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Hotel “Kumbel”. Ile Alatau national Park.

2009-08-30 | Askar Isabekov

At 7.30 am in Small Almaty gorge I saw three Blue Whistling Thrushes. Some later I went to branch of Big Almaty gorge. 10.00 am. In the forest near hotel “Kumbel” despite a late time there were a lot of birds. Hume's Warblers and Great Tit were most of all in number. Dozens of these birds flew by my vision. In addition to these birds I saw Coal Tits and Grey Wagtails too. It was strange to me to see Grey Wagtails in the shadow of birch-tree forest. But the greatest hit of the day is Great Spotted Woodpecker. I assumed that I would see Woodpecker because Tien Shan's birch-tree forest is the habitat where I observed this Woddpecker most often. So this occurring was not surprise but nice. Woodpecker was searching the food on the old dry birch-tree. [...... read more ]


KokJailau. Ile Alatau National Park.

2009-08-22 | Askar Isabekov

There were a bit of birds. Both Greenish Warblers and Tree Pipits weren't hearable. But the Nutcrackers became less cautious. They were quite often hearable and sometimes little flocks of them flew by. In spruce forest almost in the high border of forest belt it was interesting to watch the Grey Partridges. The flock of Grey Partridges most probable picked up the ants. The birds flashed out from when I notice them. In the tall spruce I saw two Red Crossbills. The most noticable today's birds were the raptors. In the KokJailau plateau I saw two Booted Eagles (both light and dark morphs), Common Buzzard and Lammergeier. [...... read more ]


Bakbakty. Southern Trans-Balkhash area.

2009-08-15 | Askar Isabekov

In the village I saw Hobbies (probably nesting birds), Mynahs, Collared Doves. In sunset time above the channel the Grey Herons flew by in the small groups by 2-5 birds, in total about 20 birds. [...... read more ]


Karatal.

2009-08-08 | Askar Isabekov

In the river banks I saw the flocks of Wood Pigeons. In the riverside bushes Lesser Whitethroats and Greenish Warblers were visible. Once I saw the Bluethroat. Many Turkestan Shrikes, Hoopoes. The Hobbies flew by. In the wet meadows the Black-headed and Masked Wagtails were observed. Once on the pole I saw the Shikra. [...... read more ]


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Almaty - Ushtobe.

2009-08-07 | Askar Isabekov

Almaty. Samal. At the morning I saw the flock of the Martins about 20 birds. In my opinion they were the Sand Martins. Martins flew some laps around our block and flew off. For a long time I didn't see Martins in the city. The road to Ushtobe. The noticeable observations: the white morph Booted Eagle was recorded near the Arkharly pass. Some earlier near Shengeldy village I saw the Black-bellied Sandgrouse flying to the Kapchagai reservoir side. All other observed birds were common: numerous Black Kites, Rooks, Rollers, flocks of Rosy Starlings, in some places Bee-Eaters and Kestrels. In Arkharly pass I saw Spotted Flycatcher, female Northern Wheatear and Pied Wheatears. Ushtobe. In the dry foothills I was looking for two springs which are the waterplaces to Black-bellied and Pallas's Sandgrouses. But unfortunately I didn't find them. I saw only numerous in this place Tawny Pipits, Spotted Flycatchers, Pied and Isabelline Wheatears. Most birds in paddy fields around Ushtobe town. Most noticeable [...... read more ]


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Almaty. VAZ.

2009-08-03 | Askar Isabekov

At 7 am I saw a little Heron (may be Pond Heron or Night Heron) flying by in sky above the waterless part of the city. I noticed it from the car therefore couldn't identify. [...... read more ]


rare birds records


Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)

© Muhammed-Rahim Boranbaev
2024-03-04
Tasorpa, Kyzylsay natural park, Mangystau

A very rare wintering species for Mangystau, known only from the remains of the skin obtained from the vicinity of Fort Aleksandrovsky in 1892/93. (Zarudny, 1896).


Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)

© Galina Rosenberg
2019-11-22
g.Altai.Vostochno-Kazachstanskaia oblast

The first registration of the species in the mountainous part of Altai.


White-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis)

© Serg Silan
2024-02-28
Kazakhstan

The first record of the White-winged Snowfinch in Western Altai. Photo recording was made in the southern spurs of the Ulbinsky ridge in the valley of the Urankhaika River at an altitude of less than 800 m above sea level. The White-winged Snowfinch was previously not known for the Kazakh part of Altai, but was first recorded in Southern Altai on January 26, 2017 in the upper reaches of the Tautekeli River at an altitude of 2400 m, where it was subsequently recorded on March 10, 2021, and there were also several sightings in January and February 2023 in the Sarykora tract (Vorobiev, 2023).


Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos chrysaetos)

© Aldiyar Saparbayev
2024-01-26
Outskirts of Uralsk

The first photographic record of a rare species for the region. In the past, it nested in places around Ilek and the Urals, and by the 60s of the 20th century only vagrants were encountered in the summer (Korelov, 1962). There is information about record of two single birds on September 18 and September 19, 2007 in the area of the Karachaganak gas condensate field (V.A. Kovshar, 2008).

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2024-03-28

Канатбек Кенжегулов: Ссылка - ttps://media.ebird.org/catalog?taxonCode=lbbgul5&mediaType=photo&view=list

2024-03-28

Канатбек Кенжегулов: Подсказывают, что возможно Халей с нарушенной линькой, что это значит насчет нарушенной линьки - не знаю. Клюв не длинноват для Халея?

2024-03-28

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2024-03-28

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