Dook Gairs

[Stuart21]

I live about 1/2 way between Pattaya and Sattahip.

On Sept 19 I noticed my resident Dook Gair exhibiting very unusual behaviour. S/He was outside on the roof (shophouse) during the day. Never been seen outside before in daylight. Hardly ever see it, normally just hear it sounding off shortly after sunset, then about every 20 minutes. It lived in a plumbing cavity in my shophouse, I think it liked the resonance its calls got when it sounded off from inside there.

 

It disappeared that day. At the same time I noticed a few dead jing joks (geckos) on the floor - & population of jing joks markedly dropped.

 

I haven't been able to listen for an extended period but it also appears that there are now no longer any dook gairs in the vicinity. - I used to hear them at night from within a 100 - 200 metre radius.

 

Anybody else lost their dook gairs or jing joks?

 

[Stuart21]

It appears that all the local dook gairs have disappeared as well. I have been out in the open for several hours now; normally I would hear one or other every 20 - 30 minutes (guesstimate) but have not heard one in this time.

[ukrules]

Hungry snakes ?

 

Apparently they like to eat the tokays and pretty much anything else that moves.

Edited October 31, 2018 by ukrules

[Stuart21]

On 10/31/2018 at 8:23 PM, ukrules said:

"Hungry snakes ?"

 

No snakes on the 4th floor of my shophouse -

and, I am quite concerned. 3 nights now I have been listening for other dook gairs nearby - none. Don't know if anyone has been spraying around recently - my garden has also gone south in this time. Or has there been a leak of some chemical from Rayong industrial area?