, which from afar were seen black to me, the birds were flying by Hoopoe-shape flight. Probably they were the Wallcreepers. The other birds: Rooks, Hooded Crows, Blackbirds, Great Tits, Mynahs, Lesser Whitethroats. In the afternoon I went to the mountains, to the Little Almaty gorge, where I saw the low flying Lammergeyer. No one bird today was shot.