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2012-05-06 | Askar Isabekov
Riparian forest of Ile river - burned grove, saxaul thickets, asian poplar thickets. Bura - roadside thickets of asian elm. Wells in the desert near Kulanbasy. Ravine on Itzhon plateau. Ile river rock canyon.At morning we used bird calls to photograph Turkestan Tits, not all of Tits actively reacted to calls, some of them didn't pay any attention to call. In the burned grove of asian poplar there were many Common Starlings flew to tree-holes with the Grasshoppers in bills. Also the Kestrels were noticeable. The Saxaul and Tree Sparrows were building the nests. In Bura we saw Long-legged Buzzard on the nest, and several tree-holes on the quite low height. At tree-holes we saw Saxaul Sparrows which didn't begin to nest in my opinion. In Ile rock canyon the first we observed was the nest of Golden Eagle from which two adult birds flew off. In the nest there were two chicks, one of them had several dark feathers. Also we watched the pair of Rock Nuthatches were building the nest.
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2012-05-05 | Askar Isabekov
Sorbulak - the coast next to dam, the wet marshy meadow. Kanshegel - artesian wells. Topar - the lakes between sand-dunes, some of lakes grown by reeds other ones by trees. Zhelturanga - asian poplar grove with the bush thickets. Ile river floodplain - riparian asian poplar forest with bushes.The short stay on Sorbulak lake, the most interesting observations were Whimbrel in company with two Curlews and one Rosy Starling in flock of Common Starlings. On the artesian wells at Kanshengel we saw Black-bellied Sandgrouses, quite many Wagtails and quite a bit shorebirds, only Common Sandpipers were in large number. Also we saw one Baillon's Crake. On the Topar lakes next to Taukum sands the birds were absent, but on lakes next to Topar village there were some birds mostly Ferruginous Ducks. On lakes behind the Topar we noticed the same Ferruginous Ducks and also Moorhens. In Zhelturanga grove we short stayed, saw the White-winged Woodpeckers and some of little Passerines. In riparian forest [...... read more ]
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2012-04-30 | Askar Isabekov
2012-04-21 | Askar Isabekov
Hiking to the mountains with the explore purposes. The upper border of the spruce forest is full snowy; the snow also lies on the eastern and northern slopes down to the bottom of the gorge; but the western and southern slopes are already completely dry. Birds were a bit. I saw the flying by immature Himalayan Vulture, the rounding Kestrel, the soaring Sparrowhawk in the lower part of the gorge, sometimes the flying by and perching on spruce-trees Magpies and Carrion Crows. In spruce-trees I watched Coal Tits and twice the little unidentified birds; also in spruce I heard the singing Blackbirds. The pair of Grey-headed Goldfinches was noticed. Also I heard singing Wren under the roots of the dumped tree. The pair of Blue Whistling Thrushes was feeding in the meadow, and then disappeared into the spruce forest; down the gorge I heard the singing of the other Blue Whistling Thrush but didn't see it. One of the two White-bellied Dippers I watched also sang the song, the same bird kicked out [...... read more ]
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2012-04-20 | Askar Isabekov
I saw the first Red-rumped Swallows in this spring. In after-dinner time the Hoopoe flew to our Samal. [...... read more ]
2012-04-17 | Askar Isabekov
Yesterday at evening time I watched the resting Peregrine Falcon, but today at 7 am Falcon wasn't at the staying place. [...... read more ]
2012-04-14 | Askar Isabekov
Ekpendy. On coming to colony of Grey Herons and Night Herons we saw the flying out Pheasants, both hens and cocks in total about one dozen birds. Pheasants flew from the dry meadow on which they fed to the reed thickets. Both Grey Herons and Night Herons already on the colony, some of them probably on the nests. Other birds we watched near the colony: Pied Wheatears, Kestrel, Tree Pipit, Chiffchaffs, Black-throated Thrush, Common Teal, pair of Turkestan Tits (one is probably hybrid with Great Tit), Turkestan Shrikes. On the midway between Ekpendy and Kyrbaltabai on the little marsh we watched three Common Redshanks and 4 Lapwings which will nest on this marsh. Then on the road to fish ponds in Akzhal we watched Green Sandpiper (on the roadside puddle), Kestrels, Pied Wheatears, Turkestan Shrike, one Isabelline Shrike, and the large flock (about one thousands birds) of Demoiselle Cranes. Fish ponds in Akzhal. In Akzhal we saw the first in this year Barn Swallows, also in the village there [...... read more ]
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2012-04-13 | Askar Isabekov
On the evening walking I noticed the Pigeon feathers on the asphalt; and I guessed that Pigeon was the victim of either Sparrowhawk or Peregrine falcon. And after 20 minutes I was watching the Peregrine Falcon was flying to the lodging for the night. So it didn't migrate yet. [...... read more ]
2012-04-12 | Askar Isabekov
Chiffchaffs became the most numerous birds on the Square, they fed and sang mostly in the fir-trees. Great Tit picked the needles of unknown to me plants and brought to the hole in lamppost, probably to nesting. [...... read more ]
2012-04-11 | Askar Isabekov
One Isabelline Shrike. The pair of Greenfinches peck up seeds on open ground. Bluethroats, Magpies, Chiffchaffs. [...... read more ]
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