Experimental rice fields Tanyaburi, Pathum Thani.

White-rumped Munia

Plain Prinia

House Sparrow (indicus)

It is always fun to bird in a new place. This place is only a few hundred meters from a very busy road but it is run by the state and thus protected from all kinds of disruptions. Also the farming is done organically which allows for insect and birds to co-exist.

Open area birding can be a lot of fun as birds are always around, not hiding in the trees!

This is the race of House Sparrow found in Thailand, indicus, somethings called Indian House Sparrow.

Paddyfield Pipit


Stejnegeri's Stonechat

Paddyfield Pipit is a resident very common
bird in paddies. Isolated it can be hard to ID from Richard's but call and size do differ a lot.

Sorting races out can be tricky with taxonomy often changing. Our Eastern Stonechat i.e. is
held up to species level: Stejnegeri's Stonechat.

Yellow Wagtail has more races then one can even dream of. This one, myornyx belongs to Eastern Yellow Wagtails.

Eastern Yellow wagtail, myornyx

Baya Weaver

Asian Golden Weaver

Baillion's Crake

Baya Weaver is one of 3 Weaver species we have here. In contrast to Asian Golden Weaver it does not have an all out golden plumage in breeding plumage.

Baillion's Crake

But the 'best bird' was a cryptic Baillion's Crake that I lured out of the paddies with the help of meal worms!

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Wut Tum Prathoon, Chonburi

About an hour and 20 minutes drive from my home in Bangkok there is a temple on a little hill. The hill is surrounded by a forest that hold both resident and migratory birds. At the temple there is a permanent hide with seating for about 8 people. The hide is for free. A hose with dripping water and a bath is set up for the birds. This hide has some regular species that make use of the water as continuously. I have visited the hide a few times, mainly mid day when birds are hot and come to bath. Here is a sample of birds I have seen of late. Siberian Blue Robin, female Emerald Dove Amur Paradise Flycatcher Streak-eared Bulbul Black-headed Bulbul Racket-tailed Treepie Sooty-headed Bulbul Eye-browed Thrush Chestnut-flanked White-eye Orange-headed Thrush Black-crested Bulbul Verditer Flycatcher Oriental Magpie Robin

lndian Thick-knee in Bangkok!

This is the first photograph of an Indian Thick-knee from Bangkok on eBird. I stumbled across it this morning on a site in Nong Chok district of Bangkok. A big surprise that brought about a grin on my face! Like a ray of light it gave me joy!

Spoon-billed Sandpiper!

The season is drawing closer towards its end. Soon this enigmatic and unique creature will head towards Eastern Siberia and its breeding grounds. How long can it hold on to the pressures of loss of suitable 'refueling' habitat during its long flight? Can it find suitable breeding habitat? Will it find a mate? Can it survive another season of villagers in Bangladesh harvesting shorebirds for staple? Don't we all wish him sucess? This season I have had a high count of 8 individuals at Bak Taley, Petburi. The birds have proven quite easy to spot. Or perhaps I am getting sharper in my 'spotting skills'? Either way, when one is found and I see the joy in the face of the visiting birder, I can sense the awe and almost europhic relationship that exist between birders and this very special bird. The birds are never easy to approach very close on foot and seldom do one have a chance to use the car as a cover. This bird was pretty accommodating though and I managed a few shot...

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