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Mergus merganser

© Vadim Ivushkin | 2015-07-06 | Baikalski res. Buryatia

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2025-05-17. Aleksey Bolshakov: Lesser Whitethroat, Common Tern, Gadwall, Nadia Goncharova: Smew, Common Tern, Long-tailed Duck, Olga Nemezhikova: Great Crested Grebe, Vasily Stashiba: Common Sandpiper, European Golden Oriole, Victor Khamin: Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail, Green-headed Wagtail, Common Greenshank, Richard's Pipit, Buff-bellied Pipit, Olive-backed Pipit, Daurian Redstart, Vladimir Maer: Tawny Pipit.

2025-05-16. Aleksey Bolshakov: Dusky Thrush, Pine Bunting, Whooper Swan, Bean Goose, Common Teal, Ruff, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Andrey Borodkin: Northern Bullfinch, Common Chaffinch, Denis Voronov: Mallard, Maxim Afanasiev: Great Grey Owl, Eastern Marsh-harrier, Eurasian Hobby, Maxim Dolgov: Common Stonechat, Common Stonechat, Mihail Ivanov: Temminck's Stint, Marsh Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Falcated Duck, Grey Wagtail, Common Kestrel, Nikolay Alekseev: Great Tit, Fieldfare, Eurasian Goldfinch, Pied Flycatcher, Common Rosefinch, Nina Shteinbrenner: Common Swift, Northern House Martin, Tatiana Semenova: Yellow-browed Warbler, Coal Tit, Azure-winged Magpie, White-Backed Woodpecker, Pine Bunting, Naumann's Thrush, Long-tailed Tit, Vladimir Kulikov: Red-backed Shrike, European Golden Oriole, Oriental Turtle Dove, Eurasian Hobby, Common Rosefinch, Western Grasshopper Warbler, Thrush Nightingale, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Eurasian Scops-Owl.

2025-05-15. Aleksey Bolshakov: Great Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Pied Wheatear, Temminck's Stint, Buff-bellied Pipit, Common Snipe, Andrey Borodkin: Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Andrey Chernykh: Little Tern, Western Grasshopper Warbler, Anna Vasilchenko: Eyebrowed Thrush, Common Greenshank, Elena Kleymenova: Northern House Martin, Isabelline Wheatear, Lesser Kestrel, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Grey Wagtail, Hill Pigeon, Eurasian Crag Martin, Mistle Thrush, Maria Demina: Eurasian Dipper, Long-tailed Duck, Mihail Ivanov: Eastern Buzzard, Nadezhda Bogomyakova: Great Cormorant, Eurasian Wryneck, European Golden Oriole, Greylag Goose, Red-crested Pochard, Sand Martin, Dalmatian Pelican, Common Stonechat, Western Capercaillie, Northern Black Grouse, Natalya Markova: Common Stonechat, Yellow Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, Common Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover, Common Gull, Sand Martin, Olga Fattakhova: Common Cuckoo, Redwing, Eurasian Blackbird, Corncrake, Olga Nemezhikova: Grey Wagtail, Pavel Karplyuk: Common Sparrowhawk, Tatiana Semenova: Olive-backed Pipit, Daurian Redstart, Taiga Flycatcher, Eurasian Redstart, Vasily Stashiba: Common Sparrowhawk, Common Whitethroat, Victor Khamin: Eastern Marsh-harrier, Grey Wagtail, Taiga Flycatcher, Taiga Flycatcher, Red-breasted Merganser, Oriental Greenfinch, Wood Sandpiper, Black-faced Bunting, Eurasian Wryneck, Northern Wheatear, Taiga Flycatcher, Hoopoe, Yellow-browed Warbler, Little Bunting, Olive-backed Pipit.

2025-05-14. Anna Vasilchenko: Tufted Duck, Taiga Flycatcher, Yellow-browed Bunting, Pallas's Warbler, Little Bunting, White Wagtail, Elena Kleymenova: Isabelline Wheatear, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Ortolan Bunting, Demoiselle Crane, Steppe Eagle, Common Sparrowhawk, Masked Wagtail, Common Stonechat, Pied Wheatear, Ortolan Bunting, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Marina Borovskaya: Baikal Bullfinch, Marsh Tit, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Nadejda Popova: Eurasian Bittern, Nikolay Alekseev: Eurasian Redstart, White Wagtail, Black Kite, Nina Shteinbrenner: Greater Ringed Plover, European Nightjar, Olga Fattakhova: Common Kestrel, House Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Lesser Grey Shrike, European Bee-eater, Common Sandpiper, Eurasian Curlew, Northern Black Grouse, Common Tern, Black-tailed Godwit, Temminck's Stint, Olga Nemezhikova: Northern Pintail, Sergey Chumakov: Black Kite, Vladimir Maer: Godlewski's Bunting.

