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  1. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    So that you better imagine Khakassia, I will show you some photos with typical landscapes of this part of Russia.
  2. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    These nests of IE and SE we have found on a range less then 3km one from another. In the year 2016 and 2017 nestings of imperial eagle was successful, but steppe eagle is disturbed by shepherds and was successful in 2016 only. It is a problem of this species all over the world. In these year we...
  3. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    Eagles like imperial ones from fotos above or steppe like these:
  4. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    Thank you! I am disappointed just a little that so few people seeing this topic, because i want to tell about Siberia to many birdwatchers. But i need to continue. You say about Krasnoyarsk region. This is very big territory from polar North to steppes of Khakassia in basin of great Siberian...
  5. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    This year, the autumn has delayed, but meteorologists have already promised the first snowfall. Soon, in December or in January i will be able to take such photos. These i have take in January in this year when temperature dropped below -30 Celsius. These trees grows about 200 m from institution...
  6. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    Besides big and huge raptors there are cagy little birds. Some of these live in the places difficult to approach. One day we have find the nest of one of those birds in a little swamp close to Novosibirsk airport (Tolmachevo). But we wasn't clearly sure what these bird was. It certainly was a...
  7. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    Photos of nest of WTE i wrote about. In winter there are big area of clear water (russian word "polynya") in city on Ob' river. This place attracts many wintering WTE and hundreds of mergansers too. WTE begun to spread around Novosibirsk from northern part of Ob' basin in XXI century.
  8. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    This is the first peregrinus borned in Novosibirsk city.
  9. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    You welcome! In Novosibirsk nests several raptors species. There are many black kites nesting in suburbs, in botanical garden, in forests within city borders. Also there is at least one nesting pair of WTE. WTE nestings at least 8 yeasrs on a foreland between Ob' river and approaching channel...
  10. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    Thank you! Capercaillie is careful bird of pine forests. In early spring we can detect the wintering presence of capercaillies when finds dungs looking as compressed needles. Also in botanical garden of Academgorodok one can see and hear the hazel grouse. This wintering bird (photo 1) was...
  11. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    I'm glad you liked this bird too! On photos above you see a young bird: all is brown and iris is dark. Adults have yellow color of iris. But in Western Siberia there is anoter species of honey buzzard - oriental H.B. The border between areas of these species is located somwhere in Novosibirsk...
  12. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    Did you ever seen how honey buzzards robs the bees? This kid will show you as without Smith & Wesson .45 one can to hitch a jackpot. With my wife we have take these photos and little movie right in botanical garden of Akademgorodok one Sunday when many peoples walking dawn the path. Video...
  13. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    One day in middle of May i was searching for cranes in approx. 15 km from Academ town. On a meadow with little fresh grass i had see a big brown bird. Soon it raised and flew on an aspen tree and start to eat a catkins. On russian the word for capercaillie means "deaf" because when male is...
  14. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    Thank you! It is great to share information too! In winter rare raptors keep closer to towns and villages. Light day is very short: on a latitude of Novosibirsk (not so high latitude!) diurnal raptors have only 6-7 hours for hunting. And northern owls like these is more diurnal, rather then...
  15. Homo sibiricus

    Kestrel - Little Owl nest tolerance

    I'v seen nests of long-eared owl and cestrel on a neighboring trees. Nests so closed as 3-4m. it is common situation in artificial strips of forests in Tyva republic in Russia because of deficiency of nests. It seems to me that owls and falcons was good neighbors - i've seen feathered nestlings...
  16. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    I do not know the reason why some fotos attaches as thumbnails but another as files without thumbnails. I'am sorry.
  17. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    In winter, there are few roads clear of snow. We can no longer drive trough the fields by a car because of the deep snow. But many birds can not find enough food under the snow and must fly along the roadsides. We starts looking for birds on the roads, and often we can take close photos directly...
  18. Homo sibiricus

    Three raptor photograph

    My friend say that he is remember this photo. He think, that the bird in center - is black kite, but about right bird he can't say something undoubtedly.
  19. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    Thank you for watching! Owls is my first love. Besides the owls that nestings around Novosibirsk there is owls that migrating to city in winter. For example, great grey owl. This bird can nesting close to Novosibirsk, but is more common to north regions like Tomsk region. Because GGO prefer...
  20. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    Scops and short-eared
  21. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    One of the most cost-effective bird watcher's trips in our places we have invented 3 years ago. It is a night journeys along little roads close to home – we makes it by a car from June to last September – first days of October. 35 km out-of-town rout brings to us up to 50 meetings with...
  22. Homo sibiricus

    Three raptor photograph

    Left one looks like WTE, and WTE is'nt rare bird in Siberia. I do not think that bird in middle is black kite. Black kite looks as a dwarf compared WTE. But this bird is'nt. There's no Steller's Sea Eagle on Baikal 100%. Golden Eagles less then WTE and in Siberia too. I'll show these photo to my...
  23. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    On a fotos above one can see Berd' river and it's shores. This young great grey shrike have catch this beetle in front of my eyes. On next foto there is all it's family sitting on a wire. And below you can see it's parent that was wery angry.
  24. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    As i already have say, in the borders of Novosibirsk agglomeration there is 2 little rivers - Berd' and Inya, that flows into Ob'. Both rivers flows from E to W and there is a little ridge between rivers. This ridge calls "Salayr" or Salayrsky ridge. Ridge on a russian sounds like "kryazh" and...
  25. Homo sibiricus

    Birds of western Siberia

    I'll try to continue tomorrow evening because it is already 28 september in Novosibirsk now. Bye-bye
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