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Сокол балобан.

2013-07-25 | Malik Nukusbekov

Спустя некоторое время сокол балобаны вновь появились в наших краях.В этом году я нашел одно гнездо.Балобаны гнездились в прежних оставленных ими гнездах.В гнезде вылупились пятеро птенцов.Трое из них самки,а двое самцы.В течение двух месяцев я вел за ними наблюдение.В целях сохранности гнезда,во время наблюдение я нигде не афишировал этот материал,и никому не говорил.Все пять птенцов благополучно покинули гнездо.Я думаю,что сейчас они на равнинах.Сейчас они обучают своих птенцов к самостоятельной жизни.Я очень надеюсь,что в следующем году [...... read more ]


Columbiformes Алматы

2013-07-24 | Sanzhar Abdikhalyk

Просто небольшая заметка о голубях Алматы ...Каждое утро, идя на работу у меня есть небольшое развлечение ... считать количество видов голубей, которых я увижу за ежедневную пятиминутную прогулку ... На моей улице (Мичурино - 10 км на юго-восток от города) гнездится малая и кольчатая горлица ... В пределах двух кварталов по паре каждой ... И та и та совершенно не пугливы ... Подойти можно на метр. Но кольчатые кажутся значительно более привязанные к одному месту .. Их вижу каждое утро ... Малых вижу через день. Возможно улетают кормиться на другую улицу ) Что [...... read more ]


Off-topic/just some smiles on a festive day

2013-07-24 | Sanzhar Abdikhalyk

Астану обживают нехарактерные животные «В нынешнем году вообще наблюдается нечто странное, – говорит эколог Алексей Гладков. – Совы-сипухи угнездились практически в центре города. То же самое с жаворонками – птицами совершенно не городскими.отсюда:http://total.kz/society/2013/07/19/astanu_obzhivayut_neharakternye_/#begin_st [...... read more ]


Achievement

2013-07-24 | Askar Isabekov

I have a guess that our base of photos is the largest in former USSR, and probably is largest project in the world related one country. I created the statistic of site to the Kazakhstan’s Book of Records (the creators of the book sent me the request) and got the following results: we photographed 444 species of the birds, it is 88% of total species observed in territory of Kazakhstan, there are 59995 photos (19620 series), and 137 videos of 100 species of birds in site. One of the analytic sites called birds.kz as the largest site in the KZ domain area. Probably it was true but now I think the photo-sites and file depositories more likely are bigger than our site (today about 15 Gb of information, only texts without photos is 15 Mb), but probably among the thematic sites we are the leader with the large gap from the second place.I wrote this preamble because today the fifth of upload photos will be the 60000 (sixty thousandth) anniversary. Though not all of our photos have the scientific [...... read more ]


Kimasar gorge, Ile Alatau National Park.

2013-07-21 | Askar Isabekov

I expected the overcast, partially rainy day. But I can’t change plan to trip to Kimasar. In spite of my expectation the weather was not partially rainy but full rainy, partially overcast. Rain started almost immediately I came to mouth of gorge and was so powerful that I was forced to hide under the spruce-tree. Further rain regularly was becoming heavier and only sometimes easier. This weather didn’t give me possibility to watch birds which were a bit though I reached the juniper belt. Of the significant birds I can mention only juvenile Blue Whistling Thrush I noticed before the rain, and two juveniles of Carrion Crow pecked the bark of spruce-tree.When I was backing to home I met the man who heavy impressed me. He was very calm, intelligent-looking man without bag but with umbrella and gun! I wanted to ask him – why you are with gun? But I didn’t do it, because I afraid men with gun. This spring in Alakol lake I heard the story about two groups of hunters fired on each other. [...... read more ]


начало

2013-07-21 | Sergey Kalistratov

Привет. Пару дней назад пришел таки из Китая мой первый телевик с которым можно снимать птиц. За эти дни поймал мало, но я буду стараться... [...... read more ]


Red-footed falcon Astana

2013-07-21 | Sanzhar Abdikhalyk

Кобчиков раньше видел только ближе к Курно, поэтому вчера сильно обрадовался, когда увидел самца, сидящего на проводах на повороте на Косшы (трасса в аэропорт Астаны) в 10 км от центра города. Сегодня, в 22:45, приехав в аэропорт, чтобы вернуться в алмату - наблюдал, как три кобчика летали вокруг фонаря, охотясь на привлеченных светом насекомых. Вспомнились чеглоки, делающие то же самое возле прожекторов центрального бассейна в ате [...... read more ]


Космостанция

2013-07-20 | Vassiliy Fedorenko

По прошлым выходным отчет не писал, так как рассказать особо нечего, все довольно скушно. Решил написать хотя бы о нынешней поездке на космостанцию. Правда, и в этот раз похвастать нечем.На прошлых выходных, на космостанцию я не собирался и заехал туда, в общем-то, случайно. К тому же был один, потому пробежался быстренько и встретил только гималайского вьюрка и горихвостку. На скалах было совершенно пусто и тихо. Тоня давно хотела туда попасть, поэтому на этот раз, выбрав согласно прогнозу благоприятный день, снова поехали туда уже пораньше. Но [...... read more ]


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Panorama Pass.

