altai snow leopard expedition iii/2012

Slot 3 16th – 28th July 2012

Day 1 :

• found scrapes at Sailugem valley ridge and set up CT 5 & CT 6

• picked up CT 3

Day 1 :

set up CT 5 & CT 6 picked up CT 3

pictures from CT 3

Day 2 (Sat 21.07.2012)

checked CT 2 :

Pallas Cat

Altaian Snowcock

Day 3 / 4 (Sun- Mon 22.07- 23.07.2012)

lake survey

22.07.2012

Prey :1 Ibex single animal (female?) walking across the ridge16 Ibex east of the lake ( at least 5 young, 3 males )

23.07.2012 Happy birthday Samara!!!

• checked CT 4• set up CT 7

Day 5 (Tuesday 24.07.2012) Visit Kampi & Interviews

• female mid 40th

• livestock farmer• indifferent feelings towards snow leopards• she equated SL with the high mountains and she lives too low for them to affect her• she hasn’t seen SL

Wednesday 25.07.2012checking CT 1

CAMERA TRAPS

set up: CT 5, CT 6 , CT 7

picked up: CT 3

checked: CT 1, CT 2, CT 3, CT 4

PREY:

IBEX• 1 single male• 1 single female • herd of 16 • 2 males ?

• 1 Rock Argali

SL SIGNS:

5- 8 scrapes at Sailugem Valley ridge1- 2 scrapes at Talduir Massif ridge

Achievements

BIRDS • Black- eared Kite ( various)

• Lammergeier

• Imperial Eagle

• Saker Falcon

• Black billed Magpie

• Red billed Chough

• Carrion Crow

• Rufous- tailed Rock Thrush

• Guldenstadt’s Redstart

• Common Stonechat

• Nothern Wheatear

• Isabelline Wheatear• Willow Tit• Sand Martin• Hume’s Warbler• Greenish Warbler• Horned Skylark• White Wagtail• Richard’s Pipit• Alpine Accentor• Merlin ( 3 young on steppe )• Brandt’s Mountain Finch

thanks to Friedy and Mark

THANK YOU !!!