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There are 2 BIG TIME rarities in this photo. See if you can tell what they are!



BINGO IKE!
There has been a single Black-faced Spoonbill in the area for a few weeks now. That huge 'spatula' of a bill really stands out. Black-faced Spoonbill is an endangered species and shows up in Thailand as a vagrant in very small numbers.

A few years back I got very close to a pair of them. http://www.pbase.com/peterericsson/blackfacedspoonbill

The Milky Stork is even rarer. Mainly confined to Sumatra where a few thousand exist. In Thailand it is extremely rare. There were 2 birds mixed in with 6 Painted Storks.

Comments

Ike said…
Wha ... how do you manage to get black faced spoonbill AND Milky Stork in the same shot? -Absolutely crazy!!!! -AND NOT FAIR!!!!
February 24, 2011 at 10:01 PM
Kah-Wai Lin said…
Very nice blog and pictures! I will keep my eye on it from time to time!

Check out my new birding blog:
http://kwbirding.blogspot.com/
March 4, 2011 at 10:24 AM
Thaibirder said…
Well, these Painted Storks are not feral neither am I aware of any breeding projects of Milky Storks in Thailand. Neither do they look like hybrids. What matters to me is that THEY ARE HERE and appear to be genuinely wild in behaviour.....
March 10, 2011 at 1:56 AM
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