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  1. Juvenile Pallas's Fish Eagle

    Juvenile Pallas's Fish Eagle

    Juvenile Pallas's Fish Eagle accompanied by the Hooded Crow Corvus cornix and the Black Kite Milvus migrans lineatus, flying over Tcharysh river. 23 June 2018. Altai Krai, Russia. See "Birds of Western Siberia" thread (Birdforum>Forums...>Europe>Russia) for details...
    • Homo sibiricus
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    • Category: Britain & Europe
  2. Juvenile Pallas's Fish Eagle

    Juvenile Pallas's Fish Eagle

    Juvenile Pallas's Fish Eagle flying over Tcharysh river. 23 June 2018. Altai Krai, Russia. See "Birds of Western Siberia" thread (Birdforum>Forums...>Europe>Russia) for details. https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=3830025#post3830025
    • Homo sibiricus
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    • fish eagles pallas's fish eagle raptors rare raptor species sea eagles
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  3. Homo sibiricus

    St Petersburg

    There are no Lapwings around Novosibirsk yet. We specifically searched for them near puddles along the roadside ditches. But we have seen first Common Chaffinch yesterday. And first Emberizas start to sing. And Stock doves (Columba oenas) have return.
  4. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    No, i use forum of Russian bird conservation union http://www.rbcu.ru/ and forum of Siberian birdwatching community http://sibirds.ru/index.php?l=en And forum of Russian raptor conservation network too http://rrrcn.ru/en/ And local mailing "academbirds" of birdwatching community of...
  5. Homo sibiricus

    Biologists in the Age of Totalitarianism

    Jurek, an inside look gives a greater understanding of the problem than any books written by people from the outside. I am ready to subscribe under your text too.
  6. Homo sibiricus

    Nikon D3100 - second hand 100 - 400 lenses

    Hi! I am strongly not recommended D3100, try to buy D3200 at least. Nikkor 100-400 has not any motor. And Nikon D3xxx, 5xxx haven't too. You will loss AF function with this lens. Sigma 150-500 is a good choice for example.
  7. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    Last summer, my wife and I met a truly unique bird for Russia. Imagine that in the 21st century it was photographed in our country only once. Our observation was the second. And this bird is not so small that it can be overlooked. I'm talking about the Pallas's Fish Eagle. This unique migrant of...
  8. Homo sibiricus

    St Petersburg

    Migrating birds starts to return in Novosibirsk too. I have seen Rooks and Kestrel last Sunday. It is too early for Kestrel indeed! But there are no wintering kestrel in Novosibirsk province. My friends have already seen the seagulls. Spring is coming.
  9. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    Thank you! Specially for you: the Saker above South-Chuysky ridge. Come to Altai or Sayan, here you can sometimes find this falcon.
  10. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    A special subspecies of Merlin lives in the mountains. There is one of the most dense breeding groups of the imperial eagle in the Ust-Kan steppe in middle Altai. First photo - the same young Saker as in post above, second photo - one bird of breeding Merlin pair we have found on a shore of one...
  11. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    Thank you very much! Winter is ending. In Novosibirsk, sometimes the temperature rises above zero. But the snow will still cover the ground in a continuous layer for about a month. I have not talked about Altai yet. But this is the most interesting part of Western Siberia for birdwatching. Altai...
  12. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    So much time has passed from my last post! Winter is fast, and almost every weekend we drive 200-400 km out of the city along snow-covered country roads. So many little birds were on a roadside last winter and so contrastly fewer ones in this year! Instead, we meet a lot of owls this winter...
  13. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    No, I see the tail of the bird in the right side of the photo and the primares of both wings between the bird and the observer. And I can not understand which wing is left and which is right? And one more thing, the kite is not slowing down to land but it is turning around.
  14. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    Black-throated loons are rare and sporadic species on South of Western Siberia. Loons nest on some alpine lakes of Altai and Tuva as well as on lakes in the pine forests on the Altai plains. Colonies of lesser kestrel you can see also in Tuva and South of Altai.
  15. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    When we go to Tuva from Novosibirsk, we need to drive more then 1500 km through 5 regions of Russia. The entire journey can last from 3500 to 4000 kilometers. But the small population and a very unusual geographical location make Tuva's avian world very rich.
  16. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    On the southern border, large and wet Sayan mountains divide Khakassia from Tuva. Tuva is one of the few regions of Russia where people practice Buddhism. Central and biggest part of Tuva is a dry rocky depression with altitudes about 600-900 m asl, surrounded by mountains. The trees can only...
  17. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    Two the most common big non-raptor birds in Khakassia, Altai Krai, and Altai Republic is demoiselle crane and grey heron. Near my home, around Novosibirsk i can see only common crane. Demoiselle crane is almost absent in so high latitude. But the gray heron is a common bird in Novosibirsk region...
  18. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    And i will be very grateful to one of you who make me understand how in this snapshot the kite moved? I can not explain it! What is the crosswing?
  19. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    This is all a shooting series that I did at this time. Snapshot for snapshot. And the last photo is another flying kite.
  20. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    Now i have understand that i am not saying a word about most common bird of prey in Western Siberia. I know that there is the places on the Earth where this birds could be so exotic bird like red-tailed buzzard for me. I mean a black kite. There is many subspecies of BK around the World, we can...
  21. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    Four big stones on last photo - entry to mounds - is a sword hilt, quiver, shield and battle ax. Biggest stones of fence is twice heavier than stones of Stonehendge.
  22. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    Thank you, friends! I am sorry that illustrations of birds just below are not so great. It is just a little wheatear or just a simple black kite - not so wonderful species you want to see. But i want to show you how on the remains of ancient civilizations for thousands of years birds have been...
  23. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    On a open steppe you can see different lark species. The most common wild pigeon around Novosibirsk is stock dove, but in Khakassia you can meet the hill pigeons instead.
  24. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    Thank you! There are many little birds in Khakassia too. And you will find very different populations in mountin taiga on west and south borders of the region and in steppes or solt lakes shores in central part. But many of them, however, are very common and well known species for all of us. In...
  25. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    And, of course, you can see golden eagles in Khakassia. In the photo, an adult female golden eagle plays with a young male. She imitated the attack and forced him dive hundreds of meters down. I think adult bird just show that hunting area is busy.
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