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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeff Hopkins" data-source="post: 3412419" data-attributes="member: 44242">I just got back from Georgia a few weeks ago.  I was on the short tour with Birdquest to Kazbegi/Stepantsminda but also went to Armenia and a couple other places in Georgia on my own.  I'm working on a trip report.  Armenian gulls were easy in Tbilisi.  They're on the Mtkvari River in town.We got lucky with Great Rosefinch.  In early May, the bad weather kept them at lower elevation for a couple days.  We had a flock of nearly 100 of them one morning.  But once the weather improved, they were gone.  Of the Kazbegi specialties, they are the hardest unless you want to hike to the snowfields.Caucasian Snowcock was seen all but one day (when the mountaintops were fog-bound).  You will need a scope and a lot of patience, though.We stopped twice for semi-fly at a spot south of Ananuri on the Tbiilisi-Stepantsminda Road.  Missed it both times.  It's supposed to be relatively reliable in the mountains around Dilijan in Armenia, though it was raining the day I was there, so no chance.I loved Georgia and I loved Armenia.  If you go, you'll have a ball.</blockquote>