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Sorbulak.


2012-08-19| Askar Isabekov

On the dam: Dalmatian Pelican, one Black-tailed Godwit. White-headed Ducks were still in the lake, have not migrate. On the sandy spits of south coast of Big Sorbulak there were a lot of Ruddy Shelducks which flew out in our appearance. Twice we noticed Harriers, one Montagu’s Harrier, and one Marsh Harrier. Other birds of the southern shore: Whooper Swans, one Mute Swan, Little Ring Plovers, Common Sandpipers, rare Sanderlings (pair), Little Stints, Temminck's Stints; many Lapwings and Great Cormorants; flock of Curlew Sandpiper in autumn plumage, Greater Short-toed Larks, Eurasian Curlew, Pheasants in the shelterbelt (one rooster and one hen), Dalmatian and Great White Pelicans. At pools in west from Big Sorbulak we observed the swirling of very active Red-necked Phalaropes, several juvenile Stilts and one Wood Sandpiper. The birds of the day are probably Sanderlings and Curlew Sandpipers.


1. Little Stint (Calidris minuta)


2. Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus)


3. Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)


4. Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)


5. White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)


6. Ruddy Shelducks (Tadorna ferruginea)


7. Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)


8. Sanderling (Calidris alba)


9. Curlew Sandpipers (Calidris ferruginea)


10. Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)


11. Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

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