This is my story and I hope it helps you get your Himalayan Snowcock. I’m 55+year-old flatlander from Texas and hiking/hunting between 9,000 and 11,000 feet altitude wasn’t something I took lightly. In North America they are found only in the Ruby Mountains of Nevada.This journey is more like a goat hunt than a bird hunt, for this rarely seen bird is found at elevations above 10,000 feet. Watch a Video on Snowcock: Watch a video posted on the American Birding Association site on the catch and release program of the Himalayan Snowcock. Birdfinding.info ⇒ Occupies remote alpine regions where access is difficult, and it appears to be generally common, but shy and usually observed only with great effort. Himalayan Snowcocks in America - In this paper, Jim Bland . July 21-24; August 4-7, 2006 $665, all-inclusive from Salt Lake City, Utah. The Ruby Mountains of Northeast Nevada provide high and rugged territory where Himalayan Snowcocks and Mountain Goats find refuge among rocky cliffs. The Himalayan Snowcock is a large grouse, about the size of a Greater Sage-Grouse, that is adapted for living in the high rocky peaks of the Himalayan Mountains. The trek to the valley where we'll find Himalayan Snowcock takes about 90-120 minutes at a slow to moderate pace. contains an old (and kind of hokey: I'm old enough to remember films with background music like this, but probably not many here are) video program describing the Nevada Fish and Game Department's successful effort to introduce the Himalayan Snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis) into the Ruby Mountains back in the 1950s and 60s. Some intensive follow-up studies were conducted by Nevada Division of Wildlife personnel and University of Nevada student aides to determine how the released birds fared and if they were reproducing. A hardy bird, the Snowcock lives at elevations around 10,000 feet, and is fond of steep, barren hillsides and boulder-strewn high altitude meadows. There aren’t many birds that can stand up to the rough conditions that high alpine meadows and mountain slopes offer, but the Himalayan snowcock is a champion among them. Native to central Asia, the Snowcock was first introduced into Nevada in 1963, when the Nevada Department of wildlife (NDOW) released 19 birds from Pakistan into the Ruby Mountains. The population is now self-sustaining, and has been hunted since 1980. Himalayan Snowcock Expedition with BAS This weekend, I led a Bridgerland Audubon Society field trip to the Ruby Mountains of Nevada in search of Himalayan Snowcocks.

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