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2012-04-10 | Askar Isabekov
Dendropark. Many Magpies and Chiffchaffs. Black-throated Thrushes hid in the spruce-trees. One male Pheasant. Republic Square. Many Magpies and Chiffchaffs. Isabelline Wheatear. Turkestan Shrike didn't migrate yet. I three days watched it on the same bush in which Shrike hid in case of emergency. [...... read more ]
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2012-04-09 | Askar Isabekov
Collared Dove took the twigs to the nest building. Chiffchaffs foraged both on the trees and on the ground. One Turkestan Shrike. One male and two females Stonechats searched food in the grass; very cautious birds. One Bluethroat foraged together with Stonechats. Magpies flew by groups (on Sorbulak Magpies flew in group too). Female Grey-headed Goldfinch was building the nest on the pine branch, male was escorting her and singing the songs. [...... read more ]
2012-04-07 | Askar Isabekov
Chapaev. Black-headed Gull, pair of Tufted Ducks. Sorbulak. Birds were not a lot. On the water mostly Coots and Crested Grebes were visible, on the coast we saw Great Cormorants, Dalmatian Pelicans, Grey Herons, Jackdaws, Magpies. Also we watched the less visible Garganeys, Red-crested Pochards, Mallards, pair of Goosanders, pair of Goldeneyes, Tufted Ducks, one Black-winged Stilts, Gadwall, Shovelers, Common Teals. Caspian Gulls and Black-headed Gulls flew by, Turkestan Shrike, Black Kite, Common Starlings, a lot of Chiffchaffs which fed on the ground too. On second dam there were a lot of Ruddy Shelducks, two Northern Pintails, Pied Wheatears, Turkestan Shrikes.Kurty village. Many Black Kites both in village and in vicinity. In the steppe zone at Kurty there were a lot of Larks mostly Calandra Larks but Crested Larks and Greater Short-toed Larks were too; Isabelline Wheatears, Pied Wheatears; the Rooks probably concentrated in flocks to migrate to north, we saw the flock of about 4 thousand [...... read more ]
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2012-04-05 | Askar Isabekov
Sunny day. I saw Turkestan Shrike, female Stonechat, Sparrowhawk, Chaffinches, Greenfinches, Chiffchaffs. In Samal I twice watched the singing Grey-headed Goldfinches. [...... read more ]
2012-04-04 | Askar Isabekov
At the entrance of park in the pine grove I saw the pair of feeding Greenfinches which I saw in same place last time, and also saw before the leaving the park (but not the pair but three birds). Probably Greenfinches are the resident birds in the park. Lots of Magpies which behaved quiet, without noise and shouting. One Magpie mutely chased the Eastern Buzzard in the sky. In addition to Buzzard there was the Kestrel, both raptors regularly were in my vision. The large flocks of Chaffinches and Buntings were not already, but single Chaffinches sometimes flew by me. Some time I were watching the Pied Wheatears, I saw in total three males and 3-4 females, males were observed all three at once, and females separately. All males had rufous tinge on feathers as in autumn plumage. Pied Wheatears perched on the trees, from which they flew off straight up to the insects, or flew down from the tree to catch insects in the grass. In the spruce and hawberry plantations I watched the dozens of feeding [...... read more ]
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2012-04-03 | Askar Isabekov
Males of Stonechat (5-7) arrived to Square, also I saw three Chiffchaffs feeding on birch-tree, and one Black-throated Thrush. Today I saw again Bluethroat I saw yesterday but the bird was very cautious and immediately hid into the bushes and didn't come out. However another Bluethroat came up to me to the distance about three meters and postured quite a long time. Great Tits, Greenfinches and Blackbirds were very active. The Collared Dove perched on the oak, it was uncommon to see it so high on the tree, usually Collared Dove is watched on the ground. The Chaffinches were not yet migrated, also I watched three flying Rooks and one male Sparrowhawk. In Samal directly beside the road I saw singing Masked Wagtail, but Grey-headed Goldfinch were singing in the pine. [...... read more ]
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2012-04-02 | Askar Isabekov
Isabelline Shrike arrived, the bird stayed the high branches of trees and flew off when I closed to it, sometimes Shrike tried to sing. A very short time I watched Bluethroat; the Black Redstart also was visible a short time. The new arrived birds were very cautious. On the city hall building I watched the resting in the shadow Peregrine Falcon who didn't pay attention to me. The flocks of Chaffinches flew here and there but I didn't see the Bramblings. Greenfinches stayed in the coniferous trees (pine-trees and thujas) and were singing very actively. Hooded Crows and Rooks departed from the Republic Square. Magpies are probably on the nests. [...... read more ]
2012-03-31 | Askar Isabekov
The trip to Little Sorbulak with Andrey Kovalenko and Gennady Dyakin. The day was mostly sunny but windy. On the road in Ili region we saw the flock of Black Kites, the wedge of Demoiselle Cranes, and the Black-headed Gulls and pair of Shovelers on the little lake. We started the discovering of the lakes of Sorbulak system from the reeds and djida thickets, where we watched one Cetti's Warbler, Reed Buntings, Tree Sparrows, two Isabelline Shrikes, one hen of Pheasant, Chiffchaffs, regularly flocks of Black-throated Thrushes Chaffinches, Bramblings, Greenfinches flew by, once we saw the flock of Desert Finches and the mixed flock Yellowhammers and Pine Buntings. In the reeds and about them we saw Bluethroat, Black-throated Accentor, two male Stonechats. On the little lake there were a few Coots; also we heard but didn't saw the Water Rail. Regularly we watched the soared Sparrowhawk, sometimes the flying Ruddy Shelducks, Caspian Gulls and Black-headed Gulls. Also we found the killed Goshawk.In [...... read more ]
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2012-03-29 | Askar Isabekov
Overcast day. I hoped to make good quality photos of Eversmann's Redstarts but didn't find any of them. Most of birds stay on the far part of the park. The first bird I noticed was the Sparrowhawk, then group of Magpies, one Mistle Thrush and Carrion Crow. Then I entered to the uninhabited territory without people and roads. Here I watched flocks of Chaffinches, Bramblings and Rock Buntings feeding on ground. In addition to these numerous birds I also saw one Eastern Buzzard, one Masked Wagtail and pair of Greenfinches. [...... read more ]
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2012-03-25 | Askar Isabekov
During the short tour I watched one Masked Wagtail, two Eversmann's Redstarts, two Black-throated Thrush, one Mistle Thrush, flock of Chaffinches. [...... read more ]
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