draggons Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Osprey? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carib Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Osprey? 048.JPG Could be.. http://www.pbase.com/peterericsson/image/108460572 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carib Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 The only duck on the lake. duck.JPG Whats up duck? http://www.richardbarrow.com/2014/03/giant-yellow-duck-goes-on-the-rampage-in-thailand/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_Dog Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Osprey? 048.JPG The ospreys we have here are whiter on the bottom. With that short neck, it looks like an Oriental Honey Buzzard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine51 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) ^^^T_Dog...Oriental Honey Buzzard...kinda sounds like me missus, would be spot on if it was the Southeast Asian Honey Buzzard tho! Edited March 20, 2014 by sunshine51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine51 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) Osprey? 048.JPG Draggons....I wish Goshawk was still around, he'd have this ID'd in a flash. I turned to Google at this page... https://www.google.com/search?q=Oriental+Honey+Buzzard+photos&client=firefox-a&hs=BRB&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&imgil=VYDlidNGwBaiWM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcQdJZRsVBM1FwD9wGinena-_oASBahuFOototJxzbAG_1VMRRxmVw%253B621%253B600%253BUE4adRaJghnfqM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fen.wikipedia.org%25252Fwiki%25252FCrested_Honey_Buzzard&source=iu&usg=__lrYy4-HRIxi4GvvXuYQKv7-Ft04%3D&sa=X&ei=4msqU57QAafpiAf2yoGACw&ved=0CCgQ9QEwAA&biw=1067&bih=558&dpr=1.2#facrc=_&imgrc=VYDlidNGwBaiWM%253A%3BUE4adRaJghnfqM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fupload.wikimedia.org%252Fwikipedia%252Fcommons%252F8%252F82%252FOriental_Honey-buzzard_%28Male%29_I_IMG_9740.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fen.wikipedia.org%252Fwiki%252FCrested_Honey_Buzzard%3B621%3B600 Copy & paste all that!.... And came up with the following pix.... Hope this helps. Cheers! Edited March 20, 2014 by sunshine51 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanno Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Pretty sure it is an Osprey. T_Dog, Honey Buzzard has a very different shape. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby nz Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Stork-billed Kingfisher. Looking for lunch. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jack2964 Posted March 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2014 Unboxing a couple of owls bought from a flea market. I took them home and released them in my backyard and hopefully they'd survive and thrive. Not sure of the owl IDs but my guess is Barn owl and Collared Scops owl? Along with these two were 4 White-rumped shamas, 1 White-crested Laughingthrush, 1 Streak-eared Bulbul and saddest of all was a Brahminy kite nestling crying out non-stop. There wasn't anything I could do for the nestling even if the dealer gave it to me for free. I know I shouldn't encourage this illicit trade by buying any but I couldn't walk away from the owls. Moments before it finally took flight: And the poor dear: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mousehound Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Great Egret. Always hard to get a white bird - especially if you use a Canon camera. Blows the whites out! And that is rather a nice pun. lol. Egret...A classic case of having a grey sky, which does not do much for the overall picture! .... At least the bird turned out well... I think so anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mousehound Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Osprey? 048.JPG Osprey - juv -possibly female as collar more pronounced 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mousehound Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Have been trying to identify this bird that has showed up every afternoon for the last week. These photos are not very good, but you can see the size difference from a Myna bird. The body is a slate grey with a hint of blue. When he flies, he has a distinctive slow flap and looks almost hawk-like and the wings flash blue with a black stripe. We thought a monster Kingfisher had shown up until we noticed the short beak. His normal behavior is to roost high in a tree for quite a while. All help appreciated. Sounds like an Indian Roller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mousehound Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Chinese Pond Heron Egrets ,(I think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mousehound Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 And so is this one although out numbered by Streak-eared. A great shot of a Yellow-vented Bulbul. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mousehound Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 @Hanno Shooting from a blind makes it a great deal easier. The birds are a few short meters away and this was at just 4.5 meters. Gear used was a Canon 7D with 300mm lens. Great work. I am going to be looking closely at the 7D2 when it arrives V the 6D. Can't afford the 5D3! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robby nz Posted March 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted March 25, 2014 Yellow bird. Male Golden Weaver all dressed up in breeding plumage. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post samuijimmy Posted March 27, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 27, 2014 Horn bill, one of several shots... apparently this is the male bird that feeds its young.... This was a lot smaller than I expected.... I had seen much larger ones at Songkhla Zoo... but much better to actually see in the wild... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanno Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 As Hornbills go, Pied are very small. Try and see a Great Hornbill, it is massive. So massive you can actually hear the wing beat long before you see the bird. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Robby nz Posted March 29, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted March 29, 2014 What's he doing over there ? Is that a camera he's got ? Should I get out of here ? A Yellow Bittern in an unusual pose, looking at me from on a bamboo stake. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 Thanks for the explanation of the Horn Bills Hanno... the ones at the Songkhla Zoo must be the larger ones.... cos they were large! Here's a second sighting of the lesser species! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanno Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 samuijimmy, if you go to Hala Bala you have a chance of seeing 6 species of Hornbills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 (edited) samuijimmy, if you go to Hala Bala you have a chance of seeing 6 species of Hornbills. Going to have to look up Hala Bala! Thanks! Here is a hawk (I think) ....on the same island! Ah just found it.... on the no go list of places to go, Although I have driven through the three southern provinces before.... hmmm! I like to live dangerously! Here is a link! http://www.thaibirding.com/locations/south/hb.htm Edited March 30, 2014 by samuijimmy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanno Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 You have a White-bellied Sea Eagle there, great bird. I never felt threatened in Hala Bala, here is a link to my trip report (Mods, is it OK to link to a private, non-commercial site?): http://hannostamm.com/Thailand_hala_bala_2005.htm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 My take of the same horn bill. Good old Canon sx50 with the zoooom would have helped a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanno Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Yes, cropped just a little bit;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack2964 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 I'm gonna fit 'em all in my bill! I laid out some meal worms for a Taiga FC but this and his mate (outside the frame) beat him to it. All cleaned out in under a minute. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack2964 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Ok I'll join the Hornbill Fun Club. This was taken at Korat zoo through dirty plexi-glass. If you're thinking of visiting, it's in a sorry state. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack2964 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 You have a White-bellied Sea Eagle there, great bird. I never felt threatened in Hala Bala, here is a link to my trip report (Mods, is it OK to link to a private, non-commercial site?): http://hannostamm.com/Thailand_hala_bala_2005.htm Thanks Hanno for that report. Wonder how it is security wise these days-probably the leeches are scarier. I hear Malayan rail babbler is quite easy there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robby nz Posted March 30, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted March 30, 2014 Great trip Hanno, don't know if I will ever get that far south, will go to Ranong tomorrow and out to Koh Chang, hopefully some new birds for me there. Went down by the river and see the blue tail bee eaters are getting together with the odd one starting to have a dig at nest holes. The little green bee eaters have already got young and I watched a pair flying in and out of a nest hole. (must try and get closer next time) Small pratincole would appear to have eggs but as they just lay among the small stones and the eggs look just like the stones, even the birds are hard enough to spot when they are still, let alone the eggs. A few little ringed plover in breeding plumage around as well so they will likely nest there. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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