Fauna and flora of Sakhalin

March 7 on Sakhalin brought a meeting with the first insects on the ski track. Chaplanovo village, near the river. Who knows who it is? When the sun was shining, they boldly crawled through the snow, when it was cloudy, they buried themselves in the snow.

In my opinion, something from freckles (Plecoptera).

It's been a while, I've been skimming this topic... Olga Titova, as always, thank you for the cool pictures. But why didn't anyone who regularly visits the forum think to congratulate the lady on March 8???
P. S. Olga, please accept from all of us congratulations on the past March 8. Health, happiness, love and all the best and brightest.

Chervonets mottled
Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761)
A small butterfly, but very attractive. It can be viewed for a long time, admiring the bright, but so different in color wings. The forewings are red above with black spots and a border. The hindwings, on the contrary, are dark with a red marginal border in the form of triangles. The underside of the forewing is bright orange with black spots and a gray border, the hindwing is ochre-gray with a pattern of small dark spots and a vague orange stripe.
The caterpillar is green with short hairs. There is a longitudinal reddish line above the legs. On the back is a similar line, bounded on both sides by yellow. The caterpillar overwinters (Korshunov, Bulavous lepidoptera of Northern Asia, p. 354). Caterpillars develop on buckwheat plants.
I photographed butterflies on August 17, 2014 on calendula in the city center near the railway crossing and on August 20 of the same year on the southern outskirts of the city of Kholmsk.

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A spider appeared at home.

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I decided to share my meetings on March 19 of this year. In the afternoon, I saw a butterfly on the window. It's a pity that I could only take off my underwear. In the clearing thawed around the currant - shield. Arma olkhoavya Arma custos . Another interesting find is the bear caterpillar, which quickly moved through the snow. Maybe the bear is the owner? I took it for breeding. Its length is almost 3 cm. Here I think, can it winter for another year? Or is three cm enough? It will still grow up before pupation, and butterflies fly on Sakhalin only in July and August. I put her a leaf of strawberries, parsley, cabbage-everything I found under the snow in the garden. A day passed, I didn't touch anything. Bear caterpillars do not eat after the second wintering season, I read somewhere. Can you tell me something, dear insect experts?

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parsley in your list was clearly superfluous cabbage can be eaten quite well, but plantain, dandelion or nettle are better try young leaves on hot slopes or along heating mains should appear

parsley in your list was clearly superfluous cabbage can be eaten quite well, but plantain, dandelion or nettle are better try young leaves on hot slopes or along heating mains should appear

Thanks for the reply. On Sakhalin, nettles only appear by May 9. It's just a warm winter this year. Doesn't eat or move. Located on a strawberry leaf. My daughter sowed grass for the cats. Can I try to give it to you?

There will be no food after wintering. Somewhere about it was on the forum. They're all crawling in the snow when there isn't even a blade of grass. And what a view - well, this is Sakhalin! "who would dare say..."
I do not exclude that it is Phragmatobia amurensis. After crawling, you should make a light cocoon (preferably on a sloping wooden surface) and pupate there. Keep it cool, you can't stand it in the cold anymore. Sometimes lightly spray around, for humidity. Maybe that's what happens.

Andrey Vladimirovich, I accept all your advice. Maybe for the humidity of the earth to add? And a twig is suitable as a wooden surface for a cocoon?

Andrey Vladimirovich, I accept all your advice. Maybe for the humidity of the earth to add? And a twig is suitable as a wooden surface for a cocoon?

The ground is possible, but not loose. Twigs let there be, and dry last year's leaves. Plus put a light board, leaning it against the wall of the cage.

Thyas juno(Dalman, 1823)down-winged scooper
Relatively large butterfly: the length of the front wings is about 4 cm. The forewings are brown with darker fine transverse lines and a reniform spot near the anterior margin. When folded, they mask the brighter hind wings: velvety black at the base, with a wide red edge. A characteristic feature of the species is a pair of blue question mark-shaped sashes located on the black margins of the hind wings. In males, a tuft of long hairs is located on the posterior edge of the hind wing — an odorous organ. The abdomen is red on the sides and at the posterior end.
The caterpillars feed on Daurian birch (Betula dahurica), oak (Quercus glandfulifera), Manchurian walnut (Juglans mandshurica), and in Japan they harm citrus fruits. Butterflies fly in coniferous-deciduous and broad-leaved forests from early June to mid-October (Opr. DV volume 5, part 4, 155). I was lucky enough to see a butterfly on September 11, 2014 at 08: 11 in the city on a flower bed, sitting on a pink radiol.

