Cosmostation. Northern Tien Shan.

When birdwatcher is going to next day trip the first he do is charging of the batteries. But I didn't do it, moreover I didn’t charge the main battery I also forgot to take reserve ones. So my birding day was some problem.

To Cosmostation I arrived in 7.30 am, sut has already rosen, weather was windless but cool. The sounds of Hymalayan Snowcocks were hearable from the left slope, Plain Mountain Finches flew back and forth, couple or Red-billed Choughs perched on the roof. Plain Mountain Finches and Water Pipits are only two species already have fledglings. Guldenstad’s Redstart and Brown Accentor were noticed with food in bills but I didn’t saw their fledglings, so birds bring food to the nests as yet. Snowcocks called some time and flew low of the slope; apparently today many mount-trackers worried them. I found no birds in the rocks of Big Almaty Peak but watched group of females and juveniles of Siberian Ibex. Before today I twice saw Ibexes here, both very short time. By the way in this rocks we climb by the Ibex’s trails. Today I recorded 6-7 females and two very little kids. All of them were calmly feeding on the rock, departed not all together in panic but one by one calmly hiding over the slope. Ibexes were my significant object today. Then battery discharged. But I was happy .

1. Juvenile Plain Mountain Finch

2. Adult Plain Mountain Finch

3. Water Pipit

4. Red-billed Chough

5. Male Guldenstad's Redstart are bringing food to nest

6. ... and Brown Accentor too.

7. Siberian Ibexs on rock

8. Female with kids

9. Rock is steep but the Ibexs feel confident

10. Inachis io

11. Marmot

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