Shy animals ...

 

 

Lizard of the day.

Sometimes these beautiful flowers just grab your attention as you are walking on by and you have to stop and take a photo, their beauty demands it.



Gotta go, the gf is rolling her eyes at me again [emoji849]





( I should probably roll them back [emoji20], sorry )

Yesterday I posted a picture of a mushroom. Overnight it started to develop. See today's status below....

Don't know its name 

 

on a mulberry tree in our garden

 

Cannot do a better photo I don't have a " macro " lens 

Wat Khanon Nuea , Ban Krot, Ayutthaya.

Not much of a Wat ( photographically speaking ) but interesting for the shear number of large bats living in several trees surrounding the Wat.





Told the gf was gonna go back with a ladder today to get some closer photos, she got all panicky
“ no you cannot, people not like !! “ [emoji3]

Got some of those visiting the garden but I couldn’t get a photo nowhere near as good as yours !!

I am lucky with my lens and also by the fact that the bird likes me (does not fly away when approached)....

43 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Got some of those visiting the garden but I couldn’t get a photo nowhere near as good as yours !!

Looks like a Mynah bird......horrible Squawking birds who are very territorial and will attack others and drive them away, including attacking their nests if they have any.

Looks like a Mynah bird......horrible Squawking birds who are very territorial and will attack others and drive them away, including attacking their nests if they have any.

Yes, I think you’re right, just did a google image search, many examples of mynahs with the same yellow markings on the head and yellow legs.

These birds are very loud in the morning (around 6 o'clock).

 

Thanks for the info....

Never realised durians were growing on trees....

7 minutes ago, Halfaboy said:

Never realised durians were growing on trees....

what's more interesting, is how they haven't been pinched yet...  

Jackfruit not Durians.????

14 minutes ago, villagefarang said:

Jackfruit not Durians.????

Far nicer...????

30 minutes ago, tifino said:

what's more interesting, is how they haven't been pinched yet...  

Yes, I was also surprised. The tree is standing along the road slightly outside the center of Pattaya surrounded by lots of hongpak's and there is quite some traffic.

2 minutes ago, Halfaboy said:

Yes, I was also surprised. The tree is standing along the road slightly outside the center of Pattaya surrounded by lots of hongpak's and there is quite some traffic.

even for the young ones...

surely there is an equivalent to eating of green mangoes?

Green Jackfruit is really pretty disgusting. It’s a pretty cheap fruit so hardly worth stealing. 

On 8/9/2019 at 3:26 PM, Halfaboy said:

Yesterday I came across this worm. No idea what kind of species this is. Looking at his claws it could be dangerous.

This is just a harmless caterpillar.  I think it will turn into a hawk moth, although not sure what species.  Those large bright 'eyes' are just false eyes, and that spike / stinger is just skin... all designed to scare off birds and other animals that might want to eat it.  Not dangerous at all (might be toxic is you eat it though).  

4 hours ago, tifino said:

even for the young ones...

surely there is an equivalent to eating of green mangoes?

The green young fruit is very delicious as a meal.  Dtam Canoon is one of my favourite Thai foods (ask your Thai friends to get you some if you have never tried it).  

 

It is also used a lot in curries and salads.  People don't tend to pinch these because they are very inexpensive and common, not like the expensive Durian fruit or even the ripe large sweet jackfruits.