Doi Lang 16-21Mar17
From Con
The bird of the trip for me was certainly the Green Cochoa (male).
Himalayan Cutia (male)
Hodgson's Frogmouth (male) brooding the young chick
Maroon Oriole (female).
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Saturday, April 22, 2017
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Thailand 29Nov-16Dec14
From ConSummary
For me the best bird of the trip was certainly Mrs Hume’s Pheasant seen well on Day 1 one male and three females for 40 minutes. And then we backed our car up and never even flushed them.
Besides birds we also saw the following, mostly mammals. After living so many years in Asia I finally saw my first wild rabbit, but certainly the best mammal seen was the Binturong. We got great views through the scope, but the photos aren’t so great.
Asian Elephant
Lesser Mousedeer
Barking Deer
Hog Deer
Sambar Deer
Yellow-throated Marten (seen twice)
Binturong
Cream-colored Giant Squirrel
Himalayan Striped Squirrel
Grey-bellied Squirrel
Mouse (species)
Burmese Hare
Northern Pig-tailed Macaque
Dusky Langur
White-handed Gibbon
Tokay Gecko
Day 2
This small female Slaty Blue Flycatcher came in to the feeder that is famous for the Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babblers. Danny will remember this feeder. The Rusty-cheeked are still coming in! This little flycatcher was quite shy and only came in a few times and then usually just flew in, stole a worm and then flew off.
Female Slaty Blue Flycatcher
Taken at Doi Lang these are the best two images I got.
Cook's Swift
Day 3
This was taken at the same patch of farmland we got a Grey-faced Buzzard 3 or 4 years ago on the mountain road to Doi Lang.
Adult Grey-faced Buzzard
Day 4
Since the military coup in May the rules at Doi Lang have changed. You can no longer go up the Western entrance to the top army camp. You are stopped at a check point. So most folks just bird until there. We saw Hume's Pheasants on our first day and again today. Spot breasted Parrotbill is in exactly the same spot. A couple of the big feeders are still at the same spot with the same birds. But the highlight of today was a non-breeding male Sapphire Flycatcher. Today I ran into the same Japanese digiscoper that we met in January.
Yesterday we went up the Eastern side. Road is not so good. Need an SUV at least. Anyway we reached the Army camp and beyond. I ran into a fellow I met at the Pencil Hill raptor watch 4 years ago. He had got lots of pictures of the Fire tailed Sunbird earlier that morning. Heck we were too late.
Day 5
As you can see this little warbler has an injured leg. He was feeding low in a bush. I guess with a bad leg he had to adapt his behavior. Taken at the King's Project at Doi Ang Kang at the coffee shop.
Yellow-browed Warbler
Taken at Ban Luang Resort at Doi Ang Khang.
Female Grey Bushchat
Day 6
Digi scoped this evening. Sorry lost the light. At 70X mag on Swarovski scope and crop a lot on Nikon photo.
Common Buzzard
Day 7
Then we took the back road from Doi Ang Khang to Chiang Dao and then the main highway to Doi Inthanon. Beautiful but it took us 6 hours to reach our accommodation at Inthanon Along the Chiang Dao mountain road we got Verditer Flycatcher, Short-billed Minivet and a few other things.
This morning at Inthanon summit on the King's birthday it was so crowed we had very low expectations. But we just went into the forest behind the souvenir shops and got entirely away from the crowd. In awhile I heard a partridge calling in the distance. I was sure it was a partridge but didn't know which one. So I imitated its call with my voice. It took awhile but to my amazement a pair Rufous-throated Partridges came in and we got great views. Add to that Chestnut-tailed Minla, Green-tailed Sunbird, Mrs Gould's Sunbird, Black-throated Sunbird, some bulbuls, a whistling thrush, Silver-eared Laughingthrush and Grey-throated Babbler and it was not a bad morning at the summit.
We had lunch at Mr Daeng's. He didn't have any rare thrushes in his gully. And he told us the Black-tailed Crake is gone. So first in the afternoon we tried the two jeep trails. The lower one had tourists on it so we left shortly. The one by the check point was quiet in the afternoon so we went to the Mae Pan Waterfall to try for the Plumeous Redstart. But it was neither in the stream by the car park nor at the waterfall so a rather dry afternoon with just a few bulbuls to show for the effort.
But at least we had a good morning !
Day 13-15
A bird I really wanted on the trip was Spotted Redshank, as one had been reported at Laem Pak Bia.
