Bakanas, Southern Trans-Balkhash area.

The most interesting. Black Stork near Bakanas. Common Nightingales sang in the bushes near Bura. Also near Bura we found the nest of White-winged Woodpecker. The nestlings were regularly cheeping in the nest-hole. Some times the nestlings were visible, they were very comic, short-billed, looked like penguins. Woodpecker brought the large larva. I thought that nestlings hang out from the nest-hole at feeding time, but today I saw that adult Woodpecker entered into the nest-hole and fed juveniles inside the hole. Recent years Woodpeckers made several holes in the asian elms, in some of holes the Saxaul Sparrows nested. The Oystercatchers are notable too, we watched Oystercatchers on Ile river bank and on the paddy fields. Twice we saw the Shikras. In the semi-desert zone we observed Terns, which were large, white and with black bills (in my opinion). Unfortunately I didn't identified them.

The road from Kapchagai till Malay-Sary. Kestrels, Red-headed Buntings, Long-legged Buzzards, Oriental Turtle Doves. The flock of Black-Bellied Sandgrouses flew by. In the sands over Malay-Sary pass there were Spanish Sparrows, Turkestan Shrikes, Black Kites, Bee-eaters, Rollers, Red-headed Bunting, Rosy Starlings, Crested Larks. Montagu's Harriers (3-4 males and one female) also were occurred. On paddy fields - one Oystercatcher, many Rooks, Common Terns, White-winged Terns, Black-headed Gulls, Lapwings. Over Bakanas there were many Turkestan Shrikes, Red-headed Buntings, Cuckoos, Isabelline Wheatears, one Pied Wheatear. In saxaul forests Lesser Whitethroats and Red-headed Buntings sang, several time I saw Crested Larks.

1. Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)

2. White-Winged Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucopterus leptorhynchus)

3. Saxaul Sparrow (Passer ammodendri nigricans)

4. Common Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus buturlini)

5. Shikra (Accipiter badius cenchroides)

6. Black Kite (Milvus migrans migrans)

7. Rosy Starlings (Sturnus roseus)

8. Rosy Starlings (Sturnus roseus)