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Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis

© Leonid Ishkov | 2017-10-23 | North-eastern Caspian

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2023-05-29. Vasilii Bastaev: Lesser Grey Shrike, Sand Martin, Booted Warbler, Dunlin, Sanderling, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Black-winged Stilt.

2023-05-28. Aldiyar Saparbayev: Northern Lapwing, Tawny Pipit, Booted Warbler, Northern Wheatear, Booted Eagle, Eurasian Collared Dove, Ortolan Bunting, Common Kestrel, Alexandr Katuncev: Common Oystercatcher, Fedor Shakula: Asian Desert Warbler, Desert Finch, Isabelline Wheatear, Great White Pelican, Grey Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Red-necked Phalarope, Finsch's Wheatear, Mongolian Finch, Gennadiy Dyakin: Little Egret, Streaked Scrub Warbler, Tree Pipit, Rufous Bush Robin, Irina Rekuts: Grey Wagtail, Tree Pipit, Caspian Gull, Yellow Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Robert Parker: Isabelline Wheatear, Turkestan Tit, Common Chiffchaff, Hoopoe, Grey-necked Bunting, Vasilii Bastaev: Black-Billed Magpie, Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Hooded Crow, White Wagtail, Whinchat, Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat, Red-backed Shrike, Eurasian Redstart, Common Cuckoo, Tree Pipit, Booted Warbler, Eurasian Redstart, Rook, Eurasian Jackdaw, Pallas's Gull, Great Crested Grebe, Vladimir Muravskiy: Brown Dipper, Coal Tit, Common Buzzard, Blue Whistling Thrush, Grey Wagtail, White-bellied Dipper, Common Raven, Water Pipit, Guldenstadt's Redstart, Brown Accentor, Himalayan Accentor, Hodgson's Rosefinch, Tree Pipit, Black-throated Accentor, Himalayan Rubythroat, Sulphur-bellied Warbler, Ibisbill, Spotted Nutcracker, Blue-capped Redstart, Eversmann's Redstart, Lammergeier.

2023-05-27. Andrey Shatalov: Booted Warbler, Oriental Turtle Dove, Bluethroat, Eurasian Hobby, Tree Sparrow, Gennadiy Dyakin: Upcher's Warbler, Upcher's Warbler, Common Sandpiper, Common Kingfisher, Wood Sandpiper, Irina Rekuts: Eastern Imperial Eagle, Nikolai Kirillov: Glossy Ibis, Eurasian Roller, Rosy Starling, Qanatbek Kenzhegulov: Eurasian Hobby, Ruslan Telegin: Common Kestrel, Common Nightingale, Serg Silan: Citrine Wagtail, Paddyfield Warbler, Talgat Kissebayev: Western Marsh-Harrier, Great White Egret, Mallard, Wood Sandpiper, Black-winged Stilt, Eurasian Curlew, White-headed Duck, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Shelduck, White-winged Tern, Collared Pratincole, Grey Heron, Curlew Sandpiper, Purple Heron, Great Crested Grebe, Red-crested Pochard, Little Stint, Red-necked Phalarope, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Glossy Ibis, Cattle Egret, Red Phalarope, Red Phalarope, Common Cuckoo, Red-headed Bunting, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Citrine Wagtail, Steppe Grey Shrike, Steppe Grey Shrike, Lesser Grey Shrike, Spotted Flycatcher, Eurasian Roller, Desert Wheatear, Short-eared Owl, Vadim Nagumanov: Black Tern, Mallard, Common Starling, Viktoriya Zvyaginceva: Common Whitethroat, Coal Tit, Yellow-billed Chough, Black Kite, Blue-capped Redstart, Vladimir Muravskiy: Pied Wheatear, Chukar Partridge, Little Owl, Eurasian Roller, Hen Harrier, European Bee-eater, Black-throated Thrush, Eurasian Redstart, Greenish Warbler, Desert Finch, Shikra, Long-tailed Shrike, Common Cuckoo, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Turkestan Shrike, Common Pheasant, Great White Egret, Northern Lapwing, Northern Shoveler, Terek Sandpiper, Black-winged Stilt, Paddyfield Warbler, Black-headed Wagtail, Turkestan Tit, White-Winged Woodpecker, Yellow-eyed Pigeon, Saxaul Sparrow, Steppe Grey Shrike, Montagu's Harrier, Red-rumped Swallow, Black-crowned Night Heron, White-crowned Penduline Tit, Isabelline Wheatear, Lesser Kestrel, Rock Sparrow, Demoiselle Crane, Booted Eagle, Himalayan Vulture, Northern Wheatear, Golden Eagle, Red-billed Chough, Common Starling, Azure Tit, Pine Bunting, Black Stork, Eurasian Linnet, Egyptian Vulture, Grey-necked Bunting, Laughing Dove, Desert Wheatear, Asian Desert Warbler, Little Ringed Plover, Mongolian Finch, Common Nightingale, European Greenfinch, Alpine Swift, White-capped Bunting, Yelbossyn Babalyk: Common Nightingale, Eurasian Blackbird, Yuriy Malkov: Eastern Imperial Eagle, Ortolan Bunting.

