7 am. This year first Red-rumped Swallows.

Sunny day. Hume's Warbler were very active, they flew almost everywhere. The Blackbirds, Great Tits and Greenfinches sang. The Lesser Whitethroats appeared. Also I note one flying by Hoopoe and one Common Kestrel sitting on he building of city administration.

At day I saw Turkestan Shrike and at evening I heard this year first Scops Owl.

In early morning on the river I saw one Wood Pigeon, several Grey Wagtails, small Leaf Warblers and probably one Cetti's Warbler.

Today I saw Hoopoe in the city.

Today I with Raufael Bairashev made trip to Ile valley in Kapchagay area. During all time we saw many Black Kites both in flocks of about 30 birds and singles. Twice we saw flocks of Demoiselle Cranes. There are a lot of Coots, Crested Grebes in the small lakes, we saw Common Pochards and one Eurasian Bittern too. On roadsides we noted one Hoopoe, one Black Redstart, tens of Pied Wheatears, one Isabelline Wheatear, Chaffinches, Azure Tits, Great Tits, one Corn Bunting, one Stonechat, Turkestan Shrike, Isabelline Shrike, Water Pipit, Tree Pipit, and a lot of Rooks, Jackdaws, Carrion Crows. On one meadow we observed a large mixed flock of different Wagtails. There were White, Masked, Yellow, Citrine and Black-headed Wagtails.

The warm sunny day. Today there were three-four singing Grey-headed Goldfiches. They have sang and flown from branch to another one.

First Masked Wagtail in the city.

In mixed flock of feeding birds I noted some Meadow Buntings. Rare birds.

Today I have observed singing Grey-headed Goldfinches. Last year I saw juvenile Grey-headed Goldfinches near my home. Probably they will nest in my block this year too.

Today I have seen this year first Black Kite, directly in the city.

We with Andrey Kovalenko had trip to foothills in attempt to find Great Rosefinch. Unfortunately we didn't find Great Rosefinch probably along of snowfall which was in the previous day. Birds were a bit. In the gardens we saw only one Black-throated Accentor, Great Tits, Coal Tits, Goldcrests, Blackbirds, Bramblings. In the riverside bushes we saw also Great Tits, Azure Tits, Blackbirds, one Eversmann's Redstart. Raptors - two Buzzards, probably Eastern Buzzards.

The trip to Daurian Jackdaw with Andrey Kavalenko, Oleg Belyalov and Javier Piedra. We saw several Daurian Jackdaws which fed on open places in mixed flocks with Eurasian Jackdaws and Rooks.

Blackbirds, Magpies, Great Tits, Rooks, Hooded Crows, one female White-winged Grosbeak, one female Chaffinch. A lot of snow, a bit of birds.

Today I have heard the singing Blackbird.

Yesterday walking on Square I again saw Lesser Whitethroat, but today I saw Sparrowhawk.

It's became slightly warm, the snow has thawn, on open land there were much birds. Majority of them were common background birds: Carrion and Hooded Crows, Rooks, Mynahs, Blackbirds, House Sparrows, Great Tits. Still there are a bit of Chaffinches, today I saw only two Chaffinches fed in flight together with House Sparrows. Twice I observed Goldcrests and once the Laughing Dove. The most interesting today's observation is Lesser Whitethroat. Last departing Lesser Whitethroats observed in the middle of October. Now is the middle of November already. Probably, this Lesser Whitethroat will winter. Whitethroat behaves timidly enough, keeps separately; in occurrence of aggressive Mynahs or sociable Sparrows, Whitethroat calms down and hides. It tried to find forage mostly on a thuja.

In Little Almatinka I saw Blue Whistlig Thrush which regularly winters here. Wintering of Blue Whistling Thrush is one of features of warm winter. In small number the Chaffinches and Bramblings occurred in the city. But Rooks and Hooded Crows are a lot already.

In the city still almost summer, but mountains were snowy already probably about two weeks. Northern slopes of mountains are already covered by snow, and southern ones are still open. In the mixed forest I observed Goldcrests. On meadows the flock of Grey-headed Goldfinches and some Azure Tits was fed. Also on meadows on spruce forest border I saw one Grey Shrike. In spruce forest Nutcrackers were notable and audible all time. Generally birds were not a lot, even common Great Tits, Magpies and Carrion Crows.

Today I with Andrey Kovalenko made trip to lakes system Maly Sorbulak. In trip we saw:

On Little Almatinka river I saw Grey Wagtail. The bird did not departed till. But in the city I observed the first Hooded Crow.

In the forest we saw one male Kestrel, heard Warblers and Tits. One male Pheasant flew over the road. In pine grove we saw flock of Blue-capped Redstarts.

Nightjars are my friends, they never trick me. This year the rain lingered on one day and I went to Republic Square not at September 20 as in last years but at September 21. One Nightjar waited me on larch-tree. Thanks him. Also it was interesting to see two Crested Larks.

A bit of birds. Great Tits, Hume's Warbler, Grey Wagtails, Blackbirds, Carrion Crows, two Azure Tits.

Round dances in the sky. Toady I saw rounding Black Kites, Swallows and Bee-eaters. One Spotted Flycatcher flew by.