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Help, please, download Reichholf-Rim H. Butterflies. Moscow: Astrel, 2002. Need information about Phragmatobia fuliginosa (Linnaeus, 1758). I couldn't find it in the Far East qualifiers. Maybe someone knows more literature? Thank you in advance for your help.

BULLFINCH OF THE FAR EAST

In the kindergarten at the Sakhalin Shipping Company in Kholmsk, you can see various migratory birds.

THE FAR EASTERN BULLFINCH (Pyrrhula griseiventris) is a bird of the finch family (Fringillidae) of the Passeriformes order. Total length 14-15 cm. Weight 21-26 g. In the male, the throat and sides of the head are bright red. The top of the head is black. The back is pinkish-gray, the upper tail is white. The goiter, breast, and abdomen are grayish-pink, and the tail is white. The upper side of the flywheels and steering wheels is black with a metallic sheen. There is a broad grayish – white (or white) stripe across the wing. The female is brownish-gray, without red coloration on the sides of the head and pink shades on the body. It is distributed in East Asia. It breeds throughout Sakhalin, the Southern and Middle Kuril Islands (from Kunashir and Shikotan to Simushir). Nesting is possible on Ketoy and Ushishir Islands. Recorded during the breeding season on Moneron Island. It is a nesting, partially sedentary, migratory and wintering species. Migration dates: March-April and October-November. Wintering grounds are located on all the islands of the region; some winter in Japan. During migration periods, it forms flocks of up to 30-40 individuals. Habitat: coniferous and coniferous-birch forests on plains and mountain slopes. During periods of nomadism and migration – forests of various formations, wood-shrub and shrub-grassy thickets. The breeding season is in May-August. At the breeding grounds, wildflowers appear in April. Monogams. They settle in separate pairs. Nests are placed on the branches of coniferous trees (firs, firs) at a height of 1 to 10 m. Built from thin twigs of spruce, fir, birch and shoots of lichen-bearded; in the tray-a layer of thin roots. The clutch contains 4-6 light blue eggs with reddish-brown specks. The female incubates for 13-15 days; the male feeds her. The chicks are reared by a male and a female, and they leave the nest at the age of 12-15 days. The food of agricultural plants is seeds of woody and herbaceous plants, berries, and insects and spiders in summer.

Authors:
Nechaev Vitaly Andreevich


Geography:
Topographical landmarks/Sakhalin Island
Topographical landmarks/Kuril Islands
Topographical landmarks/Kuril Islands/Kunashir Island
Topographical landmarks/Malaya Kuril Ridge/Shikotan Island
Topographical landmarks/Kuril Islands/Simushir Island
Topographical landmarks/Moneron, Island
Contiguous Territories/Japan
Topographical landmarks/Kuril Islands/Ketoy, island
Topographical landmarks/Kuril Islands/Ushishir Island


Bibliography:
Nechaev V. A. Birds of Sakhalin Island. Vladivostok, 1991, pp. 620-623.

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Scans of the book.

Arctiidae.

By the way, the Menetrie bear is almost the rarest of the Palearctic bears, known from isolated finds from Finland to the North-East of Siberia

BULLFINCH OF THE FAR EAST

Funny coloring. And the females, it turns out, do not differ from the ordinary one?

Funny coloring. And the females, it turns out, do not differ from the ordinary one?

I photographed a couple of bullfinches, but because of the approach, the quality is poor, although the difference in color is visible. We have cormorants in the port right now, but I'm at a loss for words. Can you tell me who can help? Either Japanese, or red-faced or Bering. I'll try to tell you about bullfinches.

"Previously, scientists did not pay attention to the diversity of bullfinches living in the Far East, not to mention the fact that no one has studied the relationship of bullfinches living on the Kuril and Japanese Islands, Sakhalin and the mainland."