But initially I dismissed this bird as being a Common Redshank. But on closer examination it’s non-breeding Spotted, based upon Round “bill is longer and proportionately finer, with brighter red base to lower mandible. Well defined whitish supercillium.”
It’s actually the first bird we saw when we turned off the highway into the salt pans, there was just one individual.
There are only 4 possible stints in Thailand (long-toed, Temminck’s, red-necked and little). Little and Red-necked have blackish legs. Only Temminck’s and Long-toed have yellowish / greenish legs. All photos here have yellowish / greenish legs.
I believe the more upright birds with the longer necks are Long-toed Stints.
I believe the shorter bird with shorter neck is Temminck’s Stint. Only Temminck’s has a rather drab greyish plumage variation.
I’m feel pretty confident this one is a Nordmann’s Greenshank. It’s not a great photo though because it has been digiscoped at a great distance under windy conditions.
Marsh Sandpiper (middle) with Common Greenshanks
This Paddyfield Pipit was seen at the salt pans at Laem Pak Bia.
Here are four Yellow-browed Warblers from Doi Lang, each with 2 images except for the last
Warbler 1
Warbler 2
Warbler 3
Warbler 4
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Northern Thailand 3-11Jan14
From Con
| No | Name | Thai Lifer | Global Lifer |
| 1 | Grey-throated Sand-Martin | X | X |
| 2 | Lesser Whistling Duck | X | |
| 3 | Dusky Warbler | X | X |
| 4 | Mallard | X | |
| 5 | Blue Peafowl | captive | |
| 6 | Purple Swamphen | X | |
| 7 | Long-tailed Duck | X | |
| 8 | Long-tailed Shrike | X | |
| 9 | Cattle Egret | X | |
| 10 | Citrine Wagtail | X | X |
| 11 | Small Pratincole | X | |
| 12 | Spot-billed Duck | X | X |
| 13 | Great Egret | X | |
| 14 | Little Ringed Plover | X | |
| 15 | Crested Myna | X | |
| 16 | Ferruginous Pochard | X | X |
| 17 | Common Coot | X | |
| 18 | Little Egret | X | |
| 19 | Chinese Pond Heron | X | |
| 20 | Long-tailed Jacana | X | |
| 21 | Common Moorhen | X | |
| 22 | Black-hooded Oriole | X | X |
| 23 | Burmese Shrike | X | X |
| 24 | Barn Swallow | X | |
| 25 | Straited Swallow | X | X |
| 26 | Ashy Woodswallow | X | X |
| 27 | Ultramarine Flycatcher | X | |
| 28 | Golden-throated Barbet | X | |
| 29 | Aberrant Bush-Warbler | X | X |
| 30 | Spot-breasted Parrotbill | X | X |
| 31 | Maroon Oriole | X | X |
| 32 | Blue-winged Minla | X | |
| 33 | Scarlet-faced Liocichla | ||
| 34 | Grey-headed Lapwing | ||
| 35 | Oriental Honey Buzzard | ||
| 36 | Green Bee-eater | ||
| 37 | Pied Bushchat | ||
| 38 | Spectacled Barwing | ||
| 39 | Grey Bushchat | ||
| 40 | Chestnut bellied Rock Thrush | ||
| 41 | White-gorgeted Flycatcher | ||
| 42 | Rufous-bellied Niltava | X | X |
| 43 | Large Niltava | ||
| 44 | Himalayan Bluetail | ||
| 45 | Blue Rock Thrush | ||
| 46 | Giant Nuthatch | X | X |
| 47 | Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker | X | X |
| 48 | White-browed Shrike-Babbler | X | |
| 49 | Siberian Rubythroat | X | X |
| 50 | Long-tailed Minivet | X | |
| 51 | Olive-backed Pipit | ||
| 52 | Black Bulbul | ||
| 53 | Grey-backed Shrike | ||
| 54 | Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler | ||
| 55 | Silver-eared Laughingthrush | ||
| 56 | White-tailed Robin | ||
| 57 | Vivid Niltava | X | X |
| 58 | Davison's Warbler | X | X |
| 59 | Crested Finchbill | X | X |
| 60 | Golden Bush Robin | X | X |
| 61 | Chestnut-headed Tesia | X | X |
| 62 | Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher | ||
| 63 | White-browed Laughingthrush | X | X |
| 64 | Rufous-backed Sibia | X | X |
| 65 | Common Rosefinch | ||
| 66 | Brown-breasted Bulbul | X | X |
| 67 | Red-Whiskered Bulbul | X | |
| 68 | White-headed Bulbul | ||
| 69 | Chestnut Bunting | X | X |
| 70 | Verditer Flycatcher | X | |
| 71 | Yellow Wagtail | X | |
| 72 | White-capped Redstart | ||
| 73 | Slaty-backed Forktail | X | |
| 74 | Black-breasted Thrush | X | X |
| 75 | Mrs. Gould's Sunbird | ||
| 76 | Bronzed Drongo | ||
