For The Birds !

[draggons]

Osprey?

[Carib]

Osprey?

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Could be..

http://www.pbase.com/peterericsson/image/108460572

[Carib]

The only duck on the lake.

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Whats up duck?

http://www.richardbarrow.com/2014/03/giant-yellow-duck-goes-on-the-rampage-in-thailand/

[T_Dog]

Osprey?

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The ospreys we have here are whiter on the bottom. With that short neck, it looks like an Oriental Honey Buzzard.

[sunshine51]

^^^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

[sunshine51]

Osprey?

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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

[hanno]

Pretty sure it is an Osprey. T_Dog, Honey Buzzard has a very different shape.

[Robby nz]

Stork-billed Kingfisher.

Looking for lunch.

[jack2964]

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:

[Mousehound]

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!

[Mousehound]

Osprey?

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Osprey - juv -possibly female as collar more pronounced

[Mousehound]

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.

[Mousehound]

Chinese Pond Heron

Egrets ,(I think)

[Mousehound]

And so is this one although out numbered by Streak-eared.

A great shot of a Yellow-vented Bulbul.

[Mousehound]

@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!

[Robby nz]

Yellow bird.

Male Golden Weaver all dressed up in breeding plumage.

[samuijimmy]

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...

[hanno]

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.

[Old Croc]

[Robby nz]

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.

[samuijimmy]

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!

[hanno]

samuijimmy, if you go to Hala Bala you have a chance of seeing 6 species of Hornbills.

[samuijimmy]

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

[hanno]

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

[Guest]

My take of the same horn bill. Good old Canon sx50 with the zoooom would have helped a lot.

[hanno]

Yes, cropped just a little bit;-)

[jack2964]

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.

[jack2964]

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.

[jack2964]

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.

[Robby nz]

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.