Tuul Gol, 5 September 2016

text & photos by ABu

The largest oxbow lake along my birding stretch.

Tuul Gol, UB, September 2016

Yet another attempt to take pictures of the birds, but this time I found fewer birds. The night before my visit had been clear and that might have urged the birds to move on. And so I tried my luck on the dragonflies instead (not much luck, though).

All pictures shown here had been taken with a handheld digital camera.

Booted Eagle

Tuul Gol, UB, September 2016

Long-tailed Rosefinch

Tuul Gol, UB, September 2016

Bird List (31 species)

Great Cormorant 5 juv.
Black-eared Kite 1 ad.
Booted Eagle 1 ad.
Common Kestrel 1
Eurasian Hobby 1 ad. and 1 juv.
Green Sandpiper 1
Common Snipe 1
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 4

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Tuul Gol, UB, September 2016

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Tuul Gol, UB, September 2016

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Tuul Gol, UB, September 2016

Richard’s Pipit 1
Olive-backed Pipit c.25
Grey Wagtail 4
White Wagtail 2, taxon/taxa unclear
presumed Siberian Whitethroat 1
Siberian Chiffchaff 3
Yellow-browed Warbler c.15
Hume’s Warbler 1
Dusky Warbler c.25
Taiga Flycatcher 1
Asian Brown Flycatcher 1
Eurasian Tree Sparrow c.30
Azure Tit c.40
Great Tit 2
presumed Stoliczka’s White-crowned Tit c.15
Northern Raven 6
Eurasian Magpie 5
Red-billed Chough c.10
Oriental Crow c.20
Long-tailed Rosefinch c.15
Pine Bunting c.30
Little Bunting c.15
Black-faced Bunting 6

Tandem of ovipositing Black Darters Sympetrum danae

Tuul Gol, UB, September 2016

male Banded Darter Sympetrum pedemontanum

Tuul Gol, UB, September 2016

Well camouflaged pair of Banded Darter S. pedemontanum

Tuul Gol, UB, September 2016

Moustached Darter Sympetrum vulgatum

Tuul Gol, UB, September 2016

bulrush Typha laxmannii

Tuul Gol, UB, September 2016