Tajikistan. Hoja Obigarm.

On morning time Martins appeared again, but in less number. Saw the large light Falcon sat on the juniper in high slope. The pair of Carrion Crows tried to send off Falcon from the juniper, finally they did it. Falcon flew out to high mountains, its light color was noticed very good. On morning Tits were very active. I saw all three local Tits - Turkestan Tit, Black-breasted Tit and Yellow-breasted Tit. Black-breasted Tit has white neck like a Coal Tit. Altogether this Tit looks like Coal Tit but has more black on the breast, dark grey belly and larger crest. And Coal Tit lives in coniferous woods but Black-breasted Tit in the mountain foliar woods.

Trip to the mountain. Blue-capped Redstart, female Chaffinch, White-winged Woodpecker. Raptors were Cinereous Vulture, Falcon which I saw at morning time, Long-legged Buzzards. Falcon was some lesser than Buzzards, very light with dark bar on the tail like on a Peregrine Falcon. Long-legged Buzzards built the nest on the rocks, both birds carried the sticks to the nest. Second time in Tajikistan I saw Long-legged Buzzards nested on the rocks. Also Carrion Crows built the nest. Again I saw the pair of Rock Nuthatches. Male sang and carried little stones for the nest. A lot of Yellow-breasted Tits. Today once only I saw the pair of this birds, mostly Yellow-breasted Tits flew by three birds. Probably males competed for female's attention. Common birds are Mynahs, Tree Sparrows and Masked Wagtails.

After dinner time the flock of Chaffinches arrived (I saw females only). All other birds were the same, nothing new. White-winged Woodpeckers. Laughingthrushes, Yellow-breasted and Turkestan Tits, Mynahs, Tree Sparrows.

1. Yellow-breasted Tit (Parus flavipectus)

2. Yellow-breasted Tit (Parus flavipectus)

3. Yellow-breasted Tits (Parus flavipectus)

4. Black-breasted Tit (Parus rufonuchalis)

5. Black-breasted Tit (Parus rufonuchalis)

6. Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus)

7. Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)

8. Yellow-breasted Tit (Parus flavipectus)

9. Yellow-breasted Tit (Parus flavipectus)

10. Turkestan Tit (Parus bokharensis)

11. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (Sitta tephronota)

12. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (Sitta tephronota)

13. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (Sitta tephronota)

14. Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)

15. Masked Wagtail (Motacilla personata)

16. Yellow-breasted Tit (Parus flavipectus)

17. Streaked Laughingthrush (Garrulax lineatus)

18. White-Winged Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucopterus)

19. White-Winged Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucopterus)