Kimasar gorge. Ile-Alatau National Park.

Hiking to the mountains with the explore purposes. The upper border of the spruce forest is full snowy; the snow also lies on the eastern and northern slopes down to the bottom of the gorge; but the western and southern slopes are already completely dry. Birds were a bit. I saw the flying by immature Himalayan Vulture, the rounding Kestrel, the soaring Sparrowhawk in the lower part of the gorge, sometimes the flying by and perching on spruce-trees Magpies and Carrion Crows. In spruce-trees I watched Coal Tits and twice the little unidentified birds; also in spruce I heard the singing Blackbirds. The pair of Grey-headed Goldfinches was noticed. Also I heard singing Wren under the roots of the dumped tree. The pair of Blue Whistling Thrushes was feeding in the meadow, and then disappeared into the spruce forest; down the gorge I heard the singing of the other Blue Whistling Thrush but didn't see it. One of the two White-bellied Dippers I watched also sang the song, the same bird kicked out the Brown Dipper from their territory. The arrived Grey Wagtails were quite numerous, today I saw five birds, including the pair staying together.

1. Himalayan Vulture (Gyps himalayensis)

2. White-bellied Dipper (Cinclus cinclus leucogaster)

3. Brown Dipper (Cinclus pallasii)

4. Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)

5. Blue Whistling Thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)