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Back to the Southern forests

2023-03-29 | Philippe Campeau

So, it is that time of the year again, when Karen and I need to catch up, shake the winter off (especially after Canada - I’m talking about the extra weight from the food, not the snow) and just have a good time. So, in keeping with a sort of tradition of ours, South we went, to Kara-Alma. Why? Well, we’ve been to Arslanbob a few times and wanted something new, but getting another chance at the tawny owls was too promising to miss. Kara-Alma has the second, slightly smaller part of the famous walnut forest. From our base in a CBT guesthouse and to our host’s dismay -– Why did you come in March, when all is grey!? Come back in May, then there will be birds! –- we enjoyed three days of walking, two in the walnut forests and one lower in the pistachio forest. We were rewarded with loads of activities as birds fought, courted each other (sometimes with success, see below!) and built nests. Three of my four targets showed themselves well. First, we saw two owls, one in flight during [...... read more ]


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Поездка в Бишкек (Ботанический сад, Ала-Арча, Озерное)

2023-03-02 | Grigory Khasanov

В прошлом году зимой мой знакомый бердвотчер предложил посетить Республику Кыргызстан, маленькую Швейцарию . Тогда я помню загорелся этой идеей и очень сильно расстроился, когда в связи с весенними событиями решено было отложить поездку на более благоприятное время. Но буквально в январе эта идея меня вновь посетила и я решил таки съездить из соседнего Казахстана в Бишкек, благо этому способствовали деловые нужды, ну и не воспользоваться возможностью полюбоваться природой Кыргызстана и местную орнитофауну я не мог.Конечно первой заветной [...... read more ]


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rare birds records


Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla)

© Neil and Lucy Rogers
2023-05-25
Chong Kemin

The first confirmed record of the Taiga Flycatcher in Kyrgyzstan.


Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)

© Jérémie Berlioux
2023-05-21
Ozornoe

First record in Kyrgyzstan.


White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)

© Pjotr Trommel
2022-08-20
Ozyornoye, Bishkek

Very likely to be the first encounter in Kyrgyzstan, with vagrants recorded in neighbouring Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.


Buff-bellied Pipit (Anthus rubescens)

© Tatiana Menshikova
2021-10-10
Mikhaylovka, Issyk-kul region

The first confirmed record in the Kyrgyz Republic

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unidentified birds


2024-11-18

Игорь Фефелов: Большого крохаля. Здесь чешуйчатого и нет, да и "чешуи" у нее нет.

2024-11-01

Андрей Коваленко: Скорее луговой...

2024-01-09

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2024-01-09

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