Had a bit of a sleep in before leaving this wonderful area and it took until 3.45pm to reach Khangai Mountain. Along the way we saw several groups of Pallas’s Sandgrouse flying around, with a couple groups quite close to the front vehicle. Our lunch stop beside some small pools held a few common species before we continued our journey through ever more impressive habitat.
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| A very chilly and windswept Kukh Lake |
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| I did wonder if we could cross this... But we did! |
Upon arrival we found another birding group at the usual camping site beside Kukh Lake so drove past them birded a steep scrub-covered hillside where we nailed Eversmann’s Redstart and Siberian Stonechat.
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| Eversmann's Redstart |
Then we drove back past the partially frozen Kukh Lake and up & around towards the bushchat site, eventually settling on a much more scenically spectacular camping location in the mountains.
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| Our campsite tonight... |
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| Cosy dining this evening...! |
Here we were greeted by another low-flying Lammergeier.
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| Look at that beard...! |
Had another fine dinner, with copious amounts of beer & vodka before hitting the sack and suffering our coldest night of the tour.
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