There are desert eagle owls in this area, but finding them is another story. Fortunately, a local guide comes to help, and he points out two eagle owls that are watching the world from their crevices. Also us, but they correctly estimate that they are safe. The group continues, but I am amused by small birds. A little further on we walk past an area where even something has been sown after the rain. We find a thick-billed lark, a bird with a beak that is unusual for larks. The camel herders have moved with the times: they ride their mopeds through the steppe with their herd.