Almaty.

The Day of Bluethroats. Today by force of circumstances I was in park on Republic Square three times (at 9am, at 1 pm and at 5 pm), and all times I saw Bluethroats, not one but 5-7 birds each time. I saw both males with blue bibs and females. All males I watched had white spot from throat to breast, the sign of juvenile bird. Also I watched Barred Warblers, Stonechats, Lesser Whitethroats.

Hike for yesterday’s Desert Wheatears became the watching of predators (Sparrowhawk, Hobby and Kestrel) but no one Wheatear.