The common bullfinch is no different in color from its European counterpart, while the Ussuri bullfinch has a more modest outfit.: males have bluish-gray lower body plumage and pinkish cheeks. In addition, representatives of this subspecies differ from their red-breasted counterparts in smaller sizes. Females of all types and subspecies of bullfinches and young birds are softly colored-the chest is brownish-gray, the cheeks are slightly light.
The Latin name of the genus Pyrrhula is given because of their bright color, since in Latin it means "fiery". In most animal species, coloration is crucial in life. To survive, you must not stand out from the surrounding background. At the same time, it is very important for procreation to be noticed. The correct combination of these two basic rules determines the success of the species in the struggle for survival. Many have puzzled over how the bright color of the" Christmas tree toy " in bullfinch males can be patronizing, that is, hiding from prying eyes? Attracting a female with such a bright outfit is not difficult, but how not to fall into the clutches of a predator? It turned out to be very simple. Bullfinches settle in coniferous forests, preferring mixed areas where there is good grass and deciduous trees. This is where the bullfinch "disappears". In the clearing it is a flower, and in the foliage – a withered leaf or an old twig. By the way, it is the peculiarities of the diet that cause the appearance of bright colors in this group of birds. Pigmentation of feathers directly depends on the amount of carotenoids present in the feed. Unlike other subspecies, the diet of Ussuri bullfinches is rather poor. Perhaps this feature explains their soft color. Most of the summer diet consists of shoots and buds of coniferous trees. And only by autumn they switch to eating berries. While bullfinches of other species feed their chicks with immature seeds of various herbaceous plants and berry bushes.
The calls of local bullfinches have their own specific "accent" and are more like the song of a blue-tailed bird. Therefore, it is difficult for an ornithologist to make out the voices of bullfinches that are lost in the chorus of background bird species. And even if you find them, it is difficult to track them, as they move very quickly and far, and it is almost impossible to follow them because of the dense bamboo.

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Aren't there any cormorants? These three types, in principle, differ in appearance, see at least the pictures in Wikipedia. I don't know any ornithologists from the Far East.

Aren't there any cormorants? These three types, in principle, differ in appearance, see at least the pictures in Wikipedia. I don't know any ornithologists from the Far East.

I took pictures for two days, but it was too far, at first in stormy weather, yesterday evening I waited for the sun, but it didn't work out better at first glance, but the tufts on the cormorant krasnolitsa were clearly visible, in a few days I'll post it, maybe we'll determine together. And today is the very first picture only.

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Cormorants appeared on the left pier of the Kholm commercial port in late March. The pier was built by the Japanese, it seems to have been lengthened in the 50s. It's hard to see them from there. During the day, they fly to the mall, which is located closer, from where all the citizens admire them. Identified as a Japanese cormorant and Ussuri cormorant.

JAPANESE CORMORANT (USSURI) (Phalacrocorax capillatus), a bird of the cormorant family (Phalacrocoracidae) of the order copepods (Pelecaniformes). Total length 80-92 cm. Weight up to 2.5 kg. The plumage color of birds in mating dress is black with a green tint. The sides of the head have narrow white feathers. White “pants”on the hips. There is a yellow patch of bare skin at the base of the beak. The plumage on the lower jaw extends to the corners of the mouth. The beak is dark grey. The legs are black. It is distributed in East Asia. In the Sakhalin region, it breeds on the Southern Kuril Islands (Kunashir, Iturup, Urup, Shikotan, Malaya Kuril Ridge, and probably Simushir), Moneron and Sakhalin Islands (colonies on Cape Aniva, on an island off Cape Grina, and probably in other places in the south of the island). Breeding, migrating, nomadic and wintering species. It winters in the coastal waters of the South Kuril Islands, the Japanese Islands, and the Korean Peninsula. During migration and wintering periods, there are 30-50 individuals in flocks. Migrations occur in April-the first half of May and in October-November. Habitats: rocky areas of the sea coast and the coastal waters of the islands. The breeding season is in May-August. Monogams. They settle in colonies of several dozen pairs. The largest colonies are located on the Southern Kuril Islands, in particular on the islands of Iturup and Kunashir. Nests are located on the rocky shores of islands and kekuras; they are built from sea grass – seashore, grass stalks and pieces of algae. There are 3-6 bluish eggs in the clutch, which are incubated by both nesting partners for 1 month. B. ya. begins to fly at the age of 1.5 months. It feeds mainly on fish and crustaceans. It is listed in the Red Books of the Sakhalin Region and China.

Nechaev V. A. Birds of Sakhalin Island. Vladivostok, 1991, pp. 47-48.
Shuntov V. P. Birds of the Far Eastern seas of Russia. Vladivostok, 1998, Vol. 1, pp. 154-159.

