Excuse the terrible pun but I just received a very interesting e-mail from Ian Smith, of Viang Yonok Hotel in Chiang Saen, which I thought I would share. “We have noticed how agressive the Common Mynas are. Every day they dive bomb one of our cats when she walks out into the garden. At first [...]
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Thailand Birding: Pheasant-tailed Jacana
May 29th, 2008 
Nick Pheasant-tailed Jacana is a species that many visiting bird watchers ask me about. It is one of those colourful and strangely-shaped birds that capture people’s imagination and although it is fairly widespread in Thailand, found in the better quality freshwater wetlands, it is not a common species by any means and in order to see [...]
Thailand Birding: Wetland & Open-country species near Bangkok
May 26th, 2008 Nick Bangkok is surrounded by wetlands, indeed it is built upon them, and unfortunately the city is rapidly spreading out further, obliterating many wetland areas that were inhabited by wetland birds. The result is that many species that were formerly abundant are becoming ever scarcer. However, the fishponds close to Muang Boran in Samut Prakarn province [...]
Thailand Birding: Best to get out before 10 am!
May 21st, 2008 Nick It seems to have become a habit of mine in Thailand to go birding at ridiculous times of the day recently. At this time of year it is light at 6am and by 9am it is already hot and sticky with bird activity in rapid decline – between these times is when most birds will be [...]
Thailand Birding: A few Winter Visitors are still present
May 15th, 2008 Nick Today, whilst working on the computer, I was alerted to the sound of a chattering Barn Swallow outside. On looking up, I noticed a single swallow on the same TV mast that I photographed some swallows on a few weeks back: Late Winter Migrants. In fact Barn Swallows are pretty much always found in Bangkok [...]
Thailand Birding: 4 Day Trip: Kaeng Krachan, Tung Bang Jak, Khao Yai
May 15th, 2008 Nick I recently got home after a four day birdwatching trip to Kaeng Krachan, Tung Bang Jak and Khao Yai with four Japanese ladies led by Shoko Sakaeda. Quite frankly the forest birding was very slow, although what we lacked in quantity we made up for in quality species. At this time of the year virtually [...]
Thailand Birding: Late Winter Migrants
May 3rd, 2008 Nick At this time of year birders in Thailand are witnessing the end of the spring migration and it is interesting to note the last dates that many of the commoner species are seen. Today, as I was driving to the market, I saw 6 Barn Swallows swooping around a wood yard in the suburbs of Pra [...]
