Sogety, Big Boguty, Toraigyr, Charyn.

The cloudy, warm day, with the rain in the end of evening. In Sogety mountains we visited the nest of Egyptian Vulture which was already without the birds. But Egyptian Vulture soared nearby. Also we saw Lesser Kestrels, one large Falcon (probably Saker Falcon), the Little Owl at the hole, Pied and Isabelline Wheatears, Short-toed Larks, Hoopoe, Tawny Pipits, Red-headed Buntings, Turkestan Shrikes, one Cuckoo, and several broods od Chukar Partridges. In other gorge we noticed one adult White-headed Bunting and two juvenile Rock Buntings. It is necessary to note that this year the Rosy Starlings nested in Sogety, we saw a lot of Rosy Starlings in the colony near the road. Nearby to colony some Black Kites were soared.

On the spring in Big Boguty mountains the birds were a little, we noticed only Short-toed and Horned Larks of different ages, both adults and juveniles. One Black-bellied Sandgrouse flew some circles over the watering place but departed frightening the car. In stony desert near the spring we saw Isabelline Wheatears and the same Short-toed Larks. Predators: two Steppe Eagles and one Black Kite.

In gorge of the Torajgyr ridge which opens directly on Charyn river we saw Saker Falcon and Steppe Eagle, and found the nest of Long-legged Buzzard with the one egg dropped out of the nest. We noticed Grey-necked Buntings, Turkestan Shrikes, Hoopoe, and a lot of Chukar Partridges with juvenile birds of different ages: from very little birds with fluff on head to the juveniles already got the adult colouring.

Once we noticed the Tolai Hare. But young female Siberian Ibex showed its curiosity and closed to our car on about 6-7 meters. We long photographed it, but after some time the Goat lost the interest to us and began to crop the grass.

1. Little Owl (Athene noctua)

2. Juvenile Rock Bunting (Emberiza cia par)

3. Juvenile Turkestan Shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides phoenicuroides)

4. Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)

5. Juvenile Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)

6. Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)

7. Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris brandti)

8. Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)

9. Turkestan Shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides phoenicuroides)

10. Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

11. Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar falki)

12. Chukar Partridges (Alectoris chukar falki)

13. Female Siberian Ibex (Capra sibirica)

14. Female Siberian Ibex (Capra sibirica)

15. Female Siberian Ibex (Capra sibirica)