new unknown birds

just opposite my window (on level 9 store bilding the 9th floor of my building) live a couple of strange birds on a tree. I found out in internet photo the same bird  I looked up this bird on the internet and what a surprise! This are They were falcons. This is so unexpectiblyunexpected because i live in a big polluted city with a lot of cars and peoples. They fly high.

How cool, falcons! 

In general, very understandable, but here are two patterns I noticed:

1. watch out for articles (a/the).

2. remember to use "of" after some of these words for quantity (couple, a lot)

For example, in your writing I changed it to "a couple OF birds" "9th floor OF my building" and "a lot OF cars and people"

First notebook entry: Introducing myself

My name is Maria. I am from Russia. I was born in Siberia, but now I'm living in Saint-Petersburg. It's an amazing city with *beautiful European architecture, interesting history, and changeable weather! You can see and feel all 4 seasons (winter, spring, summer, autumn) in only one day))) Every resident of/in our city knows it.
I really want to learn English!
I want to find a good job in a big international company. And for that, I have to know English very well. I belive that I will reach my goal.
I have a good friend who lives in London. Every month he comes to Russia. And I get good practice. In addition, I'm learning English in a special course .
I finished university in summer 2011. I've had a job as an economist in a small company, but now I'm looking for a new job.
Also, I have a profile on a special website, where anybody can send or receive real postcards to any country. It's interesting! In this way, I train my English and also   receive various postcard with interesting stamps. My last cards were from Austria and Netherlands.
I like doing yoga. I'm not a professional, but I really like it. It makes me feel peaceful, reconsiled (?), more quiet and happy. I don't have any problems with my back. And I'd like to recommender doing yoga. It makes you healthier and you'll have a good supple body.
Another   lovely thing I do is roller skate. My first experiance of skating was in my 5 years old. To this day, I *continue skating and sometimes I even teach my friend.
I'm a positive thinking person. I like owls. And I really love my country. I wish that all people in the world loved their countries too. I *absolutely love traveling, but I don't always I have enough money for it :) My last trip was to Cuba. It was unforgettable! It's a so-called piece of heaven - white sand, azure ocean and fantastic friendly hospitality. I dream of visiting Australia, New Zeland and Japan.
And so that is only a little part of my life.
Thank you for your attention.
Have a good day!

Hi Maria, really good piece of writing. Just a bunch of little things, but you're communicating a lot! Biggest things to watch out for are using some kind of article (a/the or pronouns like his/her) before every non-plural noun. Also look out for the -s at the end of present verbs for 3rd person sg (he/she/it) (Извините, если вы не знаете эти грамматические слова)

Но вообще, была отличная и интересная статья. Я сама скоро буду в петербурге! Я рада слышать, что вам его нравится. Так держать! (или по-английски "keep it up!")

Emily

First notebook entry: Introducing myself

First of all let me introduce myself. My name is Sasha. I'm 18. I'm from Russia. I study at the University at The World Economy's *profile (is this the name of the institution?). I need English for my future *profession and of course for my daily life. I like English.

Good english! Just found minor spelling errors.