Tajikistan. Muminobad.

During the road until Dangara only common Rollers, European Bee-eaters and Long-tailed Shrikes were observed. I saw uncommon birds when came in Dangara valley. First were two roaming Ravens. Further above the clay foothills there were several birds. In the beginning the pair of Eurasian Griffon-Vultures. Later one dark morph Booted Eagle and Egyptian Vulture, later yet one Griffon-Vulture and one Raven. All birds were in one place! In Vose on the wires there were a lot of Bee-eaters mostly Blue-cheeked. Also I saw Crested Larks.

Muminobad. Dry clay foothills. A lot of burrows but a bit of Bee-eaters. There were Indian Sparrows. I saw one Long-tailed Shrike, some Crested larks and two Pied Bushchats. On the Muminobad lake in contradistinction from most of other Tajikistan's basins there are shorebirds, mostly Common Greenshanks and Common Sandpipers. The lake's coast is clay and open and it's very difficult to close to birds, therefore I am writing only I saw by binocular. I saw one Little Grebe and about ten Grey Herons which dispersed by one-two birds on all coast. In the grove nearby lake Long-tailed Shrikes fed the juveniles. Once the pair of Stock Doves flew to drink the water. Also I saw Crested Larks and one Lesser Grey Shrike. The mountains near Muminobad are very hot, the rivers' channels are very dry. Birds were a bit, I saw only three birds, two of them weren't identified. But third one was a Pied Wheatear in fresh plumage.

Childuhtaron. In the bushes mostly Spotted Flycatchers were observed, but also I saw Long-tailed Shrikes, Oriental Turtle Doves and one White-winged Woodpecker. In the villages Hoopoes occurred. Also in the same place I met my first in Tajikistan light morphed Booted Eagle.

1. Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)

2. Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus)

3. Common Raven (Corvus corax)

4. Common Stonechat (Saxicola torquata)

5. Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

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7. Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)

8. Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)

9. Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach)

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11. Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor)

12. Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)

13. Hoopoe (Upupa epops)