We had a later breakfast of pancakes and sausages and then went out to check the traps. Several had been entered but none had triggered, probably needing adjustment to the mechanism to make them more sensitive. We drove to a new area through the valleys, meeting up with a nomad on a bike who took us to a valley with lots of ‘Boomba’ around the narrow stream bed. On the way back he caught a Mongolian Silver Vole which he picked up to show us. We then headed out onto a plateau overlooking the steppes in the distance. It seemed that we had taken the wrong route as the nomad turned up on his bike and the crew held a long conflab sitting cross legged on the ground.
We saw Lammegeiers and a Golden Eagle before returning for lunch and to wait for Tumen’s return. His news was that he had seen a snow leopard that morning, coming down to a pool to drink. The decision was taken to move camp tomorrow for three days in the south. This would also give us the chance of Long-eared Hedgehog, Wild Ass and Henderson’s Ground Jay.
We drove to a ravine which was very green with lots of flowers. There were Beautiful Rosefinches calling from a bush just up the rocks and an Eagle Owl was seen on the tops and flying across the ravine. It was found again on the way out but I was ahead with Tumen doing some botanising so I didn’t see it. An eastern Whitethroat was feeding young. Along the valley floor there was a plant that looked like, and turned out to be, Wild Rhubarb. There was also a clump of blue larkspur sp, at least three different allium sp among many other plants.
We returned to Base camp for dinner and to pack up basic things for a 3 day visit to the south.
We saw Lammegeiers and a Golden Eagle before returning for lunch and to wait for Tumen’s return. His news was that he had seen a snow leopard that morning, coming down to a pool to drink. The decision was taken to move camp tomorrow for three days in the south. This would also give us the chance of Long-eared Hedgehog, Wild Ass and Henderson’s Ground Jay.
We drove to a ravine which was very green with lots of flowers. There were Beautiful Rosefinches calling from a bush just up the rocks and an Eagle Owl was seen on the tops and flying across the ravine. It was found again on the way out but I was ahead with Tumen doing some botanising so I didn’t see it. An eastern Whitethroat was feeding young. Along the valley floor there was a plant that looked like, and turned out to be, Wild Rhubarb. There was also a clump of blue larkspur sp, at least three different allium sp among many other plants.
We returned to Base camp for dinner and to pack up basic things for a 3 day visit to the south.
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