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Little Egret Teenagers in Bangkok. They are not old and most of them could not yet fly

A Little Heron in Bangkok

Today was the first time ever I saw a Black-collared Starling

Another beautiful day in Bangkok. Today I could also hear the Coppersmith Barbet and I saw 3 of them, but they were too far away.

I could hear a few Asian Koels. but I could never see them

A gorgeous Javan pond Heron

And there were only 2 storks to be seen yesterday, otherwise there are plenty of them

Samuijimmy

Your Indian roller is beautiful. My favourite bird. The blue wings are fantastic when they are flying.

I didn't see any Kingfishers today, maybe they have moved during the rainy season. I will keep my eyes out tomorrow again

The Indian Roller in Thailand, subspeice Coracias benghalensis is not as beautiful as the Coracias indicus that you see in India If you don't mind I will put a picture here even though I took it in India on my tiger safari

But I think the Coracias caudatus Liliac-breasted roller is the most beautiful roller. But all of the rollers are able to look very sullen

Hello Samuijimmy

A soon to be bald Common Myna

A bald myna, I have never seen them before. I checked internet when I was back home. Seems like no one have the answer to why they are getting bold. Some suggestions like moulting, mites, fighting and lack of vitamins in their food

I saw a few of them today in different stages of baldness. And it was obvious that they were going bald (like me) But I have a trick up my sleeve, hair on spray can

Anyone out there that can help me identify this bird?

And the below, is that a streak eared Bulbul?

Sunday afternoon in Bangkok

Original plan was to go 5 o'clock Saturday morning, but I ran in to a hangover, full force 9.8. And as I'm getting old the hangover din't disappear until Sunday afternoon. But there are still some birds to be seen in the afternoons

Bald Common Myna

They have built a concrete bridge straight through Kingfisher land and I guess we have seen our last Kingfishers here. Why not spend the money on cleaning up the park from all the garbage instead?

Scaly-breasted Munia

And the Indian Roller

Hello Samuijimmy

Maybe an Asian Koel? Easy to recognise with the red eyes. The female is brown mottled or how they say it in English. I don't know how to add a sound file here so you can listen. But it is a very easy sound to recognise and I can bet that you have heard it, never mind where you are in Thailand

The sound file, but no player

asian_koel.mp3

I will try with a movie from the youtube

Samuijimmy

Well, you have posted quite a few interesting and beautiful birds. Maybe I should go for a birding tour to Samui

I attach a picture of a Red vented Bulbul (not taken in Thailand) and it is easy to understand where the name come from

From The NEW OXFORD Dictionary: Vent, an opening that allows air, gas, or liquid to pass out of or into a confined space.

Double post above so I need to add another picture as I cannot delete the post

Scarlet backed flowerpecker in Bangkok

Plahgat, so you are in Sweden. I guess you will have a hard time finding any colourful birds then. Just black and brown coloured birds with some white in them. Maybe a red or orange bill. But I heard that you can find the Common Kingfisher

And according to a friend you can find the below Black Napped Oriole in Sweden

Black Napped oriole in Bangkok

Hello Plahgat

Yes, it can be dangerous with the wild life, especially when walking around looking for birds in the middle of nowhere. I like your picture of the Plover. I was also at a small islets where I went by boat. Just me and a few wadders (not any room for much more as it was high water)

I don't mind watching wadders but I have given up trying to identify them as they look very alike. Like the birds below, exactly the same but different sizes

Some of them are of course easy to identify, not many birds looking like the Black winged stilt

I put this bird down as a Greater Sand Plover out of pure frustration. They all look the same in the bird book, so just to leave the bird behind I put it as a Greater Sand Plover.

Even though I have given up identifying the birds at the sea front I still go there to enjoy watching the birds. And some of the birds down at the sea front are easy to recognize

Where do you live? I will be back home in Bangkok in a few days time and I will try to explore two new birding places before I leave for Australia. Weather depending. Are you in Bangkok and fancy some birding?

I remember one time in Suan Rot Fai. I was on a bridge looking down the creek at a black capped Kingfisher sitting on a branch. The bird was far away so I’m sorry for the quality

I was on the bridge when I group of Thai youths came towards the bridge. They had a good time enjoying themselves. So they made a lot of loud noises.

They were approaching the bridge and I was afraid that they would scare the Kingfisher and I gave them the internationally recognised sign for “ Shut the duck up ! People are trying to enjoy the nature”

The turned silent instantly looking scared while looking at a cubic ton of farang birdwatcher on the bridge. I gave them the internationally recognised sign for “ Come here quiet and I will show you a Black Capped Kingfisher”

They came up to me silent as I had never heard any Thai before and they looked down the creek. I pointed out the Black Capped Kingfisher. And their faces, priceless when they spotted the kingfisher. You could really see in their faces that they loved what they saw and they were very happy when they left. And maybe, I say maybe, they caught interest and next time they have garbage they will wait to throw it until they pass a garbage bin

Sammuijimmy

I'm sorry, I just got started with the birds and bear. And I came to think about when I was taking pictures of a Ivory Gull. There was also a bear and as you can see it is not taken in Thailand. Hope you don't mind.

This time I was in a rubber boat or I would not have been around to post the picture as these white bears attack you as soon as they see you

Hello Samuijimmy

You wont believe the fantastic bird life here smack in the city of Bangkok. You can try any park in Bangkok. Be there at the crack of dawn and take a break mid day and return in the afternoon

Suan Rot Fai is fantastic and I have seen at least 4 different Kingfishers there, among them the very shy Stork billed.

Owlets can be seen in many parks, the pictures with the 3 owlets are from Chaloem Kanchanaphisek Park, where I also spotted all the parakeets.

Another park is the Phutthamonthon Park

Mangrooves are just an hour or 90 minutes away with a taxi

If you come to Bangkok you can do what I use to do, rent a taxi. I pay 2000 to 3000 Baht for a 12 hour day depending on how much driving we are doing and it is very convenient. My driver have one of those big cars so it is very comfortable and we reach Hua Hin or where ever I want to go

The above Hornbill is from Kraeng Krachai, there were both the Great Hornbill and the Oriental Pied Hornbill. And I met a new friend, Mr. Black Bear below. That was a bonus and suddenly it had been worth getting out of bed 5 in the morning. But I was very lucky that he was in a good mood as I was standing only 5 meters from the bear when she/ he walked out from the bushes. Kraeng Krachai have a fantastic bird life but now I know that there are more than birds and it can be dangerous. There have also been Leopards in the area

But where ever you pass a tree with small fruits, try to stick up your head in the tree and you are almost guaranteed to see some interesting bird

I'm almost sure that the bird on your wall is not a White-throated Kingfisher, an Indian Roller?

Edited

I forgot to mention. I was walking around many parks in Bangkok before I got interested in birds. I never saw any bird, not one single bird, except a peacock. But now when I'm looking for them it is amazing the amount of colourfull birds I see

Oriental Pied Hornbill

Blue winged Leafbird