| 77 | Ashy Bulbul | X | |
| 78 | Blyth's Leaf Warbler | ||
| 79 | Rufous-winged Fulvetta | ||
| 80 | Striated Bulbul | X | X |
| 81 | Slaty-backed Flycatcher | ||
| 82 | Hill Blue Flycatcher | ||
| 83 | Ashy Drongo | ||
| 84 | Magpie Robin | X | |
| 85 | Mountain Bamboo Partridge | X | X |
| 86 | Siberian Blue Robin | ||
| 87 | Grey-winged Blackbird | X | |
| 88 | Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher | ||
| 89 | Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush | ||
| 90 | |||
| TOTALS | 57 | 28 | |
| Partial List of other birds seen | |||
| Hoopoe | |||
| Streak-throated Woodpecker | |||
| Yellow-bellied Fantail | |||
| Pin-tailed Parrotfinch | |||
| Black-crested Bulbul | |||
| Blue Rock Thrush | |||
| Black-collared Starling | |||
| Siberian Stonechat | |||
Mallards (female left, male right)
Domestic duck
Dusky Warbler
Juvenile pale OHB
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Thailand 15-21Feb13
From Con
One of the more interesting nature moments on my trip. I would like to share a snake encounter with you:
http://confoley.com/mousedeer-and-snake-encounter
Keeled Rat Snake
Here is my haul of new bird photos on the trip from Kaeng Krachan and Mae Wong. Some photos not too good but at least proof I saw the species. Got staggering views of the Tesia but bad photos.
Giant Barbet
Collared Babbler
White fronted Scops Owl
Great Iora
Slaty legged Crake
Streak breasted Woodpecker
Chinese Blue Flycatcher
Grey Peacock Pheasant
Rufous necked Partridge
White necked Laughingthrush
Rusty naped Pitta
Eye browed Wren Babbler
Slaty bellied Tesia
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Northern Thailand 11-17Jan12
Con and Loong Tat went to Northern Thailand.
From Con
I finally went gone through all my photos and identified the birds that we saw & photographed. I get 94 bird species photographed, and for me, 29 lifers. And 8 species of mammals + one skink. Not a bad haul !!!
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Sunday, May 27, 2012
Northern Thailand 28Dec10 - 6Jan11
Danny, Con and Marisol went to Northern Thailand.
From Con
Red-faced Liocichla
Here is the first photo of the trip that I processed, .... because I thought it was one of the most unique birds of the trip! An uncommon Thai resident at elevations over 1400 meters; and from India to China in tropical montane forests. A member of the true babbler family and a dense undergrowth skuller.
One of four species of Liocichlas, the most recent one was scientifically described only in 2006. The Bugun Liocichla (Liocichla bugunorum) in the Eagle Nest region of NE India. A few folks from Nature Society Singapore have seen the new species.
Green-billed Malkoha
This is the only photo I got of the bird at Doi Chiang Dao. We were up a hill very near the Den Ya Khat (DYK) forestry outpost probably at around 1450 meters elevation.
Also, here are three of the more interesting birds I saw, but didn't get great photos, all from Doi Lang.
Rusty cheeked Scimitar Babbler
This bird was calling at the first place we stopped, just a couple of kilometers into the long ridge road at Doi Lang. I taped the call and played it back and the bird came out one time, and after that refused to come out anymore, although it keep calling. The recording I made matches that of Sharringa. When we came back in the late afternoon, the bird was still calling there.
White-browed Scimitar Babbler
This one was further along the ridge after one of the police outposts, and also was calling. It also showed itself just briefly.
White-browed Piculet
This one was taken at the same spot as the White-browed Scimitar Babbler. Danny was off somewhere looking for other birds and this little guy flew in and perched briefly and then was gone.
White-eyes
At Doi Inthanon at Mr. Daeng's place there was a rhododendron tree that was attracting lots of white-eyes, a couple of rosefinches, and black-throated sunbirds.
Some of the white-eyes were very clearly Chestnut-flanked.
