10,000 Birds
JUNE 5, 2014
Such has frequently been the case in my survey area deep within Kazakhstans barren Mangghystau province, and the most memorable reverse-lifer experience has been with a Tolai Hare just recently. Mammals Kazakhstan rabbits' The Tolai Hare to me is not a hare, it is more of a miracle. Wait, what was that trick she told me?
10,000 Birds
MAY 11, 2013
It took a trip to Kazakhstan to see more pink finches. On a single wonderful day to the semi-desert of eastern Kazakhstan I added two pink finches to my life list, the Mongolian Finch at the top of this post and the Desert Finch above. Someday I hope to go back and add Trumpeter Finch to my Central Asian pink finch sightings.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 2, 2012
Well, for one it inhabits high mountain terrain from the northern part of the Middle East all the way to the Himalayas and the central Asian mountain ranges, reaching 3,200 m above sea level in Kazakhstan. They are much brighter and make for some sunny finch experiences.
Animal Person
MARCH 18, 2009
The site was where northern Kazakhstan is now, the culture was called Botai and the date was around 3500 B.C. And that fact gives rise to a thought-experiment. The Botai did not just herd horses for meat. Scientists found bit-wear marks on Botai horses’ teeth — a clear sign the animals were being ridden.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 6, 2011
And here is the problem: Siberian Chiffchaffs are visually distinct, call very differently from European Chiffchaffs and their song is so different that one form doesn’t react to the other’s song in playback experiments. Maybe the two song-types are connected by a gradual change?
10,000 Birds
JULY 13, 2011
It’s been my experience that for every 1 person I know who thinks a certain way, at least 12 others in my circle agree. For the record, I’ve only ever had one theft from airport security and that was my Go Girl when I was in Kazakhstan…and their staff was neither black nor Mexican.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 26, 2024
All the so-called grey geese – Greylag, Bean, White-front, Lesser White-front, Swan – look very much alike, and it takes experience to identify them by their calls and their shape and size. A first-winter Red-breasted Goose at Cley, North Norfolk As a general rule, geese are birds of subtle, even dull, plumage.
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