samuijimmy Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 (edited) No me neither, chances of a bomb going off are likely as being hit by lightening... that's the approach I took, when coming back from my round trip through Malaysia a couple of years ago. ... At some of the road blocks they would stop you just to chat and help from boredom of sitting there all day Don't think we've seen much of Angiuds pics from his trip down that way..(more west) . a while back.... hmmm? Great link there, Hanno! Driving from Khao Lak to Ranong, there were several road blocks to pass through.... this was one of them, has chickens crossing the road, so fits here! Again very bored military men, just waving people on by... with a smile! Edited March 30, 2014 by samuijimmy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 My take of the same horn bill. Good old Canon sx50 with the zoooom would have helped a lot. Are you stealing my bird! You have better lens on that camera of yours than mine, Oilinky! Nice shots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Are you stealing my bird! You have better lens on that camera of yours than mine, Oilinky! Nice shots! Well, technically, I saw the bird first and introduced it to you, therefore I'm the rightful owner of the bird. Honestly I did not have an idea it would have been so difficult to take a photo of this bird. I had to boost up the ISO to even try to take a photo while it was flying in the jungle. With the lack of zoom, the images had to be cropped so that those looked like "Hey I took a shot of the moon, it's the one pixel on the right". Arggh You won this battle, but there is more to the war of images and imagination. I'll hope the next battleground will be at Koh Yao Yai (with more TV photography forum members. Anyone reading this, consider yourself invited). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) Are you stealing my bird! You have better lens on that camera of yours than mine, Oilinky! Nice shots! Well, technically, I saw the bird first and introduced it to you, therefore I'm the rightful owner of the bird. Honestly I did not have an idea it would have been so difficult to take a photo of this bird. I had to boost up the ISO to even try to take a photo while it was flying in the jungle. With the lack of zoom, the images had to be cropped so that those looked like "Hey I took a shot of the moon, it's the one pixel on the right". Arggh You won this battle, but there is more to the war of images and imagination. I'll hope the next battleground will be at Koh Yao Yai (with more TV photography forum members. Anyone reading this, consider yourself invited). Hi Oilinky, yes you are correct .... just yanking your chain about "my bird" The problem with catching these shots, the birds appear so quickly, one does not have much time for fiddling with settings on the camera... lucky for me after you showed me were to look, I had done some adjustments.... and only waited about 10 or 15 minutes for the same bird in the tree you showed me... so I was ready to go. The second shot I got, I had just sat down and there it appeared.... in different location.... I am not one to sit in wait for hours ... so was very lucky with that... As for Koh Yao Yai, .... so many places to see around Thailand it makes it difficult to decide ! Let's see how much interest there is... timing is an important factor, with weather etc! Thali Noi, northern Songkhla (Pattilung area) is nice too, although I have probably done that a dozen times already.... but it still takes my breathe away every time, I go there... Let's see what transpires ! Edited March 31, 2014 by samuijimmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanno Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Any excuse to go birding in Thailand is fine with me...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draggons Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Help with the name please guys. Trying to document all the birds we have in the garden. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draggons Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Zebra Dove. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draggons Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Bee Eater? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Help with the name please guys. Trying to document all the birds we have in the garden. 28-03-14 (12).jpg Sun Bird of some type. Hard to tell from the picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draggons Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) Cheers Old Croc, wondered if it was some kind of Sun Bird but not sure of the type. Yellow Vented Bulbuls. Edited March 31, 2014 by draggons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carib Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) Help with the name please guys. Trying to document all the birds we have in the garden. 28-03-14 (12).jpg This could be a little spiderhunter Found a site, but googling no doubt will come up with more. http://www.globosapiens.net/britman/picture-little-spiderhunter-arachnothera-longirostra-69269.html Hmmm, this one comes close too http://www.pbase.com/peterericsson/image/93116787 Edited March 31, 2014 by Carib 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carib Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Bee Eater? 27-03-14 (152).JPG Pretty sure it is the plain throated sunbird http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plain-throated_Sunbird_(Anthreptes_malacensis)_-_Flickr_-_Lip_Kee.jpg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack2964 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Help with the name please guys. Trying to document all the birds we have in the garden. 28-03-14 (12).jpg I figure this is an Olive-backed sunbird possibly female although the dark patch on the crown got me confused. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack2964 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Bee Eater? 27-03-14 (152).JPG This could be a Brown-throated sunbird (male). Not a bee-eater for sure and there isn't a 'Plain-throated sunbird' far as I know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack2964 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Don't be jealous now folks, I get called 'hansum man' all the time: Also from Korat zoo-(Red-headed vulture). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hanno Posted April 1, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2014 Don't be jealous now folks, I get called 'hansum man' all the time: Also from Korat zoo-(Red-headed vulture). Come to Cambodia to see them in the wild. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VerbalKint Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Help with the name please guys. Trying to document all the birds we have in the garden. 28-03-14 (12).jpg think it's an olive backed sunbird (female) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanno Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Olive-backed sounds good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post samuijimmy Posted April 2, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2014 Cannot remember if I have posted this before or not.... Thali Noi Lake northern Songkhla.... Cormorants in wait.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanno Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Cannot remember if I have posted this before or not.... Thali Noi Lake northern Songkhla.... Cormorants in wait.... Eh, yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post T_Dog Posted April 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2014 Found this fledgling sitting on the fence after vacating the nest in one of our Lomyai trees. Finally flew off into the cornfield and then saw mom joining in. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby nz Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Hope I'm not too late to sneak in with a hornbill. Just got back last night, that's my excuse and I'm stuck with it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted April 5, 2014 Author Share Posted April 5, 2014 Hope I'm not too late to sneak in with a hornbill. Oriental Pied Hornbill.JPG Just got back last night, that's my excuse and I'm stuck with it. Better late than never !!! Great shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robby nz Posted April 16, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 16, 2014 (edited) some very beautiful birds in this country, unfortunately few either get to see them or notice them when they do. Asian Fairy Bluebird. Male Female Edited April 16, 2014 by Robby nz 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazy Sod Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mousehound Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 IMG_2926.jpg White-vented Myna very common North of Hua Hin - not on Peninsular Thailand. Same family as starlings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazy Sod Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 IMG_2926.jpg White-vented Myna very common North of Hua Hin - not on Peninsular Thailand. Same family as starlings. Thank you Mousehound - I took it this morning in BKK - I thought it was probably a Myna but wasn't sure because when I'd googled it I noticed the common ones normally have a yellow spot behind the eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robby nz Posted April 21, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2014 A bird of the swamps, these were in a wet harvested paddy. Pheasant tailed Jacana. This one in non breeding plumage. They change their clothes to this when breeding time comes around. But then don't we all dress in our best to attract the opposite sex. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sunshine51 Posted April 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 22, 2014 Baby BulBuls in one of me missus plants... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 Hornbill, at Songkhla Zoo.... much larger than the one seen in the wild, off the west coast! (just found this, I knew it was somewhere! ) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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