Birds in your garden

[Bredbury Blue 1,894]

No idea if this the right forum for this but I was just wondering what birds people got in their gardens, where are they (town/province), do they feed them and with what?

Not an expert on the local birds but I'm in samut prakarn, area has lots of plaa salid fields, have a khlong next to my house with lots of trees and then fishfields.

In the garden we get very brave collared dove types which aren't bothered by me, different types of mynah birds which are very jumpy, coucals (saw 2 together for the firts time last week), very noisy koels which I rarely see but are very vocal especially at night. In the fields theres a variety of storks. Had a kingfisher a few months back flying up and down the klong...that got me excited.

I always chuck out bread for the birds. The mother in law says they're farlang nok as they don't eat rice she puts out (and no she doesn't mean falang kee nok).

Anything unusual visiting your place? What do you feed them with?

[Daffy D 1,338]

we get very brave collared dove types which aren't bothered by me

We get those little gray birds, not afraid they walk around on the ground and have accidently nearly stepped on one on several occasions

Edited March 7, 2016 by Daffy D

[Bredbury Blue 1,894]

One that didn't make it...bloody glass windows

Our regular visitors...masters of balance

Usually they fly away at the first sight of me, but this one was unusual, it hopped in a semi-circle around me and then flew off. Lesser or Greater?

I'll dig out a few more.

How about you?

[AjarnNorth 655]

Dead bird is a Siberian Thrush - I seem to remember Isanbirder already makingt that ID in another thread. The first pic of Storks looks like mostly Openbill Storks with possibly a few Painted Storks. The Coucal is a Greater.

[AjarnNorth 655]

we get very brave collared dove types which aren't bothered by me

We get those little gray birds, not afraid they walk around on the ground and have accidently nearly stepped on one on several occasions

Zebra Dove most probably. Sometimes they're referred to as Peaceful Doves.

[thetefldon 685]

Glad you started the thread. I moved to a new house in November about 11 km north of Phetchabun. Set in nice rural location with plenty of trees and water nearby.

My "patch" is the garden and anything I can see or hear from the house. I have a north facing first floor terrace that is proving a great spot for bird watching and photography. The terrace is on a level with a large mature tree that attracts all manner of avian visitors, mostly common I might add.

I regularly have visits from a group of Racket Tailed Treepies, a Spot Breasted Woodpecker, a pair of Black Collared Starling and a Violet Cuckoo.

I also had a brief visit from a pair of Black Baza in January.

Less common(here) I have recently seen a Verditer Flycatcher and a Black Crested BulBul, both spotted in the very cold weather that might have forced them down from Tad Mok or Nearby Nam Nao.

Besides the birds I have mentioned all the usual suspects are present i.e Mynas, Bulbuls and Koel for example.

Edited March 8, 2016 by thetefldon

[steven100 7,921]

had these two a while back .... not sure what name ..

Edited March 8, 2016 by steven100

[Bredbury Blue 1,894]

Dead bird is a Siberian Thrush - I seem to remember Isanbirder already makingt that ID in another thread. The first pic of Storks looks like mostly Openbill Storks with possibly a few Painted Storks. The Coucal is a Greater.

That's correct on the Siberian Thrush.

How to tell the difference between Greater and Lesser Coucal?

[mikebell 7,735]

I have a wide variety that nest in my mango; wake me at 5.45am and crap on my motorbike. I am not ornithologically inclined.

[AjarnNorth 655]

had these two a while back .... not sure what name ..

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Black-naped Oriole (with the slight possibility that they are Slender-billed Oriole,but the pics are not clear enough to say so I would stick with Black-naped). They are winter visitors.

[AjarnNorth 655]

Dead bird is a Siberian Thrush - I seem to remember Isanbirder already makingt that ID in another thread. The first pic of Storks looks like mostly Openbill Storks with possibly a few Painted Storks. The Coucal is a Greater.

That's correct on the Siberian Thrush.

How to tell the difference between Greater and Lesser Coucal?

Lesser have buffish streaks on their bodies that are quite visible. But they are also generally much more skulking and tend to stay in high grass or reeds near water. If it's hopping around your garden fully exposed, you can pretty much peg it as a Greater.

[AjarnNorth 655]

Bangsaen Yard List (86 species). Bangsaen, Chonburi. This list is based on parameters sent to me by another TV member: Species seen OR heard from the property you reside in, including distant flyovers and heard only. All of the below were seen and photographed over the last 4 years in or from my garden. If anyone has any questions about any of these species/sightings or wants to see photos of anything here just ask. Some are daily sightings, some are single sightings.

For those unfamiliar, Bangsaen is about half way between Bangkok and Pattaya on the coast. I live on a very wooded soi two blocks off the sea. My garden is full of trees and each side of the house is flanked by wooded lots. There is a fruit orchard across the street. There will be additions to this as there are many waders in the area that no doubt fly over the property that I have not YET positively ID’d by sight, call, or photo from my yard but see regularly in the area.

Looking forward to seeing other Garden/Yard Lists from Thailand whether they have 2 or 200 species!

Bangsaen Yard List – Feb 2012 to March 2016 (86 species).

Indian Shag

Little Cormorant

Christmas Frigatebird

Coppersmith Barbet

Common Hoopoe

Dollar Bird

Indian Roller

Common Kingfisher

White-throated Kingfisher

Black-capped Kingfisher

Green Bee-eater

Blue-tailed Bee-eater

Plaintive Cuckoo

Green-billed Malkoha

Greater Coucal

Asian Palm Swift

House Swift

Barn Owl

Collared Scops Owl

Asian Barred Owlet

Spotted Owlet

Rock Pigeon

Spotted Dove

Peaceful Dove

Alexandrine Parakeet

Red-breasted Parakeet

White-breasted Waterhen

Spotted Redshank

Common Redshank

Common Greenshank

Black-winged Stilt

Whiskered Tern

Osprey

Black-shouldered Kite

Brahminy Kite

Shikra

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

Crested Serpent-eagle

Booted Eagle

Red-wattled Lapwing

Little Egret

Grey Heron

Purple Heron

Great Egret

Chinese Pond Heron

Javan Pond Heron

Black-crowned Night heron

Cinnamon Bittern

Painted Stork

Asian Openbill

Brown Shrike

Large-billed Crow

Ashy Woodswallow

Black-naped Oriole

Pied Fantail

Black-naped Monarch

Asian Paradise-flycatcher

Black DrongO

Ashy Drongo

Hair-crested Drongo

Common Iora

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Red-throated Flycatcher

Green-backed Flycatcher

Oriental Magpie Robin

Pied Starling

Common Myna

White-vented Myna

Barn Swallow

Black-headed Bulbul

Sooty-headed Bulbul

Yellow-vented Bulbul

Streak-eared Bulbul

Plain Prinia

Common Tailorbird

Dusky Warbler

Yellow-browed Warbler

Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker

Brown-throated Sunbird

Olive-backed Sunbird

House Sparrow

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Baya Weaver

Forest Wagtail

Black-winged Cuckoo Shrike

Scaly-breasted Munia

[Bredbury Blue 1,894]

Anybody feed the birds in the garden, if so, with what?

[KC 71 695]

They seem to like dog food and generally help themselves !

[Daffy D 1,338]

we get very brave collared dove types which aren't bothered by me

We get those little gray birds, not afraid they walk around on the ground and have accidently nearly stepped on one on several occasions

Zebra Dove most probably. Sometimes they're referred to as Peaceful Doves.

Cute birds but lousy nest builders

Must be the local influence