For The Birds !

[plahgat]

Javan Pond Heron, Suan Rot Fai, Bangkok

[jack2964]

Black-crowned Night Heron.

 

 

[Curt1591]

[Jai Dee]

Damn... it's rotated again.

Can you please fix it for me @samuijimmy?

[samuijimmy]

18 minutes ago, Jai Dee said:

Damn... it's rotated again.

Can you please fix it for me @samuijimmy?

 gosh had a harder time doing this than the last time!...

 

So google maps shows this was taken at Sea land somewhere in the land of Oz!  I should have turned it upside down!

 

[Ron19]

[kgpr]

This is probably a common bird but it is a new one for me. Oriental Pratincole, I think.

 

[kgpr]

This Pheasant-Tailed Jacana was photographed at Phayao Lake.Another new one for me.

[thetefldon]

On ‎5‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 6:43 PM, jack2964 said:

Black-crowned Night Heron.

 

 

Nice click, where was it taken please?

[thetefldon]

On ‎6‎/‎19‎/‎2017 at 11:09 AM, kgpr said:

This is probably a common bird but it is a new one for me. Oriental Pratincole, I think.

 

Only seen these in flyover, always very high, nice capture

[thetefldon]

4 hours ago, kgpr said:

This Pheasant-Tailed Jacana was photographed at Phayao Lake.Another new one for me.

Never seen one so thanks for sharing

[thetefldon]

On ‎5‎/‎9‎/‎2017 at 4:05 PM, plahgat said:

Javan Pond Heron, Suan Rot Fai, Bangkok

Nicely done

[jack2964]

Cool shot thetefldon!

Strange! I was at Suan Rot Fai a week ago and there wasn't a single heron nor egret around. Walked the entire grounds including Queen Sirikit park only to see a few common birds. Best was a nesting Coppersmith Barbet poking its head out from a hole in a dead tree trunk.

[kgpr]

Possible red rumped swallow, maybe juvenile.If so a new bird for me

[kgpr]

The Greater Racket Tailed Drongo. Only the second time I ever saw this one.

[plahgat]

Javan Pond Heron, Suan Rot Fai, Bangkok

 

Plahgat

 

[Curt1591]

Sunbird

[AjarnNorth]

1 hour ago, Curt1591 said:

Sunbird

 

Olive-backed male in breeding plumage, I reckon. Nice pic. 

[Kron]

This colourful thing bumped into our veranda and was dazed for a few minutes. Guess you guys are going to tell me what it is.

[plahgat]

17 hours ago, Kron said:

This colourful thing bumped into our veranda and was dazed for a few minutes. Guess you guys are going to tell me what it is.

Looks like an Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher "Black-backed", Ceyx erithacus.

 

Plahgat

[jack2964]

Cattle egret in breeding plumage.

Location: Sanambin non-hunting area Buriram.

 

[jack2964]

I think this is a juvenile Oriental Pratincole captured taking insects on the wing.

 

 

[Ron19]

[Briggsy]

Question ;

 

Don't know if anyone can answer this.

 

There were 2 adult spot-billed pelicans at Bang Phra Reservoir, Chonburi yesterday. This is the first time I have seen this bird there or anywhere in Thailand for that matter. I know they have had for years and continue to have a breeding programme for wetland birds there and that is why you commonly see lesser adjutants and less commonly oriental darters there. Does anybody know if the pelicans are bred there or flew in from China (?). The birds were quite free soaring over the reservoir and sitting in a dead tree for an hour.

[AjarnNorth]

13 hours ago, Briggsy said:

Question ;

 

Don't know if anyone can answer this.

 

There were 2 adult spot-billed pelicans at Bang Phra Reservoir, Chonburi yesterday. This is the first time I have seen this bird there or anywhere in Thailand for that matter. I know they have had for years and continue to have a breeding programme for wetland birds there and that is why you commonly see lesser adjutants and less commonly oriental darters there. Does anybody know if the pelicans are bred there or flew in from China (?). The birds were quite free soaring over the reservoir and sitting in a dead tree for an hour.

Not sure i have definitive answers to your question, but I go to Bang Phra every month or two and have often seen SB Pelican there. The problem with Bang Phra - as you point out -  is that it's hard to tell what has either come from the breeding center, possibly escaped from the nearby zoo, etc. and so on, or just arrived naturally. I have also seen Lesser Adjutant there and Darter and Black-headed Ibis. With the Pelicans and the Darters I think it's possible they arrived from elsewhere. I have had Darter in Bangsaen, Chonburi and Pelican flyovers. I also had both on a reservoir I lived on in Surin, way up in Isaan. The Dratres are apparently making a comeback largely due to good protection in the Tone La Sap in Cambodia. The Pelicans I am not so sure. But i am pretty sure I saw a flyover from my car on the way back from Kanchanaburi to Bangkok last week. 

 

On another note, I recently tried to enter the breeding center. They used to let you walk around. Not anymore. My wife and I were told to leave immediately and I was told to put my camera away. 

[Briggsy]

Yes, thanks for the reply.

 

So, perhaps, the pelicans flew in from somewhere.

 

The breeding centre used to be open and anyone could wander around. That is no longer the case. Perhaps I will ask the rangers next time I am there why the change. I notice it has considerably expanded also.

 

 

[AjarnNorth]

 

9 minutes ago, Briggsy said:

Yes, thanks for the reply.

 

So, perhaps, the pelicans flew in from somewhere.

 

The breeding centre used to be open and anyone could wander around. That is no longer the case. Perhaps I will ask the rangers next time I am there why the change. I notice it has considerably expanded also.

 

 

I suspect there are things going on in there that shouldn't be. But that's just conjecture. Here are  couple pics of my SB Pelican from Surin in 2010. I spent over two years closely observing the area and it was the only Pelican sighting in that time. 

 

Oops. Pics won't upload. Having this problem a lot lately with this old laptop. Try later from another machine. 

 

 

Edited July 30, 2017 by AjarnNorth
Pics won't upload

[plahgat]

Openbill storks in Suan Nok, Suphanburi.

 

Plahgat

 

 

[jack2964]

Send some back my way. Only a few from the thousands remain at Sanambin Buriram.

[AjarnNorth]

Spot-billed Pelican with Painted Stork and Egret, Huai Saneng Reservior, Surin, 2010.