2013-07-20 | Askar Isabekov

Weather is changed every 15 minutes from cloudy to sunny and back. I reached the Panorama pass with expecting of Brandt’s Mountain Finch which was observed here two week ago by my wife. I didn’t find it but further I know that it is need to search it in the rocks which I bypassed. Away from the rocks and in the right slope of the Chimbulachka peak I saw mostly Mistle Thrushes and Hodgson’s Finches. Mistle Thrushes were rather careful, they approached close but immediately flew out. Finches also were shy, I took photos of only two birds, one of them behaved as near the nest, not flew far and sounded alarm calls. Also I saw three Finches together, I didn’t recognize colour of all birds, but probably it was brood with adult bird. Near the spots of snow one juvenile Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush looked for the food. The couple of Himalayan Accentors filled beaks by caterpillars finding them in the grass. By the way beaks were filled in very short time. In the stones I saw Stoat which was [...... read more ]


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Kolsai Lakes.

2013-07-14 | Askar Isabekov

Three days tour to the Kolsay lakes with colleagues.12 of July. Because tour was not birdwatching but teambuilding I knew that bus in which we drove from Almaty to Kolsay never stop for birds; so I slept until Zhalanash. I think (or I believe) nothing significant was during the road. From Zhalanash to Saty road passes the very scenical foothills; from the car’s window I noticed Rollers, flocks of Rosy Starlings, Turkestan Shrikes, Rock Buntings, Linnets, Grey-headed Goldfinches and probably other birds. Of the birds of prey I noticed only Black Kites. There are a lot of Rooks, Common Starlings and Mynas in Saty village. Then we drove to the first of Kolsai lakes, and two hour hiked to the second one. In the moment of leaving the bus in first lake the weather changed from sunny to overcast and rainy, therefore hiking was under the little rain, which however didn’t disturb to watch Common Roseficnhes, Hume’s Warblers and fledglings of Blue-capped Redstarts. Then it was night, that’s [...... read more ]


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A Pavel
Abdikhalyk Sanzhar
Aleinikova Svetlana
Amirekul Kudaibergen
Andryuchshenko Artem
Artyushina Svetlana
Babalyk Yelbossyn
Bairashev Raouf
Balykin Alexandr
Barbosa Armando
Baskakova Svetlana
Batyrkhanuly Kanat
Belousov Yevgeny
Belyaev Alexandr
Belyaev Ivan
Belyalov Oleg
Bolbotov Gleb
Borovaya Natalya
Buhl Johannes
Chapurin Vladimir
Dyachenko Egor
Dyakin Gennadiy
Dyussebayeva Madina
Fedorenko Vassiliy
Feldman Aleksandr
Flechtner Georg Stephan
Fokina Antonina
Gavrilov Andrey
Gubin Boris
Guskov Aleksandr
Isabekov Askar
Isabekova Anar
Isakul Elnur
Ivanova Maria
izoya sergey
Kalashnikov Miphail
Kalashnikova Irina
Kalistratov Sergey
Kalyuzhnov Viktor
Kanunnikov Nikita
Karassev Vladilen
Karimbay Amir
Karyakin Igor
Katuncev Alexandr
Kazenas Vladimir
Kenzhegulov Qanatbek
Khalitov Ildar
Khasanov Grigory
Kim Natali
Klasan Steve
Klyubina Yuliya
Kolenov Sergey
Kolesnikov Viktor
Kondratenko Galina
Korshikov Leonid
Koshkin Aleksey
Koshkina Alyona
Kovalenko Andrey
Kovalev Konstantin
Kuderinova Svetlana
Kurochkin Alexey
Kuryashkin Andrei
Makhnina Alexandra
Malkov Yuriy
Meek Albert
Motyshev Nursultan
Muravskiy Vladimir
Naizagarin Aidar
Nukusbekov Malik
Omarov Dauren
Ongarbayev Nurlan
Ortlieb Leon
Plotnikova Olga
Rekuts Irina
Rosenberg Galina
Roux Jean Paul
Saparbayev Aldiyar
Shakula Fedor
Shapira Michael
Shatalov Andrey
Shefer Vladimir
Shmygalev Sergei
Silan Serg
Simon Andrew
Sofronov Evgeniy
Telegin Ruslan
Timoshenko Alexey
Turkovskiy ivan
Ukolov Ilya
Urazaliyev Ruslan
Vilyayev Andrey
Volkov Sergey L.
Voronova Vera
Yasko Anna
Zenkov Valentin
Zharilkasin Sirimbet
Zotova Anastassiya
Zvyaginceva Viktoriya

rare birds records


Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

© Vasilii Bastaev
2026-05-08
Karakol lake, Mangystau

The second record of a rare migratory species this season.


Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

© Qanatbek Kenzhegulov
2026-04-14
Aktau, Mangystau region

A rare passage species in Kazakhstan. The most recent photographic record in the country was made on 21 April 2022 in the Suzak District of Turkestan Region (Martin Grienenberger; see the website gallery). In Mangystau Region, only two records supported by photographic evidence are known from recent decades of the 21st century: 20–24 May 2009 in the Kenderli area (Neve et al., 2010) and the present observation.


Northern Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

© Alexandr Fedulin
2026-03-30

A new species for the Teniz-Korgalzhinsky region. The first photographic confirmation on the website for the Kazakh Uplands. Recorded on March 28 and 30 in different parts of the village.


Northern Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

© Margarita Davydova
2021-04-02
First president's park, Almaty

The first photo recording of a Northern Bullfinch in Almaty on the website is a rare sighting for a region where they were previously observed during wintering in the mid-20th century and have now become only occasionally encountered.

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Анна Ясько: Кряквы.

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