I have written a number of times about the photographic stakeouts at Doi Lang but my recent visit on 1st-3rd January resulted in a large number of excellent sightings worth mentioning here for others who may be planning to visit the mountain themselves.

The first thing to mention is that if one is heading up from the Fang side there is now a checkpoint where national park staff are charging visitors to enter. the tickets are valid at all entrances to Doi Pha Hom Pok national park and valid for 7 days. Read more »

Last year opportunities for photographing birds at Doi Lang were spectacular with a number of stakeouts created by local birders where birds were fed with mealworms in order to lure them out into photographable situations.

Recent visits to Doi Lang have revealed that a number of signposts have been placed by national park authorities requesting that usage of mealworms, call playback and staking out of nests stops and that there are officials patrolling who will ask offenders to leave. However, a visit to the checkpoint area revealed that the border police stationed there are continuing to provide fruit and rice at feeding stations and that Scarlet-faced Liocichla, Silver-eared Laughingthrush, Dark-backed Sibia and Spectacled Barwing are all still visiting and are easily seen and photographed. Read more »