Recently I had the pleasure of a very relaxing day spent at the summit of Doi Inthanon. I was accompanying Pieter Verheij and Roger Marchant who are both very keen bird photographers who wanted to take high quality photographs of birds that they could get close to – well, Doi Inthanon’s summit area with its [...]
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Thailand Birding: Large Waterbirds at Pak Thale
Most mornings at Pak Thale there are huge congregations of large waterbirds, mostly egrets but over recent weeks more and more other species have been joining them. Up until a few weeks ago there had been hardly any Indian Cormorants or Painted Storks in the area but there has been an influx; I guess that [...]
Thailand Birding: Black-headed Ibis
A few days ago I was in the area of Wat Khao Takrao, near Petchaburi, when I noticed a few Black-headed Ibises very close to the road. I very frequently see these birds in this area at all times of the year, but usually sightings are fairly distant and often made worse by heat haze, [...]
Thailand Birding: A Morning in the Rice Fields
This morning I spent a few hours birding in rice fields near the Nong Pla Lai raptor watch site in Petchaburi province. This area hosts large numbers of birds and a high number of species in the dry season and I very rarely get to spend time here on my own, so it was nice [...]
Thailand Birding: Indochinese Bushlark In Close Up
A few days ago I was just outside the gate of Kaeng Krachan national park with some visiting bird watchers trying to get a good look at an Indochinese Bushlark. We checked all the regular spots, scanned all the wires for singing birds but nothing! Finally I heard one singing from the ground and we [...]
Thailand Birding: Birding At Kaeng Krachan
The unusual weather that has been a feature of this “dry” season continues in Thailand and overcast skies and mist at Kaeng Krachan were encountered over the last few days which made the general levels of activity lower than would be expected. However, what was lost in bird activity we made up for with quality [...]
Thailand Birding: A Few Days At Pak Thale & Laem Pak Bia
The dreary weather in Thailand continues and we had to deal with drizzle, mist and low cloud today at Pak Thale and Laem Pak Bia where one would normally expect blue skies and intense sun. Trying to spot shorebirds in these poor viewing conditions was not easy but at least we did not have to [...]