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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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

Morning chorous

Something I wrote 16 years ago! A Bangkok Morning Concert, March 2000 "Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day, Oh what a beautiful feeling, everything's going God's way" These words from the familiar song I feel are very applicable to the sounds I encounter on a daily basis around our house here in the northern outskirts of Bangkok in the middle of March. As is the case everywhere else in this buzzing city full of people and noise, the sounds of roaring engines, be they motorcyles, cars, buses or airplanes are ever present in their quest to overpower one another. Incredibly enough so are also the natural sounds and wonders of God's little creatures. One just need to listen and tune in! It all started this morning at 4 a.m. Pied Fantail Flycatcher is starting its song way too early. Who changed its body clock? Whatever the reason may be, this active little creature with its ever fanning tail took charge of my day. The song is v

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