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Flycatcher in Ust-Kamenogorsk.


2016-11-04| Askar Isabekov

There are rainy days in Ust-Kamenogorsk, last night the rain turned to morning snow. Because morning is without precipitation I made the short walk to next parks. Park of Dzhambul. At 8 am it was very dark, so when I noticed little Warblers under the bush I take photo with ISO 3200 and exposition 1/20 sec. Photos are blurry but the Hume’s Warbler on photo is well identified. When the dark it’s very difficult to find a little brown bird but even more difficult to trace its movement. I noticed the little bird in low spruce-tree and took photos as I could. Then bird quickly flew from one tree to another, I traced it very hard. In the end bird stayed in large spruce-tree, but when I approached bird flys to green fence. I took some photos then bird was again moving between trees and I lost it. It is Taiga Flycatcher in my opinion. Some time I was checking all spruce-trees in park but noticed little bird in high branches. I guessed the Flycatcher but when I shot it in the little spruce-tree I see it is Chiffchaff.

Then I moved to park Zhastar. I didn't believe to any significant bird therefore my camera was in the bag. But in vain, because Peregrine Falcon low and slowly flew above me.


1. Taiga Flyacatcher


2. Chiffchaff


3. Hume's Warbler


4. Bad photo of Peregrine Falcon


5. Flycather doesn't leave the city but Waxwings still arrived.


# species number

1Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)1

2Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

3Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)

4Rook (Corvus frugilegus)

5Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)

6Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)

7Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)6

8Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)1

9Hume's Warbler (Phylloscopus humei)2

10Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla)1

11Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)1

12Great Tit (Parus major)

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