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2023-03-31. Anna Yasko: Common Swift, Ildar Khalitov: Hawfinch, Eurasian Siskin, Black-throated Thrush, Wood Pigeon, Common Pheasant, Common Sparrowhawk, Tree Sparrow, Ruslan Telegin: Common Chaffinch, Chukar Partridge, Rock Bunting, Rock Bunting, Rock Bunting, Eurasian Jackdaw, Serg Silan: Eversmann's Redstart.

2023-03-30. Andrey Shatalov: European Black Redstart, Tree Sparrow, Leonid Ishkov: Common Chiffchaff, Olga Sivokon: Isabelline Shrike, Black-throated Thrush, Turkestan Shrike, Long-legged Buzzard, Black Kite, Common Kestrel, Qanatbek Kenzhegulov: Citrine Wagtail, White Wagtail, Hybrid Wagtail, Eurasian Penduline Tit, Common Chiffchaff, Caspian Gull, Serg Silan: Common Sparrowhawk, Yelbossyn Babalyk: Carrion Crow, Eversmann's Redstart, Brown Dipper, Common Chaffinch, Eversmann's Redstart, White-winged Grosbeak.

2023-03-29. Malik Nukusbekov: Black Redstart, Pied Wheatear, Nurum Sagaliyev: Whooper Swan, Common Starling, Qanatbek Kenzhegulov: Western Marsh-Harrier, Hoopoe, Western Marsh-Harrier, Ruslan Telegin: Yellow-breasted Tit, Hybrid Wagtail, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Carrion Crow, Common Mynah, Talgat Kissebayev: European Black Redstart, Common Chiffchaff, Yelbossyn Babalyk: Ruddy Shelduck, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Lammergeier.

2023-03-28. Alexandr Belyaev: Mallard, Calandra Lark, Isabelline Wheatear, Northern Wheatear, Desert Wheatear, Pied Wheatear, Black Redstart, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Steppe Eagle, Eversmann's Redstart, Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Common Mynah, Common Starling, Eurasian Jackdaw, Fedor Shakula: Black Redstart, Blue-capped Redstart, Ildar Khalitov: House Sparrow, Grey Wagtail, Wood Pigeon, Rock Pigeon, Olga Sivokon: Great Crested Grebe, Common Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Eversmann's Redstart, Black-headed Gull, Common Chiffchaff, Great Cormorant, Common Moorhen, Northern Reed Bunting, Qanatbek Kenzhegulov: European Stonechat, European Black Redstart, Garganey, Common Kestrel, Common Crane, Common Sparrowhawk, Eurasian Jackdaw, Siberian Black-backed Gull, Solitary Snipe, Raouf Bairashev: Black-throated Accentor, Black-eared Kite, Rock Bunting, Ruslan Telegin: Mistle Thrush, Eurasian Blackbird, Mistle Thrush, Common Chaffinch, Masked Wagtail.

2023-03-27. Alexandr Belyaev: Common Moorhen, Common Coot, Gadwall, Northern Lapwing, Pygmy Cormorant, Common Goldeneye, Western Marsh-Harrier, Northern Shoveler, Bearded Tit, European Greenfinch, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Eurasian Goldfinch, Common Chaffinch, Yellowhammer, Pine Bunting, Common Kestrel, Eurasian Wigeon, Green Sandpiper, Grey Heron, Alexandr Katuncev: Common Mynah, House Sparrow, European Greenfinch, Fedor Shakula: Corn Bunting, House Sparrow, Tawny Pipit, Calandra Lark, Desert Wheatear, Northern Wheatear, Pied Wheatear, Malik Nukusbekov: Common Kestrel, Raouf Bairashev: Alpine Swift, Eversmann's Redstart, Ruslan Telegin: Bohemian Waxwing, Serg Silan: Siberian Common Starling, Caspian Gull, Vadim Nagumanov: Western Marsh-Harrier, Vasilii Bastaev: Mute Swan, Red-crested Pochard, Western Marsh-Harrier, Western Marsh-Harrier, Great Cormorant, Greater Flamingo, Common Starling, Yelbossyn Babalyk: Eurasian Jackdaw, Common Mynah.

2023-03-26. Alexandr Belyaev: Mistle Thrush, Great Cormorant, Great White Egret, Hen Harrier, Common Oystercatcher, Western Marsh-Harrier, Long-tailed Tit, Ruddy Shelduck, Pied Wheatear, Long-legged Buzzard, Solitary Snipe, Chukar Partridge, Sky Lark, Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Alexey Kurochkin: Eastern Buzzard, Andrey Shatalov: Hawfinch, Common Chaffinch, Pallid Harrier, Common Starling, Rock Pigeon, Anna Yasko: European Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, Jack Snipe, Long-legged Buzzard, Fedor Shakula: Grey Wagtail, Black Redstart, Gennadiy Dyakin: Cetti's Warbler, White-winged Grosbeak, Northern Goshawk, Ildar Khalitov: Common Sparrowhawk, Brambling, Common Pheasant, Tree Sparrow, Kudaibergen Amirekul: Common Coot, Pygmy Cormorant, Grey Heron, Tufted Duck, Western Marsh-Harrier, Little Owl, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Isabelline Shrike, Turkestan Shrike, Black-Billed Magpie, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Common Chiffchaff, Common Teal, Mallard, Masked Wagtail, White Stork, Eastern Common Swift, Common Teal, Hoopoe, Malik Nukusbekov: Black-throated Thrush, Marina Merz: Masked Wagtail, Azure Tit, Brambling, Black-Billed Magpie, Nurum Sagaliyev: Hooded Crow, Mistle Thrush, Qanatbek Kenzhegulov: Common Crane, Fieldfare, Kentish Plover, Common Sparrowhawk, Hoopoe, Western Marsh-Harrier, Black-tailed Godwit, Hooded Crow, Raouf Bairashev: Long-tailed Rosefinch, Eversmann's Redstart, Long-tailed Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Vasilii Bastaev: Song Thrush, Viktor Kalyuzhnov: Common Chaffinch, Yuriy Malkov: European Greenfinch, Eurasian Collared Dove, Azure Tit, Great Tit.

