Something Really Nice To See

[Khutan]

One of the things I like about where I live is I am directly over the road from about 5 acres of jungle. There are many interesting birds flying around the canopy and I like to try to spot the song-birds.

To my very pleasant suprise over the weekend I saw a pair of what I have researched as "Green Parrots". Just brilliant Emerald green plumage as they flew around the tops of the trees, and when they landed, they were nearly impossible to see. Standing for a while, I could watch them having their lunch in the trees.

So just wonderful to see some unusual and uncommon bird life just near my home.

[londonthai]

lucky there is only a pair or two of them - some parrots tend to live in congregations of thousands and the all day noise from them is not something that many people do like to experience.

most probably that in the jungle they would have some competition/enemies but in towns they multiply fast and are consider pests (like pigeons).

[Tony Clifton]

Thought I'd seen a hummingbird last year. It apparently was a moth that hovers just the same.

[sutnyod]

Thought I'd seen a hummingbird last year. It apparently was a moth that hovers just the same.

Not necessarily. Could have been a sunbird.

[canadiangirl]

Wow, that's cool! I wish I will someday see parrots in the wild too.

I love so many of the animals in Thailand, even the ones people think of as pest: i love the geckos, all the beautiful fish, the cats that live in the wats with their kinked taisl, and I love the crazy chickens running around, even if I'm a bit scared of the big weird ones for cock fighting.

I hate all the bugs thought!

[Khutan]

This one was a bit strange - only for the location. We were having lunch yesterday sitting outside at McMultinational near Soi 101. Anyway Little Khutan started talking about some bird, and then Mrs Khutan then pointed me to a small green bird "very Suuay" I eventually saw it, and it was a Budgie happily having an afternoon snack on the grass about 20m in front of us. It looked in good condition, and I must say it was strange to see a budgie out in the wild here.

It was probably an escapee from the local pet store or someone's pet, but it seemed happy enough, and certainly had enough strength to fly around.

[markr]

Thought I'd seen a hummingbird last year. It apparently was a moth that hovers just the same.

These moths are very common in the uk, we regulary see them in the garden at home.

We always thought it was a bird untill we researched it and found out that they were actually moths

[Tinkelbell]

I am an animal lover.

After retired, we move South and bought a new home which sits on the lake.

Besides taking care of my small size lap-dogs; Chihuahua and miniature pincher, my faverite moment is watching the birds (varieties) doing its own thing, turtles, jumping fishes, sometimes you spot a small snake and alligators sunning themselves by the edge of water.

Just a few weeks ago, I spot a female Florida panther and her cubs on my driveway. I never realize how these animals were so beautiful until you encountered up closed with them.

Also at night there are some activity going on. Once in a while we would spot some dears crossing by our house. When it's a dark night, our friends and I , somtimes would sit at the patio and turn on our flashlight and point into the middle of the lake, if you spot a pair of red round shinning object, then you know they belong to alligator's eyes.

[kayo]

great O.P Khutan,

Often it's the little things in life that make the world worth smiling at.

Often we forget this.

[Mentors]

Shortly i saw a Hummingbird outside of our house in the coutnryside of South Thailand.

My wife put a lot of flowers and trees around our house and then it was the very small bird which visit the blossoms.

It was not a moth or sunbird. (Sunbirds we have on some days too).

The hummingbird was not much bigger as a butterfly.

Edited September 23, 2007 by Mentors

[Briggsy]

Thailand has 7 native species of parrot and parrakeets, 3 of which can be found around Bangkok. They are all green. I remember seeing a flock of large parrakeets using a temple on Koh Kred as a base for an aerobatic display. Very impressive. Parrots, native and non-native are very popular cagebirds so it is common to see escapees. The park at Bang Grajao in Samut Prakan used to host a flock of cockatoos. They are native to Australia and did not fly here. I don't know if they have started a breeding colony.

Budgerigars also hail from Australia. They are certainly escapees also.

Hummingbirds come from the continents of North and South America. There are no feral populations of hummingbirds in Thailand. Many people claim to see hummingbirds in Thailand. Upon investigation, these are always found to be something else, usually sunbirds. However, some species of warbler and flowerpecker resemble hummingbirds in size and by hovering to collect nectar.