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Курык. Мангыстау.

2014-12-04| Askar Isabekov

Обход территории. Пасмурно, но хотя бы снег не идет. Довольно тепло, но ветер сильно понижает температуру. Снегу за день только прибавилось, таять он не собирается. Птицы все вчерашние, новых нет. Хотел сегодня уделить внимание жаворонкам, которых я обычно игнорирую, но вчерашняя стая белокрылых навела на мысль, что среди десятков постоянно мельтешащих жаворонков могут попасться и какие-нибудь иные птицы, кроме привычных полевых. Снимать жаворонков на земле сложно. Даже на водопое они ведут себя довольно настороженно, приблизиться к ним сложно. Пришлось снимать пролетающие мимо стаи и потом уже дома разглядывать результаты съемок. В итоге на десятках фотографий я нашел лишь одного белокрылого жаворонка, а все остальные были полевыми.

1. Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula

2. Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina

3. Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator

4. Mute Swan | Cygnus olor

5. Dunlin | Calidris alpina

6. Shallow water is already covered with ice

7. Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis

8. Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs

9. Frosen coast

10. Zhylandy cape


#	species	number

1	Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)	100

2	Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)	30

3	Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)	30

4	Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)	2

5	Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)	15

6	Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)	5

7	White-tailed Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)	3

8	Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)	1

9	Dunlin (Calidris alpina)	2

10	Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)

11	Mew Gull (Larus canus)

12	Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

13	Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)

14	White-winged Lark (Melanocorypha leucoptera)	1

15	Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)	2

16	Sky Lark (Alauda arvensis)	100

17	Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)	2

18	Rook (Corvus frugilegus)	3

19	House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

20	Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)	5

21	Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)	5

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