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    For The Birds !

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    3 hours ago, AjarnNorth said:

    What a difference a week can make. 7 days ago, no winter visitors in my Bangsaen patch. Yesterday evening, about 30 Pacific Golden Plovers, 50+ Lesser Sand Plover, some Red Shank, Green Shank, Long Toed Stint, and Chinese Pond Heron. Winter visitors all.

    Fairly quiet up here in Phetchabun but I clocked 6 Snipe sp. in flyby so I reckon winter visitors. Phil Round suggests Pintail. Who am I to argue:smile: Only got one pic which is average at best!!

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    Birds in your garden

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    12 hours ago, overherebc said:

    Just been watching a lovely little bird feeding on the flowers in the front garden. Yellow chest and a blue ring around it's neck. Small and slim but not as small as a humming bird and way smaller than anything I've seen before.

    No idea what it is.

    Too fast to photograph.

    Might also be Olive-backed Sunbird(Male)

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    For The Birds !

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    On ‎6‎/‎19‎/‎2017 at 11:09 AM, kgpr said:

    This is probably a common bird but it is a new one for me. Oriental Pratincole, I think.

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    Only seen these in flyover, always very high, nice capture

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    Birds in your garden

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    Little Green Bee-eater common enough bird although not so here. Just lately had  few hanging out round the house so a couple of images for you to cheer up a rainy season day(miserable here in Phetchabun).

     

    Juvenile bird-multi coloured coat and no tail prong

     

     

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    Birds in your garden

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    Believe this might be Germain's Swiftlet- be interested in your thought's. It would be way out of area if I am correct(remember I live 350km north of Bangkok). The pics are not great and a bit overexposed.

    My ID based on tail notch for Swiftlet sp. and wing shape plus erratic zig zag flight pattern for Germain's

     

    Over to you!

     

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    Birds in your garden

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    On ‎6‎/‎1‎/‎2017 at 2:17 PM, AjarnNorth said:

    Don't have books with me, but in 91, Lekagul/ Round had YV Bulbul for BKK and south only I think. When I first saw them in Surin some 8 or so years ago it was kind of news. But they are on the move. Now up in Laos as well. 

    Yes, have a pair in garden, here 350km north of Bangkok

     

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    Birds in your garden

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    No sooner does AjarnNorth mention Black Bittern than this fella fly's over me on a dusk walk near my house tonight:

     

    So No 84 on patch list is male Black Bittern, not my best pic but it was getting dark:smile:

     

    This was my second Bittern of the day the first was a Cinnamon Bittern.

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    Birds in your garden

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    9 hours ago, Bredbury Blue said:

    The bird's nest in my helmet hung from my handlebars is metres away from our front door. We have a decent sized garden with lots of trees and live next to farmland so interesting that the nest is so close to people (its in a covered area, which is patrolled by tookay). Impressive nest.

     

    Anybody know what bird it is based on the one egg (nest just noticed this morning so my wife who sent me the pictures doesn't know if its old or the parents are still on it)?

     

     

     

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    Possibly Streak-eared Bulbul

    Birds in your garden

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    On ‎5‎/‎27‎/‎2017 at 0:14 AM, AjarnNorth said:

    Little Egret were fairly common throughout the year during my time in Surin. 

     

    My notes from that time read: 

     

    LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta. (R/WV) Paddyfields, marshes, edges of reservoir. Present throughout the year and common with numbers peaking in the winter. By April, most are in breeding plumage, with numbers beginning to thin thereafter. Robson (2008) has Little Egret as a scarce to locally common resident in C, SE, and S Thailand only (winter visitor throughout). Regular Summer records from Huai Saneng might therefore support a range extension for this species, though no breeding was observed.

     

    Thanks for your input, as you will see in my reply to Skeptic7 I based my original thoughts on what Robson said.

    Birds in your garden

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    13 hours ago, Skeptic7 said:

    As accommodating as we were to the nesting Munias...not so much to the Tree Sparrows that saw an easy nesting opportunity and were claiming the abandoned Munia nest. Nothing like the clean & quiet Munias, loud & dirty are Tree Sparrows, so decided to take down the nest to GF's initial protestations. After hearing their constant boisterous chattering and seeing more "kee nok" around the nest in 2 minutes than we literally saw with the Munias entire 2 months sharing our lanai, she concurred. Upon close inspection of the inside of the nest, amazing it was still spotless clean inside. PSX_20170527_182514_crop_884x734.jpg.79e0a1b6851b3483d58457ba04515bbb.jpgPSX_20170527_182353_crop_780x866.jpg.75dff21a0af0b62ed65c57261fbb6de4.jpgPSX_20170527_182848_crop_751x714.jpg.f4efba761654cc5eb1ab0ff64c8ceba3.jpgPSX_20170527_182726_crop_780x761.jpg.56cc2a888f4cd0ca15a812c97fcad1c1.jpg

    In my garden Scaly-breasted Munia have just taken over a Plain Backed Sparrow nest after birds fledged- good opportunists and perpetual nest builders I fancy

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    Birds in your garden

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    On ‎5‎/‎26‎/‎2017 at 2:04 PM, Skeptic7 said:

    Kinda surprised it wasn't already on your awesome list! Egrets/herons are by no means strictly coastal. They can be found inland year round and will breed around lakes, ponds, marshes and paddies...although your locale is near the northern edge of it's breeding range. Their winter range covers most of Thailand.

    I would have said same regarding seeing this sp. but my reading(Round & Robson) suggests as AjarnNorth eludes to(in post) that the birds are somewhat rarer up here at Northern end of Phetchabun. I often visit local paddies but in the main only see Cattle Egrets. Yesterday for example found 30+ ECE in full breeding plumage feeding behind as a tractor disturbed the paddy.

     

    I shall keep an eye out more in the future.

     

    Thanks for your thoughts, appreciate your input to help further my understanding.

    Birds in your garden

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    4 hours ago, AjarnNorth said:

    This from years back when I lived in Surin, but somehow this Cinnamon Bittern ended up under a bed in one of my spare rooms with my dogs going nuts. The bird was unharmed and releases moments after this photo was taken. Keep your eye out for Black Bitterns now, as they are wet season visitors. 

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    Nice click AjarnNorth!

    Any other birds to look out for in rainy season. I ask because apart from my Cinnamon Bittern things are a bit quite here!

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    Birds in your garden

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    Cinnamon Bittern: which is 81 on patch list. Had seen a couple of flybys and went looking for them, found a pair of the birds on a pond near the house.

     

    I disturbed the birds(didn't see them in reeds) and managed to snatch one shot which unfortunately is not great as camera not set for BIF shots!

     

    Beautiful coloured birds.

     

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