This was mainly a travelling day. A long travelling day as we crossed more amazing scenery seeing a good variety of species, with our last views of Pallas’s Sandgrouse today. There was also Hill Pigeon, Demoiselle Crane, Lammergeier, Himalayan & Cinereous Vultures, Mongolian & Asian Short-toed Larks, Pere David’s Snowfinch, Citrine Wagtail, Richard’s Pipit, and others. Basically, just a normal day in amazing Mongolia!
However, we did have one major target in that we wanted more views of Oriental Plover. Our first views were fantastic but we wanted a repeat, so our excellent guide Puje recommended we try another area of vast open plains, seemingly like many others we had passed by each day. After checking various spots we eventually located a female in a shallow valley.
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Moving the cars to a better position a male was found and then we watched in amazement as he took off in a crazy display flight, flying high overhead in long, sweeping circles around the plains. It did this several times and at one point a second male appeared to check out what was happening before flying away. We spent an hour with these plovers and although we couldn’t improve on our photos from the first sighting, it was a real privilege to be able to watch this stunning species for so long. Leaving here it took a couple of hours to reach a really great, modern hotel for the night at Arvaikheer.
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