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Bird trip to Kazakhstan (May 2017)

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)
Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)(ad. summer)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)(ad. summer)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)(ad. summer)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)(ad. summer)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)
Caspian Plovers (Charadrius asiaticus)(ad. male & female)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Caspian Plovers (Charadrius asiaticus)(ad. male)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Caspian Plovers (Charadrius asiaticus)(ad. male)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)(ad. male summer)_Sewage Treatment Plant close to Atyrau City (Atyrau Oblast)
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)(ad. male summer)_Sewage Treatment Plant close to Atyrau City (Atyrau Oblast)	Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)(ad. male summer)_Sewage Treatment Plant close to Atyrau City (Atyrau Oblast)	Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)(ad. male summer)_Sewage Treatment Plant close to Atyrau City (Atyrau Oblast)	Eurasian Curlew (Numinous a. orientalis)(ad.)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)
Caspian Gull (Larus c. cachinnans)(ad. summer)_lake west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Caspian Gulls (Larus c. cachinnans)(ad.& 2nd summer)_lake west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Caspian Gull (Larus c. cachinnans)(ad. summer)_lake west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Pallas's Gull (Larus ichthyaetus)(ad. summer)_Ural River south-west of Atyrau (Atyrau Oblast)
Pallas's Gull (Larus ichthyaetus)(ad. summer)_Ural River south-west of Atyrau (Atyrau Oblast)	Pallas's Gull (Larus ichthyaetus)(ad. summer)_Ural River south-west of Atyrau (Atyrau Oblast)	Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)(ad. male)_park in Atyrau City (Atyrau Oblast)	Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)(ad. female)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)
Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)(ad. female)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Little Owl (Athene noctua)_along the Ural River, south of Atyrau (Atyrau Oblast)	Little Owl (Athene noctua)_along the Ural River, south of Atyrau (Atyrau Oblast)
European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europeaeus)(ad. female)_Caspian Sea shore, south of Atyrau (Atyrau Oblast)	European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europeaeus)(ad. female)_Caspian Sea shore, south of Atyrau (Atyrau Oblast)	European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europeaeus)(ad. male)_park in Atyrau City (Atyrau Oblast)	Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus)(ad.)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus)(ad.)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus)(ad.)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus)(ad.)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus)(ad.)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus)(ad.)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)(ad.)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Eurasian Skylark (Alauda a. dulcivox)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)
Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	White-winged Lark (Melanocorypha leucoptera)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	White-winged Lark (Melanocorypha leucoptera)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)
White-winged Lark (Melanocorypha leucoptera)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)
Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)
Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla f. melanogrisea)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla f. superciliaris)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)
Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)(ad. female)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)(ad. female)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)(ad. female)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)(ad. female)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)
Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)(ad. male)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)(ad. male)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)(ad. male)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)(ad. male)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)
Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)(ad. male)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)(ad. female)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)(ad. female)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)(ad. male)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)
Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)(ad. male)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)(ad. male)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Sykes's Warbler (Iduna rama)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)
Sykes's Warbler (Iduna rama)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Sykes's Warbler (Iduna rama)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Sykes's Warbler (Iduna rama)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Sykes's Warbler (Iduna rama)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)
Sykes's Warbler (Iduna rama)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Sykes's Warbler (Iduna rama)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Sykes's Warbler (Iduna rama)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Eurasian Penduline Tit (Remiz p. caspius)(ad. male)_Ural River south of Atyrau (Atyrau Oblast)
Eurasian Penduline Tit (Remiz p. caspius)(ad. male)_Ural River south of Atyrau (Atyrau Oblast)	Eurasian Penduline Tit (Remiz p. caspius)(ad. male)_Ural River south of Atyrau (Atyrau Oblast)	Eurasian Penduline Tit (Remiz p. caspius)(ad. male)_Ural River south of Atyrau (Atyrau Oblast)	Eurasian Penduline Tit (Remiz p. caspius)(ad. male)_Ural River south of Atyrau (Atyrau Oblast)
Eurasian Penduline Tit (Remiz p. caspius)(ad. male)_Ural River south of Atyrau (Atyrau Oblast)	Eurasian Penduline Tit (Remiz p. caspius)(ad. male)_Ural River south of Atyrau (Atyrau Oblast)	Eurasian Penduline Tit (Remiz p. caspius)(ad. male)_Ural River south of Atyrau (Atyrau Oblast)	Steppe Grey Shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)(ad. male & female)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)
Steppe Grey Shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)(ad. female)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Steppe Grey Shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)(ad. female)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Steppe Grey Shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)(ad. female)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Steppe Grey Shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)(ad. female)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)
Hooded Crow (Corvus c. sharpii)_Atyrau City (Atyrau Oblast)	Hooded Crow (Corvus c. sharpii)_Atyrau City (Atyrau Oblast)	Hooded Crow (Corvus c. sharpii)_Atyrau City (Atyrau Oblast)	Hooded Crow (Corvus c. sharpii)_Atyrau City (Atyrau Oblast)
Twite (Acanthis flavirostris)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Red-headed Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)(ad. male)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Red-headed Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)(ad. male)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Red-headed Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)(ad. male)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)
Red-headed Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)(ad. male)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Red-headed Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)(ad. male)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Red-headed Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)(ad. male)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)	Red-headed Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)(ad. male)_Kazakh Steppe west of Inderbor (Atyrau Oblast)