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 semi-tame species was perfect for that.

We spent almost the entire day at the summit and over the course of the day excellent photos of the following species were obtained; Grey-sided Thrush, Bar-throated Minla, Silver-eared Laughingthrush, Buff-barred Leaf Warbler, Green-tailed Sunbird, Snowy-browed Flycatcher, Blue Whistlingthrush, Dark-backed Sibia and Yellow-bellied Fantail. Read more »

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, but these two birds were very obligingly feeding only 20 metres from the road and using the van as a hide I was able to take photographs of them for some time. Read more »

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 attempted to get close to it. Of course, it was hiding in grassland and all we managed to see were two birds flying away from us as they headed for some thick undergrowth never to be seen again – not very satisfying.

Having given up we drove along the road and soon saw an Indochinese Bushlark scurry across the road and stop in some very short grass right next to the road, so we headed up there for a better look.  Read more »