Birds in your garden - 2

[Bredbury Blue]

Not sure why the long running thread 'Birds in your garden' was archived recently, but here's a follow on thread.

 

Been seeing a lot of these birds in my garden recently. Have one that runs back and forwards on a path in the garden. Here's one from a few years ago who flew in to the glass pane and sadly didn't recover.

 

 

[KhunLA]

Blue-winged Pitta - Pitta moluccensis

 

Yet to see one down here / PKK, and looking at range map, a bit scarce in this area.

[dick turpin]

This character turned up in my garden recently.

 

My first thought was that it was a Norwegian Blue

parrot of Monty Python fame, pining for the fjords.

 

Even my trusty Birds of Thailand bible seemingly

failed to put a name to it 

 

 

[KhunLA]

Nice

Green-billed Malkoha

[Bredbury Blue]

2 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Blue-winged Pitta - Pitta moluccensis

 

Yet to see one down here / PKK, and looking at range map, a bit scarce in this area.

I'm in Samut Prakarn, lots of pla salid fish fields right next to us, which brings lots of birds. For such a colourful bird they're not so easy to spot. Skittish, usually in the upper branches of our garden trees, but the current one thinks it's roadrunner.

[KhunLA]

15 minutes ago, Bredbury Blue said:

I'm in Samut Prakarn, lots of pla salid fish fields right next to us, which brings lots of birds. For such a colourful bird they're not so easy to spot. Skittish, usually in the upper branches of our garden trees, but the current one thinks it's roadrunner.

Have only spotted and got  snap of 1 at Kanchanaburi

[MyThai1]

14 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Have only spotted and got  snap of 1 at Kanchanaburi

Common in our garden up at Saiyok. 

 

 

Not seen a Barn Owl before but the wife found one dead in the garden a couple of days ago. 

[SingAPorn]

These lovely fellas must never be fed. They must be allowed to feed on all the worms and natural prey that linger around. Far to many people feed them with grains and bread, leading to an environmental unbalance.

[MyThai1]

3rd time lucky for the Baya weavers. The 2 previous times they've tried to build in our garden the squirrels have pulled there nests apart, they have decided on a different area though so fingers crossed. 

[Bredbury Blue]

Down in Klaeng area and visited Rayong Botanic Garden. It's more of wetland or swamp than a botanic garden. Visited back in April, loads of lotus on display. Today more water so that hired boats and kayaks can explore more area but less lotus. Plenty of birds and buffalo in the swamp areas to see. Free to visit. B600 hire boat for an hour. Kayak b100. Worth a visit.

 

Images are from a large display they have of Rayong birds.

[Bredbury Blue]

If you live east side of Bangkok then have a visit to Metro Forest. Man-made forest by PTT, takes less than an hour to see, but the attraction is the stairs and walkways at treetop level (and above) so you are right in among the birds and get to see more than you normally would. Parking is on the street in front, just tell the yaam you're going in then no bother. Free to enter. Worth a visit. Sukhaphiban 2.

 

https://maps.app.goo.gl/SNzqjfxhJCnf6hAJ6

[Bredbury Blue]

Been away from home alot in recent times, hence no putting out food for the birds. Home for a month so recommenced putting scraps out. Within an hour a family of 4 mynahs visited (including 2 juveniles requiring to be fed by parents) and was soon back to having lots of regular bird visitors.

[owl sees all]

On 5/10/2024 at 3:37 PM, Bredbury Blue said:

I'm in Samut Prakarn, lots of pla salid fish fields right next to us, which brings lots of birds. For such a colourful bird they're not so easy to spot. Skittish, usually in the upper branches of our garden trees, but the current one thinks it's roadrunner.

You were once one of the most regular posters on the footy threads. What happened to you Bluey?

[Bredbury Blue]

22 hours ago, owl sees all said:

You were once one of the most regular posters on the footy threads. What happened to you Bluey?

Simply I had enough of some of idiots on that forum.

[owl sees all]

3 minutes ago, Bredbury Blue said:

Simply I had enough of some of idiots on that forum.

Make you right there bro.

[Bredbury Blue]

Downloaded and tried out BirdNET App, used for identifying bird calls. Seems to work fine, and identified plenty of bird calls around my garden.

 

https://birdnet.cornell.edu/

[Bredbury Blue]

On 12/21/2024 at 11:15 AM, Bredbury Blue said:

Downloaded and tried out BirdNET App, used for identifying bird calls. Seems to work fine, and identified plenty of bird calls around my garden.

 

https://birdnet.cornell.edu/

 

Enjoying sitting in the garden and using the App to work out the bird sounds I hear so often but don't know which bird is singing it. Pleased to work out one sound I hear frequently is the coppersmith barbet. Must make the most monotonous call of all birds, as described by wiki

 

The call is a loud rather metallic tuk…tuk…tuk (or tunk), reminiscent of a copper sheet being beaten, giving the bird its name. Repeated monotonously for long periods, starting with a subdued tuk and building up to an even volume and tempo, the latter varying from 108 to 121 per minute and can continue with as many as 204 notes.