Tajikistan. Hoja Obigarm.

The sun comes to the gorge later (about 7.30 am), but already at 6.00 am birds begin to sing. At morning I saw all yesterday's birds exclude Black-breasted Tit. Probably all birds live nearby sanatorium. White-winged Woodpeckers arrived two times, once before the dinner time I saw the pair and once male only. Today Woodpeckers fed not on ground but on the walnut tree, but drummed very easy. Turkestan and Yellow-breasted Tits were noticed regularly. Yellow-breasted Tits began the spring games, flew with songs by pairs or sometimes by three birds. One Yellow-breasted Tit explored the hollow on the walnut tree. The pair of Rock Nuthatches arrived, once the male Nuthatch sang the song. Some times I saw Long-legged Buzzards over the rocks. After the dinner time the Lammergeier flew by. On the dry slopes of the gorge there were a bit of birds. I saw one Yellow-breasted Tit and the pair of Bramblings (male and female) only. Passing in the gorge river already was not full free from the ice. Above the sanatorium the river full iced. On the ice border I saw one Little Forktail.

1. White-Winged Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucopterus)

2. White-Winged Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucopterus)

3. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (Sitta tephronota)

4. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (Sitta tephronota)

5. Yellow-breasted Tit (Parus flavipectus)

6. Yellow-breasted Tit (Parus flavipectus)

7. Yellow-breasted Tit (Parus flavipectus)