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Almaty. Republic Square.

2013-04-27| Askar Isabekov

At 8.30am weather was sunny, I went to the work, crossed Republic Square and noticed the first in this year male Bluethroat, and also 6-7 Lesser Whitethroats flying one to another. After noon I visited the same place expecting to take photo of Bluethroat, but weather became overcast and there are many people in the Square. But I noticed new birds: Stonechats (about 15 birds), Jynx, Sparrowhawk, Black Kite, 2 Wood Pigeons, Greenfinches. Stonechats as usually easy perched on the tops of bushes regularly flying to ground to insects. Jynx was very shy, I saw it twice, but each time it hid to long time. I can say that we find it accidentally. Also I saw the strange Weatear which I couldn’t recognize.

1. Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)

2. Stonechat (Saxicola torquata maura)

3. Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)

4. Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)

5. Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

6. Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus casiotis)


#	species	number

1	Black Kite (Milvus migrans)	1

2	Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)	1

3	Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)	2

4	Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

5	Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)	1

6	Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)

7	Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)

8	Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)	6-7

9	Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)	2

10	Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)	15

11	Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)	1

12	Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)	5-7

13	Great Tit (Parus major)

14	House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

15	European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)	2

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