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2007-09-09 | Askar Isabekov
No new species on the Square. I can notice only young Isabelline Wheater. Now there were not new species, I attended to little and inconspicuous birds. I tried to make good photos to identify its. Birds were Booted and Hume's Warblers. [...... read more ]
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2007-09-08 | Askar Isabekov
Ile-Alatau National Park. Batareika river. Murky morning. Grey Wagtails, Carrion Crows, Magpies and two Blue Whistling Thrushes. Blue Whistling Thrushes searched insects on green grass. Republic Square. Again saw Common and Lesser Whitethroats, Stonechats, two Turkestan Shrikes, one Booted Warbler, one Bluethroat, one Masked Wagtail. Today's interesting birds are Crested Lark and Quail. I first time saw Crested Lark in the city but didn't have possibility to make photo. Bird was very scary. But Quail shot out, flew about twenty meters and smash bumped on metal fence. Whack such as stone. I was sure that bird cracked up and tried to find it. But didn't find. I turned around bushes and again put up the Quail. Bird sat at 20-30 centimeters and I didn't see it. This bout Quail successfully flew above five-meters fence. [...... read more ]
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2007-09-07 | Askar Isabekov
A lot of birds. Different birds in different places. On flowerbeds mainly Stonechats fed. Stonechats looks very perfect on red roses especially males. Warblers mostly hid in bushes. Common Whitethroats are most popular, Lesser Whitethroats are some less and Barred Warblers are a little. Also today I met two Long-tailed Shrikes. Long-tailed Shrikes in contradistinction from other Shrikes hide in trees branches and search feed not on open places but under trees. Also saw one flying between birch-trees Spotted Flycatcher. [...... read more ]
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2007-09-04 | Askar Isabekov
Today crossing Republic Square I saw not only familiar Stonechats and Common Whitethroats but also the newly arrived Barred Warblers and Lesser Whitethroats. Frightened off one Quail. [...... read more ]
2007-08-28 | Askar Isabekov
Full route from Karaganda to Almaty can be divided into three about equal parts. First part - from Karaganda to Balkhash. Common birds are Greater Short-toed Larks, Tawny Pipits. Twice Black Larks flew above the road. A lot of birds died from the impacts of automobiles. Any bird dispatches to fly away when the speed of automobile is 60 km/h, but now no one drives this speed. Therefore every 10-15 meter the carcass of small bird lies on the asphalt. Let alone the birds I saw today the downed horse and even the downed camel. In Akshatau saw the pair of Black-headed Gulls. On this part of road besides common birds I saw six Steppe Eagles, three Long-legged Buzzard, several Kestrels, one Merlin, one Brown-necked Raven. Second part of the way goes along Balkhash. Road goes along the lake first being moved away that approaching it. Near Gulshad saw female of light Harrier, two Steppe Eagles. Further saw Black Kites. After Aksuyek I made a short stay on the shore of lake. In the saxaul grove from [...... read more ]
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2007-08-27 | Askar Isabekov
In Temirtau city there is a Samarkand reservoir. Reservoir is large, coast by places overgrown by reeds by places coast is sandy. Almost everywhere fishermen on the shore catch fish. In the shore bushes the small flocks of House Sparrows chirp, Yellow and White Wagtails fly. Noticeable large birds are Black-headed Gulls and Coots. On one place Coots and Black-headed Gulls feed on three meters from the fishermen. This trustfulness is rare on birds behaviour in Kazakhstan. Moorhens are more fearful. Moorhens departed from the reeds only when young fisherman approached to reeds closely. But nevertheless even Moorhens sailed not far from the sitting fishermen. Besides Black-headed Gulls on the reservoir there are Caspian Gulls. Several times I saw Mew Gulls. Some tens Black-headed Gulls chose to rest metallic construction. I approached them in the hope to photograph the trimmed Caspian and Mew Gulls. But exactly these two birds flew away first. Other seen birds are Crested Grebes, Sparrowhawk, [...... read more ]
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2007-08-26 | Askar Isabekov
I tried to go rapidly because next day I need to be in Temirtau. Therefore I stopped only several times and only in the most interesting cases. In Zhambyl (near Shamalgan station) on the wires I saw four Long-tailed Shrikes. On early morning on Sorbulak from a long distance I saw 20-25 Dalmatian Pelicans, 100-150 Great Cormorants, about 30 White Egrets and one Grey Heron among Egrets. On other side of route saw lonely Dalmatian Pelican, Lapwings, Stilts, the flock of small waders (did not examine species), Black-headed Gulls, Garganeys, Red-crested Pochards. Kurty. Pair of Great Cormorants, one White Egret, many Black Kites. Calandra Larks always fly above the roadway and Crested Larks cross the roadway. Many Rollers and Isabelline Wheaters, several Kestrels. Near Aydarly saw Long-legged Buzzard and some further lonely Brown-necked Raven. After Aksuyek yet two Brown-necked Ravens. Yet one Brown-necked Raven near Burylbaytal. South-West extremity of Balkhash Lake. Grey Herons , White Egrets, [...... read more ]
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2007-08-21 | Askar Isabekov
Today I observed birds not specially but on the side. On morning I went to the mountains. Batareika River. Two Grey Wagtails and one Blue Whistling Thrush. Wagtails jumped out to the road before the automobile, but Blue Whistling Thrush flew out from the bushes and flying before the automobile sat on fir-tree foot. It was necessary to make photos through the windshield and even also in the shadow. Republic Square. A lot of birds. House Sparrows and Great Tits fly by small flocks. But there are another birds on the flower beds. Turkestan Shrikes (young), Stonechats (also young), Common Whitethroats. Shrikes and Stonechats are well noticeable birds, sit always on the visible places. But here Whitethroats try to hide into the branches. Also in the branches other unobtrusive birds hide, such as Bluethroat and Booted Warbler. Isabelline Wheater keeps apart. Once saw the unknown large bunting (most likely Red-headed Bunting). All these birds feed on one flower bed. I stayed about fence as in [...... read more ]
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2007-08-19 | Askar Isabekov
Tried again to find Red-backed Shrike. Unsuccessful. Today even Turkestan Shrikes were two only. Mainly no changes on Square. Birds are same. Only one news, I spied Common Quails. Before now I thought that it is impossible to spy Quail in the grass, but today I saw it. I was luck that bird moved in the grass. If Quail lurks it's impossible to find it in the grass. Quails, Stonechats and Red-backed Shrike appear in Alma-Ata, autumn migration continues actively. [...... read more ]
2007-08-18 | Askar Isabekov
On morning I tried to find Red-backed Shrike. Red-backed Shrike is rare bird in Alma-Ata, occurs only on migration pass. Therefore I want to find it and make some photos. Unfortunately I didn't find Red-backed Shrike but found about ten Turkestan Shrikes, several Stonechats, Common Whitethroats and one Sparrowhawk. Even saw Sparrowhawk hunting to Whitethroat. Red-rumped Swallows fly above the Square. [...... read more ]
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