2023-05-26. Galina Hristolyubova: Common Pheasant, Ildar Khalitov: Coal Tit, Blue-capped Redstart, Common Rosefinch, Hume's Warbler, Blue Whistling Thrush, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Common Whitethroat, Greenish Warbler, Irina Kuryanova: Cinereous Vulture, Irina Rekuts: Pale Sand Martin, Qanatbek Kenzhegulov: Willow Warbler, Rook, Booted Warbler, Booted Warbler, Shikra, Vadim Nagumanov: Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Vasilii Bastaev: Hooded Crow, Grey Heron, Glossy Ibis, Rook, Black Kite, Barn Swallow, Hooded Crow, Common Sandpiper, Common Starling, Black-Billed Magpie, Red-footed Falcon, Black Kite, Red-footed Falcon, Black Kite, House Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Little Egret, Hooded Crow, Spotted Flycatcher, Great Tit, Black-Billed Magpie, Wood Pigeon, Common Tern, Mallard, Common Kestrel, Common Cuckoo, Vladimir Muravskiy: Red-headed Bunting, Calandra Lark, Steppe Eagle, Greater Short-toed Lark, White Wagtail, Rock Pigeon, Rosy Starling, Common Sandpiper, Common Kingfisher, Crested Lark, Long-legged Buzzard, Rufous Bush Robin, Lesser Grey Shrike, Vladimir Vorobyov: Common Whitethroat, Greenish Warbler, Common Chiffchaff, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Spotted Nutcracker, Spotted Flycatcher, Common Cuckoo, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Yuriy Malkov: Common Whitethroat, Little Bustard, Common Shelduck, Black Kite, Slavonian Grebe, Black-Necked Grebe, Greater Scaup, Sand Martin.

2023-05-25. Andrey Shatalov: Booted Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, European Golden Oriole, Northern Wheatear, Northern Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, Mute Swan, Montagu's Harrier, Common Shelduck, Little Bustard, Northern Reed Bunting, Northern Reed Bunting, Qanatbek Kenzhegulov: Paddyfield Warbler, Paddyfield Warbler, Paddyfield Warbler, Hybrid Wagtail, Common Kestrel, Eurasian Roller, Black-eared Wheatear, Tawny Pipit, Black-eared Wheatear, Red-headed Bunting, Common Kestrel, Pied Wheatear, Ruslan Telegin: Booted Warbler, Vadim Nagumanov: Western Marsh-Harrier.

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recent comments


2023-05-28. to photo # 08480011201 (Tree Pipit)

Ирина Рекуц: Спасибо, Анна!


2023-05-28. to photo # 06160127101 (Booted Warbler)

Алдияр Сапарбаев: Спасибо, Анна.


2023-05-28. to photo # 08480011201 (Tree Pipit)

Анна Ясько: Лесной конек.


2023-05-28. to photo # 06160127101 (Booted Warbler)

Анна Ясько: Северная бормотушка.


2023-05-28. to photo # 08480011301 (Caspian Gull)

Ирина Рекуц: Спасибо, Сергей!


2023-05-28. to photo # 08480011301 (Caspian Gull)

Сергей Силантьев: По одному такому снимку можно сказать, что это хохотунья, как доминирующему виду серебристых чаек в нашем регионе.


2023-05-28. to photo # 08410005205 (Red Phalarope)

Талғат Кисебаев: Спасибо!


2023-05-28. to photo # 08200030802 (Pallas's Gull)

Василий Бастаев: Благодарю, исправлю!


2023-05-28. to photo # 08200030802 (Pallas's Gull)

Анна Ясько: Это черноголовый хохотун. У взрослой черноголовой чайки вершина крыла абсолютно белая. И если от предыдущего наряда остаются черные элементы, [....]