However, some of the white-eyes lacked the chestnut flank, and although Round warns this can happen and be confusing, I think they were Japanese White-eyes with just enough of a hint of a "narrow yellow green band above the base of the bill and (just below) the darker forehead" per Round, which is the feature that separates them from unmarked Chestnut-flanked. So I think we had a mixed flock at this location.
At Doi Chiang Dao we got more Chestnut-flanked at the Maetaman Water Research unit but I recorded no other types of white eyes.
The next day at Doi Chiang Dao at DYK I got a much lighter more yellow colored white eye with a hint of a yellow median strip on the lower chest and belly with is a feature of the Oriental White-eye. I got no other types of white eyes at this location.
So I think we got all three species of white eyes which should be no big surprise since they all are common in the winter.
Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush
At the very first stop we may on the Doi Lang ridge road, this bird popped up. It was partly blocked by some grasses so I couldn't get a very clear shot. I got three shutter clicks and it flew away. I'm pretty sure Danny was looking in another direction and never saw this bird. Taken at 8:17am in the morning. To me, the closest it looks like is a Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush female.
Pied Bushchat
We were chasing this female bird with the slightly rufous tail for two evenings.
Warblers
Blyth's Leaf Warbler
These were taken on Dec 30 at Doi Inthanon on the "jeep" trail just next to the 2nd checkpoint.
unid warblers
The last set of photos
The Himalayan Swiftlets pictures are from the first day in Doi Chiang Dao.
The female Siberian Stonechat photo was that same evening in the rice paddy in Chiang Dao.
The female Slaty-backed Flycatcher photo is also from Doi Chiang Dao.
From Danny
To avoid duplication, try not to repeat any species; only listed at location 1st seen.
12/28 - along road to and within Inthanon Highland Resort and area at base of Doi Inthanon
1) Spotted Dove
2) Indian Rollers
3) Iora, green
4) Little Egret
5) White rumped Shama
6) Asian Brown FC
7) Red Throated FC, female
8) Chinese Pond Herons
9) Greater Coucal
10) Common myna
11) Wagtail, grey
12) ET Sparrows
13) RT Drongo
14) Tailorbird, dark-necked
15) WT Kingfisher
16) Spotted Owlets (heard and saw shadow while dinner at In Highland Resort)
17) Brown Shrike
18) Rock Pigeons
19) Scarlet backed flowerpecker
20) Bulbul, black crested
21) Large billed crow
12/29 - Doi Inthanon - Summit was terribly crowded & missed a number of well known birds
1) WB Waterhen
2) Mrs Gould sunbirds
3) Green tailed sunbirds
4) Dark backed Sibias
5) Warbler, ashy throated
6) Warbler, white tailed
7) Golden babbler
8) Black-backed forktail (I was lucky to spot it but Con missed at wattan... waterfall)
9) Bulbul, Flavescent
10) Bulbul, White headed (beautiful bulbuls, later at Doi Lang, seen the white headed species of Black bulbul)
11) Yellow-bellied fantail
12) Chestnut flanked white-eye
13) Japanese white-eye
14) Slaty-bellied tesia (easily heard but difficult to see well and take photo)
15) Ashy Drongo
16) Hill blue FC
17) Thrush, Dark-sided - Mr Daeng's place feeding station.
