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I spent the day on Gulf of Thailand

SHIT SHIT for long as you could see

Tern using garbage as a resting platform

Spent the whole day in Gulf of Thailand and it was a chocking experience. Garbage and garbage. We are playing on our mobile phones discussing the latest YouTube movie while we're killing ourselves

Alarm was set to go off at 4 thirty this morning and I was rewarded with 2 Collared Kingfishers

Now it is time for my fruit salad after long time trying to identify this bird. I thought from the beginning that it was a Scaly breasted Munia. Maybe a juvenile so I put this down as a juvenile Scaly breasted Munia

There was a group of them (all juvenile) enjoying the morning eating in the grass

An adventure to go birding

The sun is coming up over Bangkok. A puddle in the grass and my friend takes the opportunity to have a morning bath

And the crows, very frustrating. I got interested when I discovered how many different crows there are, but frustrating to identify them as they look the same. Well, except for the normal grey and black crow: House crow, that one is easy enough. Again, risking to make a tit out of myself I put this down as a Slender- billed crow. Forehead is flat compared with the Large-billed crow yesterday with the steep forehead

I imagine this tail to be square ended that the crow yesterday

Slender-billed crow? Other opinions are appreciated

Suan Rot Fai early this morning 

Cattle Egret looking for breakfast

Here we have 2 give aways that it is not a Little Egret

1) Walking around on pastures

2) Yellow bill

I never managed to get a picture of the feet. But you have to take my word for it, the feet are black

Suan Rot Fai just 2 hours ago. I walk around and I hear a bird. I think that this sounds like a Kingfisher.

So I have a look around and there is a Black Capped Kingfisher. I must admit that I was happy to recognize the sound as am just a happy amateur birder

Lumpini Park on my way to school a few hours ago

Lumpini a few hours ago

Euroasian Tree sparrow

Might be my imagination, bit don't she/ he look a wee bit sullen? OK, 500 kg lard looking at you and you can of course have a better time

Built to catch fish

I'm on my way to school and the Little Egret is busy catching dinner

And here was have 2 give aways so I'm sure it is a Little Egret and not a Cattle Egret

1) Yellow feet

2) The bird is in water fishing

Crows, pretty boring. But they are actually (my very own opinion that I won't try to push on to anyone else) quite beautiful. A crow, simple, but when I came home I discovered that there are plenty crows and they are all looking the same in my book A Field Guide to the Birds of Thailand and South East Asia by Craig Robson

But I'm going to put this down as a Large Billed Crow risking to make a tit out of my self

Been to AV camera to buy the GoodsGood GD 140 dry cabinet. Will be delivered tomorrow and I cant wait to get my gear in to the dry cabinet. Anyway, I walked to school and I passed through Lumpini park. Where I spotted a shrike.

Thanks to Thaivisa and the birds in my garden folder I have learned a little about Shrikes. And I really wished we only had one bird folder here on Thaivisa.

Anyway, thanks to Thaivisa I knew it was a Shrike and I put it down as a Brown Shrike

And our Brown Shrike have a friend

On 2/5/2013 at 10:29 AM, Bill3173 said:

Charlie.

I must apologize, it seems I misinterpreted your post. Yes the photo was taken outside of Thailand and I am fully aware of the guideline “related to Thailand”; hence why I asked in my first post if it was appropriate if I posted. Maybe the mods should change it to “taken in Thailand”. I posted the Wallaby pics as I thought members might find it interesting with the joey in the pouch.

I will reframe from posting any more nature photos until I have some from within Thailand. (Personally I can’t see how nature can be contained within borders).

In the meantime thank you to those who showed interest in my posts. Since posting here I can now appreciate the time and effort some of you put into your photography.

Why don't you post in WIDE WORLD folder? Would love to see your pictures. The Superb Fairy-Wren, one of my favourite birds in Australia

And as he would never catch a wife with his “disc” of shit our hero had to step in to help him. And as almost the whole country of Botswana is a national park. You are not even allowed to take a twig or a small rock.

So it took quite some convincing to talk the driver/ guide to let me help the dung beetle. The girls are giving each of the shit balls a thorough examination before they decide to jump on board the ball to set-up her new home. So it needs to be a great ball

First we needed to get the shit wet

Making a ball out of the disc, and as it was a nice beetle some new shit was added

Off he goes with his shit to look for a new wife. And he looked happy when he left with his new ball

I saw your "MINI" dung beetle in another folder. One of my favourite animals in Botswana, never mind the lions that was only sleeping

The dung beetle is a truly fascinated animal. And they are quick, just turn you head and back and they are 15 meters away

Always fun to watch them and here we have a fight. The dung beetle don't mind stealing another beetle's ball of shit

I was on the way back to my room after 11 hours of safari when I spotted a dung beetle fighting with is “shit” His ball was in the shape of a disc and he was really struggling to shape it in to a ball

... I was so surprised to discover that the leopard came towards me. I had though the cat had disappeared.

Yes, I was very happy to discover that the leopard came towards me and not walking away. A cat's way of giving me the finger?

Leopard, I have a hard time to imagine a more beautiful cat! And I'm pretty sure this is the leopards way to give me the finger