2025-05-13. Aleksey Bolshakov: Garganey, White Wagtail, Daurian Jackdaw, Bewick's Swan, Alexander Rausch: Willow Tit, Fieldfare, Great Tit, Eurasian Magpie, Anna Vasilchenko: Black Stork, Bewick's Swan, Barn Swallow, Taiga Flycatcher, Elena Kleymenova: Common Sandpiper, Eurasian Redstart, Eurasian Wigeon, Maksim Volkov: Common Crane, Great Crested Grebe, Tree Pipit, Marina Borovskaya: Upland Buzzard, Olive-backed Pipit, Tree Pipit, Maxim Bzhitskikh: Ural Owl, Natalia Vorobyova: Ural Owl, Natalya Markova: European Golden Oriole, Eurasian Redstart, European Greenfinch, Willow Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Tree Pipit, Greenish Warbler, White-Backed Woodpecker, Pied Flycatcher, Eurasian Wryneck, Eurasian Redstart, Thrush Nightingale, Tree Pipit, Olga Fattakhova: Short-eared Owl, Northern Pintail, Grey Partridge, Green Sandpiper, Common Buzzard, Pallid Harrier, Great Cormorant, Yellow Wagtail, Common Kestrel, Bewick's Swan, Bluethroat, Dalmatian Pelican, Paddyfield Warbler, Ruff, Sky Lark, Pallas's Gull, Caspian Tern, Dalmatian Pelican, Demoiselle Crane, Common Buzzard, Lesser Grey Shrike, Short-eared Owl, Olga Nemezhikova: Yellow Wagtail, Vasily Stashiba: Tree Pipit, Wood Pigeon, Bluethroat, European Greenfinch, Northern Wheatear, Gadwall, Whinchat, Northern Wheatear, Eurasian Hobby, Common Whitethroat, Eurasian Honey-Buzzard, Victor Khamin: Amur Falcon, Eurasian Curlew, Isabelline Wheatear, Upland Buzzard, Buff-bellied Pipit, Northern Lapwing, Pied Avocet, Swan Goose, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Asian Short-toed Lark, Bewick's Swan, Vladimir Kulikov: Eurasian Wryneck, Northern Reed Bunting, Azure Tit, Gadwall, Common Pochard, Smew, Northern Shoveler, White Wagtail, Barn Swallow, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Hill Pigeon, Lesser Kestrel, Tree Pipit, Pine Bunting, Eurasian Crag Martin, Ruddy Shelduck, Barred Warbler, Common Pochard, Slavonian Grebe, Black-headed Gull, Great Crested Grebe, Steppe Eagle, Sky Lark, Horned Lark, Great Cormorant, Arctic Loon, Demoiselle Crane, Little Ringed Plover, Tufted Duck, Great White Egret, Bar-headed Goose, Water Pipit, Gadwall, Eurasian Wigeon, Pale Sand Martin, Red-crested Pochard, Common Coot, Barn Swallow, Common Redshank, Isabelline Wheatear, Eurasian Linnet, Red-billed Chough, Eurasian Redstart, Isabelline Wheatear, Hoopoe, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Tree Pipit, Common Chiffchaff, Common Stonechat, Ortolan Bunting, Vladimir Maer: Lesser Kestrel, Eurasian Wryneck, House Sparrow, Lammergeier, Daurian Jackdaw, Common Kestrel, Black-throated Accentor.

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2025-05-17. to photo # 06720154402 (Gadwall)

Алексей Большаков: Уже утята-когда только успела?


2025-05-17. to photo # 10220043201 (European Golden Oriole)

Василий Сташиба: Первый раз увидел иволгу 12.05.25.


2025-05-17. to photo # 06960207202 (Naumann's Thrush)

Игорь Фефелов: Рыжий


2025-05-17. to photo # 06960206701 (Yellow-browed Warbler)

Игорь Фефелов: Это, правда, не зеленая п, это зарничка. Вроде не тусклая.


2025-05-17. to photo # 06960206701 (Yellow-browed Warbler)

Татьяна Семенова: )))!


2025-05-17. to photo # 06560146501 (Olive-backed Pipit)

Игорь Фефелов: Пятнистый - широкая и белая бровь, черное и белое пятна на щеке, пестрины на спине слабые.


2025-05-17. to photo # 06560146401 (Buff-bellied Pipit)

Игорь Фефелов: Гольцовый


2025-05-16. to photo # 06960206701 (Yellow-browed Warbler)

Максим Долгов: Этюд в зеленых тонах!


2025-05-16. to photo # 09520072702 (Tree Pipit)

Игорь Фефелов: Лесной


2025-05-16. to photo # 06860024801 (Common Rosefinch)

Игорь Фефелов: Ищет Витю!


2025-05-16. to photo # 06570077602 (Paddyfield Warbler)

Игорь Фефелов: По срокам она тоже первой прилетает.