The RED-FACED CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax urile) is a bird of the cormorant family (Phalacrocoracidae) of the order copepods (Pelecaniformes). The total length is up to 70-80 cm. Weight 2-2. 5 kg. Males and females are equally colored. Adult birds are black with a dark green tint. On the back of the head and crown – on a short black crest. There are white feathers on her thighs. The bare skin on the forehead and around the eyes is red. On the throat and around the base of the beak, the skin is blue. The beak is light, the legs are black. It is distributed in East Asia. In the Sakhalin region, it breeds on almost all the Kuril Islands. During seasonal migrations (March-April, October-November), summer migrations, and winter flocks of birds are kept in the coastal waters of the Kuril Islands. Flies to the coast of Sakhalin: was celebrated in February in the hall. Aniva and off the coast of Northern Sakhalin. There are up to 50 individuals in flocks. Habitats: rocky shores of islands and coastal waters of the seas. The breeding season is in May-August. Monogams. They settle in colonies. The largest colonies are located on the islands of Paramushir, Shumshu, Onekotan and Urup. Nests are located on the ledges of steep rocky coasts and islands-kekura. They are constructed from pieces of seaweed and sea grass leaves. In a clutch of 6-8 eggs (usually 2-4) bluish eggs, which are incubated by both partners for 1 month. The chicks hatch naked, but after a few days they are covered with down. Young birds leave the nest at the age of 1.5-2 months. Food – fish and crustaceans. It is listed in the Red Books of Japan and Kamchatka.
Authors:
Nechaev Vitaly Andreevich

Shuntov V. P. Birds of the Far Eastern seas of Russia. Vladivostok, 1998, Vol. 1, pp. 168-172.
Red Data Book of Kamchatka. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 2006. Vol. 1. Animals, pp. 102-103.

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Cut currant twigs were placed at home and the currant glassy plant Synanthedon tipuliformis (Clerck, 1759) was born. Thinking that I identified it correctly. Blue and Dubatol for Sakhalin is not marked. Although the DV determinants say that the distribution is almost worldwide.

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Here you can see what a poorly explored region you have. In addition, it is not easy to notice glassworms in nature. I recommend that you also include this find in the topic of Glassworms (Sesiidae) - perhaps a connoisseur of this family, a member of Melittia, who compiled the corresponding section in the Sineva catalog, will be interested, and the find will gain scientific value.

A walk along the hills on April 16 brought a meeting with different birds. Previously identified as a finch and sandpiper. I witnessed a crow attack on an eagle. The photos with the eagle didn't work out, sorry. I thought it was difficult to take photos of insects, but birds are not easier.

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A walk along the hills on April 16 brought a meeting with different birds. Previously identified as a finch and sandpiper.

I don't agree with your definition of the first two birds as a finch and a sandpiper. As for the first one, this is the Lapland plantain (Calcarius lapponicus), which is 15 cm long and weighs 25 g. The second is someone from the Plover family, very possibly a thule (Pluvialis squatorola) in an extramarital period. The size of this bird is 29-34 cm, 170-320 g. Both species are characteristic of the tundra of Russia.

I don't agree with your definition of the first two birds as a finch and a sandpiper. As for the first one, this is the Lapland plantain (Calcarius lapponicus), which is 15 cm long and weighs 25 g. The second is someone from the Plover family, very possibly a thule (Pluvialis squatorola) in an extramarital period. The size of this bird is 29-34 cm, 170-320 g. Both species are characteristic of the tundra of Russia.

Thank you very much, I have not even heard such a beautiful name Lapland plantain (Calcarius lapponicus). Now I download books for identification, try to get to the atlas-determinant "Birds of the island region", recently released.

Walking along the hills on April 16..... I thought it was difficult to take pictures of insects, but birds are not easier.

And what kind of mountain is so cute in the background of photo #2 (you would sign them - a good wish ) "I wish I could get in there in the summer." In the foreground is the city and port of Kholmsk? Very picturesque place!

Sometimes it is even more difficult to take pictures of birds than I love insects myself, but without the norms of technology, it is rare that anything worthwhile comes out.