2023-03-25. Ildar Khalitov: Tree Sparrow.

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recent comments


2023-03-31. to photo # 07080034801 (Carrion Crow)

Игорь Фефелов: Ворона


2023-03-31. to photo # 05980090001 (Eastern Imperial Eagle)

Игорь Фефелов: Того же мнения.


2023-03-30. to photo # 07160261601 (Hybrid Wagtail)

Канатбек Кенжегулов: Ок, спасибо


2023-03-30. to photo # 07160261602 (Hybrid Wagtail)

Анна Ясько: Да, очень широкие белые каймы на кроющих крыла и темные помарки на лице - от маскированной.


2023-03-30. to photo # 05980089802 (Yellow-breasted Tit)

Руслан Телегин: Спасибо, друзья!


2023-03-30. to photo # 07080034801 (Carrion Crow)

Малик Нукусбеков: +1. Хвост прямой черная ворона...


2023-03-30. to photo # 07160261601 (Hybrid Wagtail)

Канатбек Кенжегулов: Гибридная?


2023-03-30. to photo # 07080035101 (Eversmann's Redstart)

Елбосын Бабалык: Исправил. Спасибо.


2023-03-30. to photo # 07080034601 (Red-mantled Rosefinch)

Елбосын Бабалык: Исправил, согласен рановато.


2023-03-30. to photo # 07080034801 (Carrion Crow)

Анна Ясько: Мне здесь больше видится черная ворона. Обрез хвоста довольно прямой, на вершине крыла 5 длинных маховых. Вот, к примеру, вОрон.


2023-03-30. to photo # 07080035101 (Eversmann's Redstart)

Анна Ясько: У самца краснобрюхой горихвостки на второстепенных маховых должно быть большое белое пятно. А здесь - самец красноспинной.


2023-03-30. to photo # 05980089901 (Hybrid Wagtail)

Анна Ясько: По-моему, здесь просто маскированная. Признаков гибридности не видно.


2023-03-30. to photo # 07080034601 (Red-mantled Rosefinch)

Анна Ясько: Для обыкновенной чечевицы еще рано. Тут скорее всего арчовая, судя по серебристым бровкам.


2023-03-30. to photo # 07080034301 (Common Mynah)

Анна Ясько: Да, я тоже иногда путаюсь обыкновенными .


2023-03-30. to photo # 05980089801 (Yellow-breasted Tit)

Анна Ясько: И мои поздравления!


2023-03-30. to photo # 05980090001 (Eastern Imperial Eagle)

Анна Ясько: Могильник.


2023-03-30. to photo # 05980089801 (Yellow-breasted Tit)

Артем Андрющенко: Поздравления!


2023-03-30. to photo # 07080034301 (Common Mynah)

Елбосын Бабалык: Спасибо. Я ищу майна не могу найти. Обыкновенная майна!


2023-03-29. to photo # 07160261101 (Western Marsh-Harrier)

Канатбек Кенжегулов: Строительство гнезда


2023-03-29. to photo # 05980089801 (Yellow-breasted Tit)

Руслан Телегин: Лайфер #132


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Best photos of the month

rare birds records


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).


Finsch's Wheatear (Oenanthe finschii)

© Nurlyhan Ismailov
2022-12-18
Quarry beyond Kyzyl-Tobe, Mangistau region.

Rare wintering species.


Desert Lark (Ammomanes deserti)

© Mark Pestov
2018-05-01
Mangistau province, Karakiyanskiy District, Kaplankyr Chink

First record on the territory of Kazakhstan.


Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)

© Qanatbek Kenzhegulov
2022-12-10

The first winter record of Whiskered Tern in Kazakhstan.

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recent video

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).

2022-12-25. Mistle Thrush (Raouf Bairashev).

2022-12-23. Long-tailed Rosefinch (Raouf Bairashev), Rook (Raouf Bairashev).

2022-12-21. Grey-headed Goldfinch (Raouf Bairashev).

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unidentified birds


2023-03-31

Анна Ясько: [....]

2023-03-30

Ольга Сивоконь: Это гнездо скалистого поползня? Или кого-то другого?

2023-03-30

Анна Ясько: Фото сильно засвечено, но вроде бы есть рыжина на надхвостье, на боках туловища тоже ржавый налет. Мне думается, это горихвостка. И вполне [....]

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