In the second part of July, in the conditions of coronavirus pandemic, I was travelling to the south of Russia, to Krasnodar kray. Despite the fact that birdwatching wasn't planned, I took a binocular and camera with me. I found little lifers, there wasn't a lot, but they were rather interesting for me. The first part of the trip, I spent in Black sea coast. Once I went to Yew&Boxwood trees grove and some times visited Mzymta river mouth finding birds. Then, I spent two days in mountains near Krasnaya Polyana and Esto-sadok. As I haven't been to mountains after I had begun doing birdwatching, more interesting species of birds were there in the mountains. And more lifer birds.P. S. Not all photos are put in chronological sequence. P. P. S. I couldn't take photo of caucasian subspecies of mountain chiffchaff. Heard only the voice. [...... read more ]

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Гнездо, обнаружено пустым, 2 августа 2020 г. На высоте метров 8-10, несколько крупнее гнезда дрозда, в березовом лесу, недалеко от деревни Зыково, Красноярский край. В нескольких метров от дороги, ведущей в лес. Можно сказать, чье? Или какова вероятность, что оно будет заселено через год? [...... read more ]