Amateurs have already started climbing Berniset this year. A classmate of mine went there on March 8.
Bernizet is a mountain located near the village of Yablochnoye (Sadovniki) in the Kholmsky district of the Sakhalin Region.
Its height is 573.4 m.
This is the highest point of the Kholmsky district.
In 1787, the French navigator La Perouse explored the Tatar Strait and named this peak in honor of one of the expedition's participants, the outstanding geographer Bernize.
In 1787, Bernise was killed off the island of Vanikoro in a shipwreck along with other members of the expedition.
It is higher than the clouds,
More powerful than Kazbek.
Already conquered by man,
Stands the handsome Berniset. 2
" La Perouse, de Langle and Dagelet, accompanied by several officers, went ashore. We also took geographer Bernise with us to make a map of the new city."
"Together with Boutin, the geographer Bernise also went to make a map that would make it easier to enter the bay." 3
List of references.
Atlas of the World / ed. by S. I. Sergeev, Moscow: Gl. upravlenie geodezii i kartografii. - 1988. - 337 p.
Sakhalin Region: topographic map. - Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: VTU GSH, 1993. - 80 p.
Toponymic dictionary of the Sakhalin region / S. D. Galtsev-Bezyuk. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: Sakha Republic. Dalnevost. kn. izdat., 1992. - 218 p.
Chukovsky, N. Drivers of frigates/ N. Chukovsky. - Moscow: Det. lit., 1984. - 479 p
. 1 Vanikoro-island in the western part of the Pacific Ocean. It belongs to
the Santa Cruz-New Hebrides island arc (Solomon Islands).
2 Lines were written in the 60s by an unknown author, ascending with a tourist group to Mount Bernizet (recorded from the words of N. Shesterina).
3 Lines from the book about the great navigators by N. Chukovsky "Drivers of Frigates"
, Moscow, 1984.
http://library.kholmsk.ru/nashiizdaniya/47...ki/330-bernizet

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I don't agree with your definition of the first two birds as a finch and a sandpiper. As for the first one, this is the Lapland plantain (Calcarius lapponicus), which is 15 cm long and weighs 25 g. The second is someone from the Plover family, very possibly a thule (Pluvialis squatorola) in an extramarital period. The size of this bird is 29-34 cm, 170-320 g. Both species are characteristic of the tundra of Russia.

Come on, the second bird is a lark.
And the "eagle" is some kind of buzzard

This post was edited by Anthrenus - 04/22/2015 09: 17

Come on, the second bird is a lark.
And the "eagle" is some kind of buzzard

I'm inclined to think that no, it's not a lark (but from one photo, where the bird is also in the background, it's really difficult to determine). Here are a few arguments that gave me this idea. First, compared to the Lapland plantain (which is in the foreground in the third photo), the bird seems quite large (larks that live in Russia do not exceed 20 cm). Second, larks are more elegant than the bird in the photo. Third, the beak of larks is slightly bent down at the end, and in the individual in the photo - it is straight or even slightly bent up. Finally, the larks ' legs are shorter and thinner, and here the legs must be strong to support the body weight (by the way, the average weight of larks is about 50 g; this is not a weighty argument, given that the bird's legs are almost invisible, but it should also be adjusted). All of this indicates that this bird belongs to the Plovers and that it is most likely a thule or something like that.
As for the second sentence, I agree, some kind of buzzard or kite (although in flight, and even on the underside of the wings, it is even more difficult to determine the bird correctly).

I don't agree with your definition of the first two birds as a finch and a sandpiper. As for the first one, it's Lapland plantain (Calcarius lapponicus)...
The second is someone from the Plover family, very possibly a thule (Pluvialis squatorola) in an extramarital period.

Come on, the second bird is a lark.

I'm inclined to think that no, it's not a lark (but from one photo, where the bird is also in the background, it's really difficult to determine)...All of this indicates that this bird belongs to the Plovers and that it is most likely a thule or something like that.

I'm a long way from ornithology, of course,and I'm confused as to which bird you both call the first and which the second. But I'll give you my opinion.
I understand that Anthrenus recognized the lark in this bird (in the background):
And what? Judging by that's why and and for this reason photo - quite similar.
But in this photo (as for me) - just Lapland plantain:

Right here photos from the Internet are almost analogous.
But on Thules ( He's here ) just neither of these two birds is quite similar.

This post was edited by Dmitrich - 22.04.2015 13: 25

I'm a long way from ornithology, of course,and I'm confused as to which bird you both call the first and which the second. But I'll give you my opinion.
I understand that Anthrenus recognized the lark in this bird (in the background).
And what? Judging by that's why and and for this reason photo - quite similar.
But in this photo (as for me) - just Lapland plantain:
But on Thules ( He's here ) just neither of these two birds is quite similar.

Yes, you got it right. The first bird is the Lapland plantain, there is no doubt about it. Maybe you are right that the second bird is one of the larks. But judging by the arguments that I brought up above about this photo: http://www.rbcu.ru/birdclass/list.php?id=6&SECTION_ID=1112, it is possible (I'm not saying exactly) that this is a thule in an extramarital period, or one of its relatives (by the way, plumage variability in birds that live in different parts of their range also exists, as, for example, different color scales in butterflies of the same species living in different territories). But to be sure, you need to ask the author of these photos, Olga Titova, what is the length of this bird (at least approximately), because, as I remembered earlier, the length of larks is up to 20 cm, and tules is about 30 cm. If you look closely at the details of the plumage, you can see that it is not very similar to the plumage of larks, photos of which you provided, by the way, as it is not very similar to the plumage of tules. So it's even possible that we're all wrong.

