This fellow was out on the gate the other day. Hoopoes normally live in the mountains around here but when the burning season comes they visit the suburbs. Fantastic birds.
The better photo is not mine.
This fellow was out on the gate the other day. Hoopoes normally live in the mountains around here but when the burning season comes they visit the suburbs. Fantastic birds.
The better photo is not mine.
Purple sunbirds are nesting outside my kitchen again, this time in a difficult place to photo. If I open the kitchen window, they won't come near the nest so I have to leave it closed and photo through the glass. The female sits up in a nearby tree until she deems it safe enough. It will probably change once they started feeding but I won't be here then.
Not the best lighting to photo the male makes it quite a challenge.
What the heck is this bird? Stepped out the back to throw some bread in the canal for the fish and this guy pops up alone to investigate the bread. Didn’t seem too concerned I was there. Not a wading bird I normally see here. Crappy pics, but you can see it’s markings and it has wader legs.
^ look at the state of that klong, you really need to stop polluting it with food waste MK
The klong gets cloudy when it rains. There has been a snakehead fish hanging out for a while along with a lot of minnows I’ve been watching and feeding.
Don’t worry about me polluting the canal. My neighbors do a great job of that.
I'd say Common Moorhen.
Thanks. I have "A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia". It's not bad but its weakness is that some of the photographs are not very good, and a few species are not covered. I have the 2003 edition. Perhaps the 2014 edition is better.
I don't have that one. I have A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Thailand, which has photographs. I can't recommend it. I find the drawings much more useful, a lot of the photos are in mixed light and don't clearly show the distinguishing features. Also it shows far fewer birds. The Purple sunbird, for example, has no entry. Maybe I should send them my pic. 555
I have spotted a pair of purple sunbirds outside the kitchen again. Unfortunately they have built their nest on the other side of the trees so I can't get a good photo of them.
You need some luck as well as a good camera. I need to make a hide to get close from the other side and swelter hours in the sun. That's not going to happen, so just hope I get to find their perches and one has a decent shot.
They are nests of weaver birds, probably either Baya Weavers or Streaked Weavers. Golden Weaver birds have a different shaped nest.
^Ta very much Neverna, It is pretty amazing what they can do.
Definitely getting one of those books when I go back next time.
If any of you are in Bangkok. Phutthamonthon Park is definitely worth a trip, probably best to go sunrise or sunset as it tends to get a little hot.
The route I usually take is in red.
Just found this great website as well
Phutthamonton Park, Nakhon Pathom - Birdwatching in Thailand
One should listen twice as much as one speaks
^ Thanks for that - and the website
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