Crane ID. Kashmir (1 Viewer)

[Sayib Khaliq]

Date : 2nd October 2017
Location : Srinagar , Kashmir , J&K

Hello everyone !

I wanted to know if an ID would be possible here. These birds were flying very high in the sky and looked mere specks to the naked eye.I tried to capture them using a 40X zoom camera and this is all I could manage. My main suspects are the demoiselle crane or the Common crane , since these winter in the plains of India and should pass through Kashmir in passage but sightings of cranes in Kashmir are rare, so I do not have much experience. I am attaching these photos and a small video clip.Would be glad to get any help.
Thanks in advance.





View attachment crane 2017.mp4

 

[lou salomon]

Demoiselle Cranes. you can see some black on their breasts.

 

[Sayib Khaliq]

Demoiselle Cranes. you can see some black on their breasts.

Thank you so much Lou.There are only 4 records of demoiselle crane from J&K on eBird ( none from Kashmir valley itself!).So, that is an exciting addition !