This post was edited by Vasily L. - 22.04.2015 14: 12

This is not a thule and not a representative of plovers at all, absolutely for sure. Either a lark or one of the local skates can be. It can't be seen very well. And there is no such difference in size as you think.

This is not a thule and not a representative of plovers at all, absolutely for sure. Either a lark or one of the local skates can be. It can't be seen very well. And there is no such difference in size as you think.

Hm... I admit defeat - this is not tules. But I still think that this is not a lark either, although it may be the plumage variability in contrast to the nominative subspecies... And some kind of hobby horse - it's very possible. But the difference in size (compared to the Lapland plantain, which, as I already mentioned, is 15 cm long), in my opinion, should be at least 5-7 centimeters.

This post was edited by Vasily L. - 23.04.2015 08: 37

Olga, there is a big topic on birds of Sakhalin at the forum of the Russian Bird Conservation Union:
http://rbcu.ru/forum/forum19/topic2667/
And it is led by a man who deals with these very Sakhalin birds. You can try to contact him, I think he will tell you more precisely.

Olga, there is a big topic on birds of Sakhalin at the forum of the Russian Bird Conservation Union:
http://rbcu.ru/forum/forum19/topic2667/
And it is led by a man who deals with these very Sakhalin birds. You can try to contact him, I think he will tell you more precisely.

Right! An expert in such a narrow field will tell you much more precisely what kind of species it is (if not specifically at all) than amateur ornithologists who are interested in the birds of the world or their country in general. But I insist, the first bird is definitely a Lapland plantain.

This post was edited by Vasily L. - 22.04.2015 20: 08

But I insist, the first bird is definitely a Lapland plantain.

And what should I insist on? Did anyone argue with that?

And what should I insist on? Did anyone argue with that?

Well, no one argued, but I wanted to emphasize (forgive me for being smart ) that this is already for sure.

Well, no one argued, but I wanted to emphasize (forgive me for being clever ) that this is already certain.

Et exactly, really a male Lapland plantain

Guys, I came from the night before and got into a whole discussion. Indeed, the bird in the background is 50 percent larger than the Lapland plantain. She was constantly picking up something, was fussy, so all the photos are blurred. I still want to dig into it myself before I ask a question to Vitaly Andreevich Nechaev, the author of the book "Birds of Sakhalin", who also runs the above forum. We are still talking about marine life. By the way, who cares, the picture with tufts is not a red-faced cormorant, but a Bering one-yesterday I received an answer from Vitaly Andreevich. Thank him very much. Thank you all very much, I will review all the listed birds.
Lapland plantain changes its plumage, as I understood in the photo in winter, it is also, but a little different. I run to the cyclone in sopki, I will put up a photo of plantain later.

This post was edited by Olga Titova - 23.04.2015 07: 53

Guys, I came from the night before and got into a whole discussion. Indeed, the bird in the background is 50 percent larger than the Lapland plantain. She was constantly picking up something, was fussy, so all the photos are blurred. I still want to dig into it myself before I ask a question to Vitaly Andreevich Nechaev, the author of the book "Birds of Sakhalin", who also runs the above forum.
Thank you all very much, I will review all the listed birds.
Lapland plantain changes its plumage, as I understood in the photo in winter, it is also, but a little different. I run to the cyclone in sopki, I will put up a photo of plantain later.

After weighing the pros and cons, I'd say it's a field lark (Alauda arvensis). But if the bird in the background was larger than the Lapland plantain by 50%, then it is neither a lark nor a skate (the length of the field lark is 18-20 cm, and the length of skates is up to 22 cm; although there is a similarity in plumage). But with thules, the opposite is true-the length converges (30 cm), and the plumage is still not very similar. Who could it be? Now I'm even afraid to assume. But most likely, it is one of the Passerines.

This post was edited by Vasily L. - 04/23/2015 09: 03

Here are more of today's ones. Another bird hovers in one place, falls sharply down. Crows have mating games. The white-headed cowbird blooms. Different flies. And finally, the first butterflies.

This post was edited by Olga Titova - 23.04.2015 10: 47

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