Kim-Asar gorge. Ile-Alatau National Park.

Sunny but a quite cold day. At the mountains the birds are a bit mostly I noticed the Magpies awaiting the tourists departure that to feed the remnants of food. Carrion Crows sometimes caught the eye of me. One of the tourists told me about a bird larger than a sparrow with a rusty spots on body-flanks, he called this bird the "mendicant", because it peck something on the ground directly close to humans, as if solicit the food. I did not understand what species of the bird he described. But just a half of hour I saw this bird - it was the Alpine Accentor. The bird really wasn't afraid of the people, I photographed it from about 2-3 meters. In addition to Alpine Accentor I saw two White-winged Grosbeaks and two Songar Tits. My wife was lucky to see more the Three-toed Woodpecker, but I only heard it.

1. Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris rufilata)

2. Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris rufilata)

3. Songar Tit (Parus songarus)