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| Non-stop Bird Photography | profile | all galleries >> WESTERN PALEARCTIC (WP) REGION >> Bird trip to Kazakhstan (May 2017) | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
| I travelled to south-west Kazakhstan in the Province/Region of Atyrau (Atyrau Oblast) from 21-31 May 2017. We flew to Atyrau from Europe via Moscow and spent 10 days birding the Kazakh Steppes located west of the Ural River. The Kazakh Steppes cover a vast land area and are considered as a unique eco-region in the Palearctic, being a pristine ecosystem least affected by anthropogenic activities. This trip was a follow up of my previous trip to Russia in June 2014. Our primary aim here was to observe and photograph species with a restricted breeding range in the Western Palearctic such as Black Larks, White-winged Larks, Sykes's Warblers, etc.. We concentrated our searches towards the west of Inderbor (i.e. west of Ural River), where we found a diversity of habitats ranging from green steppes with scattered bushes, sandy and saline steppes to rather xeric (drier) steppes. We also visited the outskirts of Atyrau City southwards along the Ural River close to the Ural Delta, including a few stops along the Caspian Sea shore. This gallery has 136 images depicting 33 bird species. |
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 Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Semi-wild horses, Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Kazakh Steppe south-west of Atyrau (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Kazakh Steppe south-west of Atyrau (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Sunset on Kazakh Steppe south-west of Atyrau (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Our campsite by night, Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Our campsite by night, Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Our campsite by night, Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Dalmatian Pelicans (Pelecanus crispus)(ad.)_lake west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)(ad.)_lake west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)(ad.)_lake west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Western Great Egret (Ardea alba)_Ural River south-west of Atyrau (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Western Great Egret (Ardea alba)_Ural River south-west of Atyrau (Atyrau Oblast) |
 White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)(subad.)_Caspian Sea Estuary, South-west of Atyrau (Atyrau Oblast) |
 White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)(subad.)_Caspian Sea Estuary, South-west of Atyrau (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)(ad.)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)(ad.)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)(ad. male)_Roadside forest close to Atyrau City (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)(ad. male)_Roadside forest close to Atyrau City (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)(1st summer male)_Roadside forest close to Atyrau City (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)(1st summer male)_Roadside forest close to Atyrau City (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)(ad. female)_Roadside forest close to Atyrau City (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)(ad. female)_Roadside forest close to Atyrau City (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)(ad. female)_Roadside forest close to Atyrau City (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)(ad. female)_Roadside forest close to Atyrau City (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)(ad. male)_Roadside forest close to Atyrau City (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Eastern Lesser Kestrel (Falco n. pekinensis)(ad. male)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo)(ad.)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast) |
 Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)(ad. summer)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast) |
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