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Archive for January, 2009

26 Jan

Thailand Birding: Spoon-billed Sandpiper & White-faced Plover

On the 21st and 22nd January I made day trips to Laem Pak Bia/Pak Thale for shorebirds. Spoon-billed Sandpiper is still one of the main attractions at this area and the signposts which are on the road help people the find the right vicinity for this species.  The birds are usually within a few hundred metres […]

23 Jan

Thailand Birding: Khao Yai 3-day Trip

These days I don’t get to Khao Yai National Park as often as I used to, so I was pleased to be spending 3 days there in the company of John Plampin from 14th-16th January. After picking him up at La Residence in Surawong Road, Bangkok the journey to the park gate took only about 2 […]

12 Jan

Thailand Birding: Greater Flamingo

Whilst Greater Flamingo is not on the Thai checklist of birds, it is a species frequently seen in the wild by many birders here. The reason for this is that a Greater Flamingo which has been resident in the Laem Pak Bia/Pak Thale region for a number of years now is in fact an escaped […]

11 Jan

Thailand Birding: Silver-eared Mesia

Johan Svensson Kindly e-mailed me this photograph of a Silver-eared Mesia in a cherry tree; it is so nice I thought that I would share it with everyone. 

Johan correctly stated that it was one of my favourite birds, something that I have written about here: My favourite birds of Thailand.
Silver-eared Mesia is a fairly common […]

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