Big Almaty lake, Cosmostation.

The morning was sunny, but weather became very murky after the dinner time. Trip with Gennady Dyakin to highlands of Zailijsky Alatau. In first we visited juniper thickets of Big Almaty lake. this season Birds bring up nestlings and behave very cautiously. I saw several Himalayan Rubythroats only by the binocular, other birds tried to be inconspicuous too, and hid in juniper bushes. We ran into White-winged Grosbeaks, Red-mantled Rosefinches, one male Blue-capped Redstart. Only Black-throated Accentors behaved publicly, sang at tops of spruce-trees, the majority of birds are hardly noticeable, possibly brought up of nestlings. In territory of observatory we saw tens of juvenile Grey-headed Goldfinches, one Red-fronted Serin and two singing males of Common Rosefinch.

On ascent to Cosmostation we noticed several pairs of Northern Wheatears, one soaring Lammergier, and flight of Carrion Crows. But on territory of Cosmostation (3500 m) we saw only groups of Yellow-billed Choughs, pair of Mynahs, several Magpies, some times the Hobby flew. Near Cosmostation in stone scatterings we watched the appreciable Brown and Himalayan Accentors, flying in pairs. But Guldenstadt's Redstarts were bringing up juvenile birds, today I first time saw juveniles of Guldenstadt's Redstart, and I was very surprised to see that males and females of this Redstart so appreciable differ already in so young age. Other Guldenstadt's Redstarts were singing in stones. In juniper spots of the rocky belt we twice ran into the Wren, but probably it was the same bird.

1. Male Red-mantled Rosefinch (Carpodacus rhodochlamys)

2. Grey Marmot (Marmota baibacina)

3. Grey-headed Goldfinch (Carduelis caniceps)

4. Male Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)

5. Turkestan Red Pika (Ochotona rutila)

6. Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)

7. Brown Accentor (Prunella fulvescens)

8. Brown Accentor (Prunella fulvescens)

9. Himalayan Accentor (Prunella himalayana)

10. Male Guldenstadt's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogaster)

11. Juvenile female Guldenstadt's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogaster)

12. Juvenile male Guldenstadt's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogaster)

13. Northern Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

14. Grey Marmot (Marmota baibacina)