Cheers Nev..Thats the one. I had a lovely shot of it in front of someones gate and their barking dogs, but then it flew away just as i was taking the pic. It didnt seem perturbed about the dogs.
Lovely looking bird
Cheers Nev..Thats the one. I had a lovely shot of it in front of someones gate and their barking dogs, but then it flew away just as i was taking the pic. It didnt seem perturbed about the dogs.
Lovely looking bird
Lineated Barbet, having breakfast.
Purple Heron.
MY book says that they are common everywhere excep the NE. The Barbet family, of which there are several types are generally heard more often than seen.
Lest we be accused of only pointing our cameras at colourful birds, this is a Common Snipe. A winter visitor that likes to poke its beak into water that you or i would prefer tp avoid.
Lest we be accused of only pointing our cameras at colourful birds, this is a Common Snipe. A winter visitor that likes to poke its beak into water that you or i would prefer tp avoid.
Apart from the fact I think it is a Grebe I have no idea what type? Any ideas?
Back from a month on the road and just starting to go through the photos. One from our first stop at Nam Nao NP
White-bellied Woodpecker.
Female Blue Rock Thrush
Racket-tailed Treepie.
Rufous-throated Fulvetta.
Baya Weaver.
Pinstripe-tit Babbler.
Firstly, these two are not my own photos, out of range of my camera (my pics just a speck in the Sky).
They're taken at Nong Bua about 6km from Chanthaburi city and about same distance from the sea.
The hill immediately behind is the local 'grand canyon' a flooded quarry now a recreational area for walkers and mountain bikers. Further back are ranges that form part of Namtok Phliu National Park
The brahminy kites are common around here, small-time local tourist attraction with evening boat trips available from Nong Bua, often 60+ birds circlng overhead. They also venture to the lake in the centre of Chan city, well-stocked with fish, and occasionally I've seen them further upriver/inland - but think they're mainly coastal
Further south at the Welu wetlands area on border of Chan and Trat provinces there are hundreds of them
Found a 2014 Bangkok Post article
Kites of fancy
Feasting birds of prey have become an unusual tourist draw out east
Dollarbird, so called because someone thought the white spots on the wings when in flight looked like Dollar coins.
Not sure what these little birds are, plain sunbird perhaps?
Anyway, have several picking caterpillars out of this silk nest to feed their young.
Thanks. I hope to have some more pics of small birds before the end of the month.
^ Oh, right thanks for that. It's in a very precarious and open position right above our pond. I thought it was a moth's caterpillar nest but you are quite right. I have only seen the female, would have recognised the male.
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