The overcast and cold day. I wanted to watch Three-toed Woodpecker I saw yesterday but did not see anyone, saw only Wallcreeper on the fence of house at the bottom of the gorge. [...... read more ]

Sunny but a quite cold day. At the mountains the birds are a bit mostly I noticed the Magpies awaiting the tourists departure that to feed the remnants of food. Carrion Crows sometimes caught the eye of me. One of the tourists told me about a bird larger than a sparrow with a rusty spots on body-flanks, he called this bird the mendicant , because it peck something on the ground directly close to humans, as if solicit the food. I did not understand what species of the bird he described. But just a half of hour I saw this bird - it was the Alpine Accentor. The bird really wasn't afraid of the people, I photographed it from about 2-3 meters. In addition to Alpine Accentor I saw two White-winged Grosbeaks and two Songar Tits. My wife was lucky to see more the Three-toed Woodpecker, but I only heard it. [...... read more ]

The warm and sunny day. The Robin was not so timid as before, but my attention worried it. Robin firstly fed on the thawed grass until the Blackbird chased it. Later I saw it were pecking the seeds under the thuja and eating berries on the bush. Robin like other birds prefer to eat the berries on the sunny side of bush, probably because the berries were thawed by the sun. Some Lesser Whitethroats were feeding the berries too, others ones were pecking the birch catkins. One Whitethroat was bathing in the water droplets which were gathered on the leaves of the bush. In addition to Robin and Whitethroats I also saw Bramblings, House Sparrows, Blackbirds, Mynahs, Hooded Crows, Rooks, Magpies, Pigeons, Great Tits. [...... read more ]

I took the shot of Robin, though from afar and not good quality but I still recorded the fact of observation. Also I saw Black-throated Thrushes, both single birds and a flock. Lesser Whitethroats behaved cheerfully despite the snow and the slight frost. [...... read more ]

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Overcast weather. Yesterday's snow melted away but the new snowfall began. Common birds: Hooded Crows, Rooks, Magpies, a lot of Blackbirds, Mynahs, very active Great Tits; not so many Chaffinches, Bramblings and House Sparrows. The pair of Collared Doves arrived and fed under the thuja. Also I noticed the Greenfinches. In the dark-grey sky the Crows were chasing the raptor looked like Buzzard by the silhouette. Uncommon birds: European Robin; I specially searched it, three times it flashed in my eyes, but I didn't shoot it. Lesser Whitethroats; I saw them in three places, not less than five birds. They fed like all other birds the berries and seeds of thuja. And they hid, like all other birds in the spruce-trees. [...... read more ]

I saw the Upland Buzzard which was chasing by the Carrion Crow. [...... read more ]

The overcast day. More likely the Lesser Whitethroats were located in three places where they could feed close to the spruce-trees. One of Whitethroats fed on the frozen birch-tree. The unusual event, but Whitethroat was not seemed faint or lethargic, behaved quite an active. [...... read more ]

I still wait when Lesser Whitethroats fly away. They still did not migrate, today I photographed one of them. [...... read more ]

Sunny and warm day. Snow was melting. Birds actively fed the thawed berries. In this action most active was the Mynahs and Hooded Crows especially. (Earlier I didn't see in the berry bushes neither Mynahs nor Crows, therefore I presume that Mynahs and Crows are capable to eat all the berries on bushes, that other birds will not have forage until the spring.) Other birds (House Sparrow , Chaffinches, Bramblings) prefered to peck out the seeds of thuja. I watched Greenfinches (about 5-6 birds), Lesser Whitethroats (3-4 birds), Bramblings more than a hundred (!), Chaffinches (about 10-20), a few Blackbirds, Great Tits. No rarities during one-hour walking were not run into. [...... read more ]

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After the heavy snowfall the weather is cold, snow is all around. The birds probably hide and waited for warmth. [...... read more ]