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2021-02-16| Gennadiy Dyakin

Пару часов прогулялся по аватскому джидовнику (10.20-12.20). Погода отличная - солнечно, тепло, безветренно, совсем весенняя, хотя еще много нерастаявшего снега. Но птицы еще все зимние.


1. Eversmann's Redstart


2. Azure Tit


3. Hawfinch


4. Grey-headed Goldfinch


5. European Robin


6. European Greenfinch


7. Black-throated Thrush


8. Eastern Buzzard


# species number

1Eastern Buzzard (Buteo japonicus)1

2Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

3Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)

4Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)

5Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)

6Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)

7Eversmann's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus)

8European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)1

9Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)

10Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)

11Azure Tit (Parus cyanus)3

12Great Tit (Parus major)

13Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)

14Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

15Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)

16European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)

17Grey-headed Goldfinch (Carduelis caniceps)

18Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)1

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rare birds records


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