Alpine Accentor

A relatively uncommon bird found at fairly high altitudes--we had been seeking it for the past couple of days, and finally it appeared at one of our brief stops.  We were very roughly at 1500 meters (5000 feet), east of Bormio in the Italian Alps.  Today's  outing took us to the Val de Zebru and the top of the Gavia Pass. No other important new birds for the tour were seen today, but we had good looks at the nutcracker and the red-backed shrike.

I've marked the map as I did yesterday, but it's even more approximate, since the map shows now roads in the region where we were.