Autumn migration is in full swing now and I have had a number of people sending reports of passage migrants in parks in Bangkok recently, including a Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher in Suan Rot Fai. With reports of Yellow-rumped Flycatchers and Tiger Shrikes from a number of locations I decided to get out and look for [...]
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Thailand Birding: Chulachomklao Fort
September 19th, 2008 
nick This morning I took a visit to Chulachomklao Fort at the river mouth of the Chao Praya in Samut Prakan province. There are some mangroves at this site but actually the location consists mainly of gardens, scrubland, wetland patches and buildings serving the Navy, in fact there is a pre WW2 warship there, many naval guns [...]
Thailand Birding: mangroves at Samut Sakorn
September 15th, 2008 nick This morning I decided to pay a visit to the Mangrove Research Centre at Samut Sakorn in hope of finding it a good place to see Mangrove Whistler. Having read in Phil Round’s “The Birds of the Bangkok Area” that both this species and Asian Dowitcher were frequently seen at this location I had high hopes, [...]
Thailand Birding: Yellow-vented Bulbul
September 14th, 2008 nick Yesterday afternoon a pair of Yellow-vented Bulbuls flew over my house on the outskirts of Bangkok, making me think about this much-overlooked species. Yellow-vented Bulbul is most certainly one of the more striking bulbuls in Thailand with its bright yellow undertail coverts and silvery-white head, but is one that seems to be under-recorded, particularly by [...]
Clever Crows
September 9th, 2008 nick Crows and other corvids have long been recognised as being among the most intelligent of birds, indeed among the most intelligent in the animal kingdom. When I was young my father used to tell me stories of a pet Jackdaw that he had which had learned to say a few words and on “The Life [...]
Thailand Birding: Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
September 5th, 2008 nick Sharp-tailed Sandpiper is a very rare, but seemingly regular, passage migrant in Thailand. One recently put in an appearance at Khok Kham, in Samut Sakorn province but unfortunately I was otherwise engaged in the south so did not get a chance to see it myself. Amongst others, Peter Ericsson got some photos and has allowed [...]
Thailand Birding: Some Photos from the South
September 3rd, 2008 nick On my trip to Southern Thailand I took a number of photographs to add to the relevant pages of thaibirding.com. As I also visited a few new places I took photographs for upcoming pages on those locations too, but for the meantime I will post the photos here for people to view. Photos from Krabi [...]
Thailand Birding: A Trip to the South
September 2nd, 2008 nick Yesterday evening I returned to Bangkok after a 10 day trip to southern Thailand; the trip was a mixture of birding and visiting friends. For the birding I visited Laem Pakarang, Khao Sok, Krabi Mangroves, Krung Ching waterfall and the Tiger Cave Temple. I don’t make many trips to southern Thailand so it is always [...]
