Hello,
I just returned from a trip to far South-East of Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Republic) to a lake just a few miles from the Chinese border. While at the lake, we saw some massive birds circling overhead. I attached the best photo I had of two of the birds and the lake they were above (sorry, I didn't have anything longer than a 60mm with me.) The birds reminded me of the condors I've seen in Pinnacles & Grand Canyon NPs but obviously no condors over here. My best guess from looking at a list of birds here is a Himalayan Vulture but I can't really tell.
The lake we were at was about 11.5k' (3500m) and the birds were flying about 1500' (450m) above us. There were 14-20 in total and they would glide just like condors. The locals told me they were eagles but they don't have that many words for birds (they have just two words for all the eagles that live here) so I don't put much stock in that. Their nests appeared to be in the cliff side.
Any help would be great!
I just returned from a trip to far South-East of Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Republic) to a lake just a few miles from the Chinese border. While at the lake, we saw some massive birds circling overhead. I attached the best photo I had of two of the birds and the lake they were above (sorry, I didn't have anything longer than a 60mm with me.) The birds reminded me of the condors I've seen in Pinnacles & Grand Canyon NPs but obviously no condors over here. My best guess from looking at a list of birds here is a Himalayan Vulture but I can't really tell.
The lake we were at was about 11.5k' (3500m) and the birds were flying about 1500' (450m) above us. There were 14-20 in total and they would glide just like condors. The locals told me they were eagles but they don't have that many words for birds (they have just two words for all the eagles that live here) so I don't put much stock in that. Their nests appeared to be in the cliff side.
Any help would be great!