Spotted in my friends garden. Any ideas.. Not a good image.

1 hour ago, norfolkandchance said:

Spotted in my friends garden. Any ideas.. Not a good image.

Indochinese Roller ... https://ebird.org/species/indrol3

 

5 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Indochinese Roller ... https://ebird.org/species/indrol3

 

Thanks for that mate.

Any fruit we don't want we put out for the birds. Papaya, bananas, watermelon, etc. This bird found the source of the unpicked Papaya...the initial hole in the papaya made by one of our garden's resident squirrels.

 

 

Never seen in my garden before the last 3 days, and we've lived in this house for +20 years, is a pair of, I assume pied starlings (?).

 

Had the grass cut short and they go around the lawn digging.

 

Very nervy birds so these are the best pictures I could get, hiding in the kitchen.

 

 

On 5/21/2025 at 12:58 PM, norfolkandchance said:

Spotted in my friends garden. Any ideas.. Not a good image.

 

Indian Roller, according to Google! 

4 hours ago, Bredbury Blue said:

Never seen in my garden before the last 3 days, and we've lived in this house for +20 years, is a pair of, I assume pied starlings (?).

 

Had the grass cut short and they go around the lawn digging.

 

Very nervy birds so these are the best pictures I could get, hiding in the kitchen.

 

 

Pied wagtail at the back of my house, videoed through a dirty screen. 

21 hours ago, JetsetBkk said:

Pied wagtail at the back of my house, videoed through a dirty screen. 

Actually that's a Eastern Yellow Wagtail.  

 

I don't know why they give them different names, just call it a Wagtail.

On 6/15/2025 at 6:11 PM, KhunLA said:

Actually that's a Eastern Yellow Wagtail.  

 

I don't know why they give them different names, just call it a Wagtail.

Yes, I couldn't decide whether it was a grey wagtail or a yellow wagtail. 

It didn't seem yellow enough to be the latter. I don't know why I called it "pied"! 

Looking through my old videos... 

Oriental Magpie-Robin. 

 

I don’t know if it’s the same pair of birds who’ve had multiple nests of eggs/chicks around my garden, including in my cycling helmet that was hanging from my bike’s handlebars, but they don’t seem very adept at hiding their nests from view. This nest is right next to wear we park our car. No eggs yet. Over the years I’ve yet to see any chicks fledge - something usually comes along and eats them – so maybe this time.

 

 

...there are now 2 eggs.

Bit of upset in my moobarn. Man trying to catch red-whiskered bulbuls. Committee has requested he stop. He's told them to prove he's breaking the law or call the police otherwise leave him alone. Second person in the last few years trying to catch them. I'm in the 'not happy about it' corner. See how it develops.

47 minutes ago, Bredbury Blue said:

Bit of upset in my moobarn. Man trying to catch red-whiskered bulbuls. Committee has requested he stop. He's told them to prove he's breaking the law or call the police otherwise leave him alone. Second person in the last few years trying to catch them. I'm in the 'not happy about it' corner. See how it develops.

They are a protected species under the 1992 Wildlife Preservation and Protection Act and are also listed as protected wildlife species No. 550 under a 2003 ministerial regulation.   As are most wild animals in Thailand.

 

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/370534/protected-song-birds-seized-in-raid-on-ratchaburi-houses#:~:text=The red-whiskered bulbul is listed as a,red-whiskered bulbul is famous for its voice.

5 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

They are a protected species under the 1992 Wildlife Preservation and Protection Act and are also listed as protected wildlife species No. 550 under a 2003 ministerial regulation.   As are most wild animals in Thailand.

 

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/370534/protected-song-birds-seized-in-raid-on-ratchaburi-houses#:~:text=The red-whiskered bulbul is listed as a,red-whiskered bulbul is famous for its voice.

That is great information. Let's hope BB and his Moo Baan committee can make good use of it.

Thanks. I'll pass on to the wife, who's on the committee. Cheers.

Eye of the needle ... from front porch, through and over to the Greenhouse ...

 

 

 

On 6/23/2025 at 10:47 PM, JetsetBkk said:

 

Oriental Magpie-Robin. 

 

I have many of these cute fellas around in rural Chiang Mai. 
 

is their song like “birdie birdie birdie”.  I hear this in the early morning but have never seen one singing like this.  

Constipated bulbul in the driveway, it took a hours to poop it out…

1 hour ago, ExPatInChiangMai said:

I have many of these cute fellas around in rural Chiang Mai. 
 

is their song like “birdie birdie birdie”.  I hear this in the early morning but have never seen one singing like this.  

 

Seen this couple wandering around while on a daily walk. Helmeted Guineafowl…

 

Solved 😁. I actually finally caught some in the act — Asian Pied Starling.  They do many sounds (like a Myna) but saw one doing the “birdie birdie birdie”
 

confirmed with BirdNET app; which is quite good at identifying bird calls and songs. 

Clearing the field in the back of the house, and lots of Eastern Cattle-Egret - Ardea coromanda following the digger around.  Seems to be the season.  Not out back, but at surfside area, also today, more than a few there also.  Took a few snaps ...

 

 

 

 

OK, back On Topic, 'in garden' or behind the house.  About 20 Egrets, at least.  Too many to fit in frame.

 

 

The buffet is replenished when ever turn of the bucket 😎

 

On 6/25/2025 at 2:05 PM, Bredbury Blue said:

...there are now 2 eggs.

Went out the house Tuesday, still unhatched eggs and bird sitting on eggs. Came back, no eggs.

Over the years we've had many bulbul nests with eggs and chicks, and not once have we seen them fully fledge, something always comes along and has them (golden tree snakes maybe, see them alot).

On 3/8/2016 at 8:29 AM, thetefldon said:

Glad you started the thread. I moved to a new house in November about 11 km north of Phetchabun. Set in nice rural location with plenty of trees and water nearby.

My "patch" is the garden and anything I can see or hear from the house. I have a north facing first floor terrace that is proving a great spot for bird watching and photography. The terrace is on a level with a large mature tree that attracts all manner of avian visitors, mostly common I might add.

I regularly have visits from a group of Racket Tailed Treepies, a Spot Breasted Woodpecker, a pair of Black Collared Starling and a Violet Cuckoo.

I also had a brief visit from a pair of Black Baza in January.

Less common(here) I have recently seen a Verditer Flycatcher and a Black Crested BulBul, both spotted in the very cold weather that might have forced them down from Tad Mok or Nearby Nam Nao.

Besides the birds I have mentioned all the usual suspects are present i.e Mynas, Bulbuls and Koel for example.

 

Viang Kum Kam, (Chiang Mai, Nong Hoi Area):   We've got plenty of common Mynas and Bulbuls along with some koels and a vast number of Asian Palm Swifts that come to feed on the wing in great flocks.  Here's a  a lineated barbet (the green one ) with what I'm told is a hoopoe  and a startlingly orange visitor that showed up this morning and spent ages way up in a tree arranging its feathers for the perfect takeoff which, of course, it performed the moment I had to change the camera battery. I'm interested in doing some wildlife and bird photography and would be pleased to hear from anyone in or around Chiang Mai who could help me get up to speed.  Please send me a DM if that's you.