Thaibirds and more

There had been storm warnings for over a week and that put a little concern over the scheduled one day trip to Muang Boran fish ponds with Lars and Inger from Sweden. As things worked out it was the sunniest day in a long time and very hot. The walk ways at the ponds were very wet and the ponds themselves   had higher water level then normal. This led to the absence of a few otherwise regular birds. Either way, since Lars and Inger never had birded in SEA before it didn’t really matter much. We had lunch at the restaurant at the end of the pier at Bangpoo where all the Brown-headed Gulls gather.   There were about   50 gulls there already and at least 1000 Whiskered Terns. We had one weird sighting at the fish ponds: a single Blossom-headed Parakeet in the top of a tree with some Blue-tailed Bee-eater.   His call was so different and not something you ever hear around this place. I suspect it must be an escaped bird though it is found in the wild in more suitable habitat