18) Myna, white vented (the crest is much more impressive than the Javan)
19) Indian cuckoo (heard)
20) Common Rosefinch (male & female)
12/30 - Doi Inthanon
1) LRT Drongo
2) Barbet, golden throated
3) Barbet, Great
4) Fulvetta, grey cheeked (from #4 to 9, bird wave started by GC Fulvetta, don't forget the playback)
5) Warbler, Blyth's
6) Niltava, Large
7) Fulvetta, rufous winged
8) Nuthatch, chestnut bellied
9) Treecreeper, brown throated
10) Minivet, scarlet
11) Grey backed shrike (info from Mr Daeng's place exact location of black tailed crake seen yesterday, heard the distinct call of the crake but no show, probably due to the crowd)
12) Black naped oriole
13) Bulbul, puff throaed
14) Minivet, grey chinned
15) Shrike babbler, black-eared
12/31 - Doi Inthanon/Mae Pang Waterfall/way to Doi Ang Kang
1) Magpie Robin
2) White crowned Forktail
3) Riverchats - 3
4) Plumbeous Redstart - male & fem
5) Wagtail , white
6) Treeswift, crested
7) Olive backed pipit
8) Babbler, striped tit
9) Verditer FC
10) Common Kestrel (1st raptor on way to Doi Ang Kang)
1/1/2011 - Doi Ang Kang
1) Bulbul, sooty capped
2) Tailorbird, common
3) Puff throated Babbler
4) Ashy Woodswallow
5) Great Tit
6) Bubul, Mountain
7) Drongo cuckoo
8) Black Drongo
9) Bulbul, red-whiskered
10) Bronze Drongo
11) Crested Goshawk - 2
12) Rufous Gorgeted FC
13) Nuthatch, chestnut vented
14) Drongo, hair crested
15) Chestnut headed bee-eater
16) Pied bushchat (a female was also seen 1/4/11 - Doi Lang)
17) Himalayan swiftlet
18) Siberian stonechat
19) Scaly breasted munia
1/2/11 - Doi Ang Kang
1) Black throated sunbird
2) Minivet, short billed
3) Long tailed Broadbill - 6
4) Orange bellied leafbird
5) Blue rock thrush
6) Woodpecker- striped breasted
7) Woodpecker - grey capped
8) Spiderhunter, streaked
9) Crested Serpent Eagle
10) Green-billed Malkoha
11) Cuckoo, Plantive - heard
12) Oriental white-eye
13) Nuthatch, giant
14) Bush warbler - unid
15) Accipiter unid - sounds like Accipiter nisus - Ah Yi, Ah Yi!
1/3/11 - Doi Ang Kang
1) Streaked wren babbler
2) Lesser shortwing - heard
3) Owl, collar scop - heard
4) Owl, brown hawk - heard
5) Oriole, black hooded
6) Sunbird, olive backed
7) Large Hawk Cuckoo
8) Grey bushchat (also seen 1/4/11 - Doi Lang)
9) BWK
10) Nuthatch, Velvet fronted
11) White browed shrike babbler
12) Shikra - 4
1/4/11 - Doi Lang
1) Yellow cheeked Tit
2) Grey headed FC
3) White browed Scimitar Babbler
4) Black throated Tit
5) White throated fantail
6) Bulbul, Ashy
7) Spectacled Barwing
8) Black Bulbul
9) Piculet, white browed
10) Crested finchbill
11) Hume's warbler or Yellow-browed Warbler
12) Buff throated warbler
13) Bunting, chestnut - male
14) Jerdon's bushchat - male and female
15) LT nightjars
16) Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler
17) Chestnut-bellied rock thrush - female
1/5/11- Doi Lang
1) Oriental turtle doves
2) Little Heron
3) Blue winged minla
4) Blue throated barbet
5) Black eared shrike babbler
6) Common Buzzards - 2 japonicus
7) Collared falconet
8) Grey faced buzzards - 2
9) Scarlet faced Liocichla
10) Yuhina, whiskered
11) Silver eared Laughingthrush
12) White gorgeted FC
13) Himalayan bluetail
14) Golden Spectacled Warbler, Seicercus burkii (initially mis-id as brown cheeked Fulvetta in a bird wave but distinct yellow eye-ring do not match; Green crowned warbler in OBI)
15) Long-tailed Sibia
1/6/11 - Doi Lang paddyfield
1) Black collared Starlings
2) Burmese Shrike
3) Long tailed Shrike
4) Baya weavers
5) White rumped munia
6) House Sparrow
7) Little Bunting
8) Common Kingfisher
9) Yellow eyed babbler
10) Common Kestrel - 2
11) Pied Harrier - female
12) Barn swallows
13) Lesser coucal
14) Paddyfield Pipit
15) Zitting Cisticola
16) Yellow billed Egret
17) Cattle Egret (road passing DAK)
The white-headed bulbul was simply beautiful with human like eyes
and the white faced, White wagtail (many plumages variations).
This male Plumbeous Redstart was special as it was recorded at the highest water fall in Thailand and took us almost half an hour to climb up together with Marisol. For her efforts, Con rewarded her a new pair of shoes. Later we found a few Redstarts including the female in the picture above easily along a small stream next to base camp. Posting these pictures brought back fond memories of the birds, locations and wonderful couple as company. Not forgetting the Thai foods and beers.
Yellow-bellied Fantail
Olive-backed Pipit fairly common
Common Rosefinch seen outside Mr Daeng's place.
The female Blue Rock Thrush perched on tree for almost half an hour - so rename as tree-thrush.
The Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher was first seen at Doi Ang Kang and subsequently seen more at Doi Lang.
Female Grey Bushchat
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