The warm sunny day. Today there were three-four singing Grey-headed Goldfiches. They were singing and flying from branch to another one. [...... read more ]

This year's first Masked Wagtail in the city. [...... read more ]

In mixed flock of feeding birds I noted some Meadow Buntings. Rare birds in the city. [...... read more ]

Today I watched singing Grey-headed Goldfinches. Last year I saw juvenile Grey-headed Goldfinches near my home. Probably they will nest in my block this year too. [...... read more ]

Today I saw this year's first Black Kite, directly in the city. [...... read more ]

I with Andrey Kovalenko walked on foothills to look for the Great Rosefinch. Unfortunately we didn't find it probably because of snowfall which was in the previous day. Birds were a bit. In the gardens we saw only one Black-throated Accentor, Great Tits, Coal Tits, Goldcrests, Blackbirds, Bramblings; in the riverside bushes saw also Great Tits, Azure Tits, Blackbirds, one Eversmann's Redstart. Raptors: two Buzzards, probably Eastern Buzzards. [...... read more ]

The trip to Daurian Jackdaw with Andrey Kavalenko, Oleg Belyalov and Javier Piedra. We saw several Daurian Jackdaws which fed on open places in mixed flocks with Eurasian Jackdaws and Rooks. [...... read more ]