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The family researched it thoroughly, read he was the country's top man, met him and found him also to be a lovely man. For anybody interested now or in the future, believe he works at (in expensive to cheapest order) Bumrung, Bkk Christian and Chulalongkorn, so 3 hospitals for different budgets.

Do not recall the cost at BKK Christian for a family member, but can definitely recommend Prof.Dr. Chucheep Sahakitrungruang who works there and Bumrungrad.

'Comprehensible thai', probably the best and most extensive out there

Nice to see. With the amount of predators (baby monitors, tukkae, snakes, other birds, etc) in my garden, its been very rare occasion that chicks have fledged. Baby monitor lizard living in a drain, getting braver and braver, starts travelling around the garden, got caught by the green tree snake. We set it free as you see in the video. Lizard went up the tree, snake along the ground but it doubled-back up the tree and caught the lizard again. Wife set the lizard free a 2nd time...we then left them to it. Can't imagine the lizard survived as the snake was quick. VID-20230407-WA0001.mp4

I would say its generally easy to understand when listening to a thai, than it is to be be understood when speaking to a thai as inevitably you'll pronounce things incorrectly. Like speakers of any languages, some thais pronunciation is easy to follow,while some use slang etc and are difficult to follow. Try watching these videos (beginner level) and work your way up to the next level when you feel ready. Don't worry if you don't understand everything, slowly your comprehension will improve Youtube. Comprehensible Thai. ALG-Style absolute beginner course.

Wife just sent me these. Parent on the tree. Youngster in the shrubs. Iora? 1677497781964.mp4

Wife teasing a Koel 1677306131460.mp4

Had a pair of pigeons I've never seen before sat high up in a tree opposite my place for a few days. Orange breast, green head. Just had a moment on google and see that there is such a bird know as orange-breasted green pigeon. Common or rare (bkk area)?

Got a magpie robin in my garden, never stopped singing for the past 2 days, patrolling the garden, had another robin pinned down and i had to stop the fight. Hear they are very territorial. Doesn't seem bothered by any other bird types, only robins. Could somebody ID this bird i saw recently in a wat in Chonburi. Let me get incredibly close then it shot off.

Funny how not hearing/seeing koels or coucals, now I can't stop hearing/seeing them around the house. The wife was singing to me a kiddies song in thai about koels putting their eggs in other birds nests, so seems its a fact thais grow up with.

I read that female Koels are elusive. Can vouch for that. In 19 years in this house, seen a female twice, males easy to see.

Was thinking the other day how I haven't heard any Koel calls in recent times around my house. One of my favourite sounds; THE sound of southeast Asia for me. Never understand why people dislike or get upset by koels calling each other. Doesn't bother me at all, in fact I like it, when I hear them calling in the wee hours. Any reason they might move moved? Nothing particularly has changed in my area. Might they return? Are they only noisy during mating season? Edit: my wife says she hears them, must be me switching off. My wife's favourite is the bird that sings "I didn't do it, I didn't do it" - lapwing

I don't think you can. We regularly trim the trees in our garden which means occasionally a squirrel drey will come down with the branches we trim. They just go build another one. Buggers eat our papaya and mangoes (they nibble a mango and then move to the next and the next). They can also be very nosey, particularly the young ones. I don't mid them in the garden as they are entertaining but the wife (the gardener) hates them.

Not so ugly now ????

One week later...apologies for the quality, shooting blind with my camera up at arms length 20221106_170246.mp4

Seen at a local wat today

Not sure I understand your question, but yes Phi is elder and Kai is checken and the person's nickname. My advice - keep away from transliteration and learn to read thai. I reckon learning to read thai to a very basic level didn't take me long (a week?) but I still make many mistakes and I'm probably at a 7-10 Yr old thai kids level. Learning to read even basic thai is an eye opener and makes life so much easier and interesting. On transcription systems, I get so <deleted> off with the terrible and wrong spellings of thai towns and cities in to English. The number of years I was pronouncing Kanchanaburi as Khanchanaburi (wrong).

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Very few chicks make it at my place over the years. Squirrels, tukae or green snakes I'm not sure

It's really interesting to watch the coming and goings. I've got the wife interested over the years, my lads no so. The nest in my cycling helmet (has had chicks in it on 2 occasions) was really interesting. The nest was right next to the car driver's door when the car was parked. The adult birds would sit in a bush next to the car passengers door waiting till it was all clear to return to the nest. Kneeling on my sofa and looking out the window I could look in to and watch all the nest action. Weirdest I've had was a large monitor lizard (we live next to a klong) that dug a hole in the wife's bedding plants right next to the car. It didn't want to move and it was too close to walk past without worrying. I'd make it move though with a sweeping brush. 4th day it didn't return.

How many chicks?

Just lift my camera up to arms length for a view 20221030_160507.mp4

Back in August, had the nest on our (upstairs) bedroom window sill. One of the 2 chicks fledged and joined all the others that live in our garden (they sleep in the tree furthest from the house and are always first to arrive when I throw bread out). We have 2 more chicks. This nest is precariously perched on top of a light fitting, again on the south elevation (super hot), and is just above head height on the ground floor. Bird on nest doesn't seem too bothered when we walk past.

Very nice. What province is that?