Almaty, Little Almaty gorge.

The short one-hour trip to the gorge to shot the Blue Whistling Thrush. A long time I wish to photograph the Blue Whistling Thrush in the sun, but this cautious bird prefers almost all time to be in a shade. Today it was not possible to make good photos too. The scene of the windbreak after the recent hurricane was very impressive, large spruce trees lay on the slopes.

In Samal I tried to shot Red-rumped Swallows and House Martins on the fly, and noted that Martins took the fluff of the seal from the broken isolation on the trunk. Probably at first there was a little cut on the isolated textile, but later birds expanded it and used the seal fluff to the nests construction.

1. Blue Whistling Thrush (Myophonus caeruleus turcestanicus)

2. Post-Hurricane Mountains

3. House Martin (Delichon urbica) uses artifical materials to nest building