2023-05-28. to photo # 02030285801 (Paddyfield Warbler)

Сергей Силантьев: Спасибо, Анна! В принципе я и не рассматриваю только один признак. Всегда стараюсь охватить в комплексе. Не всегда правда удается, как здесь [....]


2023-05-28. to photo # 02030285801 (Paddyfield Warbler)

Анна Ясько: Вывод: по возможности всегда нужно смотреть комплекс признаков, а не цепляться за один единственный.


2023-05-28. to photo # 02030285801 (Paddyfield Warbler)

Анна Ясько: Сергей, Вы уже назвали ключевой признак - это форма хвоста. Светлые каймы на крайних рулевых - довольно ненадежный признак для рассматривания [....]


2023-05-28. to photo # 02030285801 (Paddyfield Warbler)

Сергей Силантьев: Кроме различного отношения крайних и средних рулевых...


2023-05-28. to photo # 02030285801 (Paddyfield Warbler)

Сергей Силантьев: Анна, чем хвост камышевки отличается от хвоста бормотушки?


2023-05-28. to photo # 08410003401 (Eurasian Curlew)

Игорь Фефелов: Того же мнения.


2023-05-27. to photo # 08410005205 (Red Phalarope)

Виктория Звягинцева: Здорово!


2023-05-27. to photo # 05980100601 (Common Nightingale)

Руслан Телегин: Ровно на том же самом месте, что и в прошлом году (с разницей в два дня, тогда выманил 29 мая). Поёт, заслушаешься :)


2023-05-27. to photo # 08410003401 (Eurasian Curlew)

Анна Ясько: Клювы у всех довольно короткие, пальцы ног не выступают за обрез хвоста. Я думаю, это стая средних кроншнепов.


2023-05-27. to photo # 08410005101 (Red Phalarope)

Анна Ясько: Талгат, у Вас загружено две одинаковые серии. Могу эту удалить?


2023-05-27. to photo # 08410005201 (Red Phalarope)

Анна Ясько: Поздравляю! Не частый гость в Казахстане.


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rare birds records


Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)

© Kudaibergen Amirekul
2023-05-21
Shoshkakol, South Kazakstan

The first record of the Cattle Egret for South Kazakhstan. There are known sightings on the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea, flights to the Sholakkol lakes in the lower reaches of the Turgay and in the Kurgaldzhino region.


Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)

© Ainur Iskakova
2023-05-14

The first confirmation of nesting of the Tawny Owl in in the West Kazakhstan region since 1897.


Syrian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus)

© Ainur Iskakova
2023-04-20
Area of the cardiocenter, West Kazakhstan region, Uralsk

The first record of the Syrian Woodpecker in Kazakhstan. On May 10, two birds were already found there - a male and a female.


European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)

© Qanatbek Kenzhegulov
2023-03-14
Aktau, Mangystau region

The first record of the European Stonechat in Kazakhstan and, possibly, in Central Asia in general. Another male was photographed in the Karagie depression on March 26, 2023 (Yasko A., birds.kz) and a female on the Aktau on March 27, 2023 (Kenzhegulov, birds.kz).

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recent video

2023-05-02. Common Moorhen (Raouf Bairashev), Common Moorhen (Raouf Bairashev).

2023-04-26. Demoiselle Crane (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva).

2023-04-09. Eurasian Blackbird (Ildar Khalitov).

2023-02-27. Egyptian Vulture (Alyona Kaptyonkina).

2023-02-11. Rough-legged Buzzard (Aldiyar Saparbayev).

2023-01-26. Great Tit (Raouf Bairashev).

2023-01-14. Brambling (Raouf Bairashev).

2023-01-02. Grey-headed Goldfinch (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva), White-winged Grosbeak (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva).

2022-12-30. Yellowhammer (Raouf Bairashev).

2022-12-27. Eurasian Dipper (Raouf Bairashev), Red-fronted Serin (Raouf Bairashev).

2022-12-26. Ring-necked Pheasant (Raouf Bairashev), Carrion Crow (Raouf Bairashev).

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unidentified birds


2023-05-28

Анна Ясько: Ноги вроде черные? Если да, то это теньковка.

2023-05-27

Анна Ясько: Зеленая.

2023-05-27

Анна Ясько: Бормотушка. Сомневаюсь, южная или северная.

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