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YB Prinia also sometimes make a "mewing" kind of sound that sounds something like a kitten. You can find examples on xeno-canto and etc. 

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Yard bird of the day. Black-winged Cuckooshrike. Bangsaen, Chonburi. Resident in north Thailand but winter visitor to central. I get a few sightings a year, and nearly always from my yard.

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Got the target species - Spoon-billed Sandpiper - morning and evening of 22 December. You need a lot of patience, a spotting scope or someone with a scope, and it helps if there is a friendly guide nearby happy to point out the bird and allow you to view it through his scope even though you are not part of his group or don't have any guide your self. So thanks to Mr. Joy for the help. 

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I don't usually travel for birds, but had some time off and decided to visit Laem Pak Bia - Pak Thale to see, one hopes, the Spoon-billed Sandpiper, as well as a number of other species here I have never seen. Arrived in Pak Thale with 90 mins of sunlight left and clocked three species new to me. Ruddy Shelduck (rare winter visitor) , Caspian Tern, Broad-billed Sandpiper. Looking forward to tomorrow. 

 

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Not yard but on my regular circuit here in Bangsaen. Thought Two-barred at first, but have settled on Yellow-browed (Inornate). Sorting warblers is a difficult task. 

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And this was great to see, also at Khao Soi Dao. White-throated Rock-Thrush (male). Uncommon winter visitor. Only the second I have seen in ten years of birding, the first in Surin in March of 2011, also a male. 

 

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Not in or from my yard, but a first for me. Apologies for the terrible photos, but I am not much of a photographer. Just a birder with a point and shoot superzoom. This is a first for me. Rufous-bellied Eagle at Khao Soi Dao, 4 December 2018. Photo one is cropped. Photo 2 is cropped and light adjusted.  

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Birds belong in the wild. That's my opinion. Take it or leave it.

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Bird of the day. Grey-headed Lapwing (juvenile). Bangsaen, Chonburi, 12 Oct 2018. Only the fourth time I have seen this species - first in Surin many years ago and three times since here - and all four sightings have been of just one bird.

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Went up to my old patch in Surin last weekend (Huai Saneneg Reservoir) and had a quick look around. No time to really get into what was out there but good to see some of the old familiars that I don't often see here in Chonburi. 

 

Black Drongo; Brahminy Kite (juv); Black-shouldered Kite; Chestnut Munia; Indian Roller; Pied Buschchat (juv) and Stonechat (male); Purple Swamphen (aka Black-backed). 

 

I do see all these here in Chonburi, just not as regularly as up there. I also saw - but did not get photos of - Red Avadavat, Pheasant-tailed jacana, etc. 

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Nice. I have only seen SBKF twice - once in Bang Phra, Chonburi and another time in Sanghalaburi. 

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20 hours ago, jack2964 said:

Good to see this not in a cage.

 

One of my favorites. And one of the birds that got me hooked on birding when i was up in Surin. I have actually never seen one in a cage. Were they caged pet birds or "merit releases"?

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46 minutes ago, jack2964 said:

Help me with this Shrike ID. Thanks.

Taken at Huai Khok Mu view point Ratchaburi.

This is a nice spot to camp although birding isn't great.

But was well rewarded with a flypast of about 7 or  8 individuals.

Wreathed Hornbill. Female with blue gular pouch.

Unfortunately the sun was behind the birds

Gear used Canon 7D with 400/5.6 hand held.

 

Asian Brown Shrike, Female First Winter, is my best guess, but I am perfectly ready to be wrong there...

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On 2/24/2018 at 2:52 PM, Ron19 said:

A Willy Wagtail, only had a 18/55 lens on. No time to change and put the 75/330 on. Real pity, there were two and only 5 metres away.

Couldn't crop it down further, bad enough as it is.

 

Oriental Magpie-robin. One of the most common garden birds in Thailand so you should get another chance at better pics.

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Great Egret and Grey Heron, to be specific. Not to sound finicky, but most birders are finicky like that. 

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yes common hoopoe

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I reckon it's a Shikra. Accipiters are notoriously hard even with a very clear photo, but for me the rule of thumb is that unless you can detail specific reasons for it being anything other than a Shikra, then it's best to put it down as a Shikra. As a Thailand's most knowledgeable ornithologist once put it to me, and I paraphrase, "Shikra is the default accipiter in Thailand." If you lighten the exposure some and repost it may bring out some distinguishing characteristics.

 

Also, take a look at this: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280727632_Flight_Identification_of_Six_Accipiter_Sparrowhawk_Species_in_Thailand

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On 4/11/2560 at 1:06 PM, kgpr said:

Not sure what this eagle is it was going very low around the rice fields looking for food

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Eastern Marsh-Harrier, I believe. Anyone else? Could also be a Juv. Pied Harrier. Edit: Ooops. Just noticed Teflon Don beat me to it. I'm leaning Juv. Pied but it's been a long while since I had regular field experience with harriers. 

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My first Terek Sanpiper among or group of Pacific Golden Plovers in my patch in Bangsaen, Chonburi today. There were also Brown Shrike, one Darter, a lot of Common Kingfisher and Black-capped Night Heron, and one Indian Thick-knee. But the Terek was a new tick for me, even though it should be a fairly common winter visitor in these parts. 

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Ashy Drongo arrived on my soi in Bangsaen, Chonburi today. They are the dominant drongo on my soi, with black being more common back in the wooded areas and mangrove areas I visit locally.  

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Interesting. I also saw a very large amount of Black-crowned Night Heron yesterday, almost all juveniles. Resident here so I see them throughout the year, but yesterday more than I had ever seen in one day. As for snipe, Pintail from Common for me was always made by call and the way they flushed.

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What a difference a week can make. 7 days ago, no winter visitors in my Bangsaen patch. Yesterday evening, about 30 Pacific Golden Plovers, 50+ Lesser Sand Plover, some Red Shank, Green Shank, Long Toed Stint, and Chinese Pond Heron. Winter visitors all.

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My patch in Bangsaen, Chonburi yesterday. There were two more Painted Storks out of frame, but as yet no true winter visitors. 

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According to posts in Thai Bird Report (on facebook) Autumn migration is well underway with YR flycatchers already netted and ringed at Laem Phak Bia (Philip Round) and etc. So get your bins and cameras out and up those yard lists (or otherwise). 

 

My first winter visitors were a pair of Grey Wagtails in Kanchanaburi a couple weeks ago. They are among the earliest to arrive every year, apparently.

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Spot-billed Pelican with Painted Stork and Egret, Huai Saneng Reservior, Surin, 2010.