2025-05-16. to photo # 07160132801 (Eurasian Hobby)

Максим Афанасьев: 16+ :)


2025-05-16. to photo # 09520071901 (Eurasian Linnet)

Игорь Фефелов: Коноплянка


2025-05-16. to photo # 06720154101 (Eastern Imperial Eagle)

Алексей Большаков: Нагалыкские орлы определились с гнездом.


2025-05-16. to photo # 06720154001 (Eastern Imperial Eagle)

Алексей Большаков: Было две птицы.


2025-05-16. to photo # 06850242301 (Common Sparrowhawk)

Игорь Фефелов: Перепелятник


2025-05-15. to photo # 05950153301 (Common Gull)

Игорь Фефелов: Сизая


2025-05-15. to photo # 10040060202 (Spotted Flycatcher)

Андрей Бородкин: Спасибо, Игорь.


2025-05-15. to photo # 06960206301 (Olive-backed Pipit)

Игорь Фефелов: ...или пятнистый...И даже скорее всего пятнистый.


2025-05-15. to photo # 05760229502 (Eastern Buzzard)

Игорь Фефелов: Восточный канюк. Мигрант явно.


2025-05-15. to photo # 10040060202 (Spotted Flycatcher)

Игорь Фефелов: Она-она.У ширококлювых м. иногда бывают мелкие пестринки на лбу и темени, но тут они более выражены.


2025-05-15. to photo # 06570077602 (Paddyfield Warbler)

Катя Цехмистер: На iNat несколько экспертов тоже определили как индийскую.


2025-05-15. to photo # 10040060202 (Spotted Flycatcher)

Андрей Бородкин: Ещё один снимок, для уточнения.


2025-05-15. to photo # 10040060201 (Spotted Flycatcher)

Игорь Фефелов: Мухоловка. Хвост длинный - должна быть серая, а не ширококлювая.


2025-05-15. to photo # 05820133501 (Long-tailed Duck)

Мария Дёмина: В рамках ежегодного учета водоплавающих вышла на новую для себя локацию. Когда уже заметно потемнело и я собиралась уходить услышала необычные [....]


2025-05-15. to photo # 06560145801 (Olive-backed Pipit)

Игорь Фефелов: Не гольцовый - оливковый оттенок сверху. Это более пестрый на спине вариант пятнистого конька.


2025-05-15. to photo # 06560145601 (Yellow-browed Warbler)

Игорь Фефелов: Это зарничка - полоска на темени слабая.


2025-05-15. to photo # 09520072101 (Eurasian Redstart)

Игорь Фефелов: Наверно, чернушка была бы всё же темнее.


2025-05-15. to photo # 06560144701 (Taiga Flycatcher)

Игорь Фефелов: Вост. малая мухоловка, самка. Хвост сложен, белого почти не видно... но чуть есть.


2025-05-14. to photo # 06280045601 (Olive-backed Pipit)

Дмитрий: Конек вернулся в пятнистого. В связи с чем, хочется понять, по каким критериям.


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Best photos of the month

rare birds records


White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)

© Stepan Boldyrev
2023-06-10

The 1st record in the Yamalo-Nenetsky region.


Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

© Andrey Bazdyrev
2025-02-03
Novokuznetsk district, Kemerovo region

First winter record in Siberia.


Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)

© Dmitry Nizovtsev
2023-08-01
the village of Chazhemto, Kolpashevsky district, Tomsk region

The first record in the Tomsk Region.


Northern Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

© Alexander Popov
2025-01-28

The first record in the Tomsk region.

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recent video

2024-06-24. Goosander (Andrey Borodkin), Goosander (Andrey Borodkin).

2024-06-19. Corncrake (Nadia Goncharova), Corncrake (Nadia Goncharova).

2024-06-09. Goosander (Andrey Borodkin), Goosander (Andrey Borodkin).

2024-05-06. Goosander (Andrey Borodkin), Goosander (Andrey Borodkin).

2024-04-13. Carrion Crow (Andrey Borodkin), Carrion Crow (Andrey Borodkin).

2024-03-02. Northern Hawk Owl (Oleg Popov), Northern Hawk Owl (Oleg Popov), Red Crossbill (Oleg Popov), Red Crossbill (Oleg Popov), Red Crossbill (Oleg Popov).

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unidentified birds


2025-05-17

Игорь Фефелов: Похоже, из серии бурый - рыжий - их помеси. У белобровика фон низа белый с резкими черными пестринами, ярко-каштановое только "под мышками", [....]

2025-05-16

Николай Балацкий: Бледная зарничка.

2025-05-16

Николай Балацкий: Вероятно, Степной лунь.

2025-05-14

Игорь Фефелов: Физиономия странно светлая, но вроде бы плешанка

2025-05-13

no any comments:

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