Photo 1040092, (c) Jennifer Rycenga, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jennifer Rycenga

Attribution © Jennifer Rycenga
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Uploaded by gyrrlfalcon gyrrlfalcon
Source iNaturalist
Associated observations

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What

Himalayan Snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis)

Observer

gyrrlfalcon

Date

August 9, 2014

Description

I hope to obtain a better picture tomorrow. When Peggy and I arrived at Island Lake after the 2.4 mile hike, we started scanning the entire bowl of glacial rock before us. Whenever I found a 'candidate', we would wait for some movement. We found this one atop a peak to our left. Peggy saw it move, I took these pictures, and later we could not refind it - proving it was not a rock! Here, though, in this very distant, very grainy picture, you can see the reddish striping on the face, the clear breast, the general size, the small head and bill.

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