Thailand Day Eight

A travel day today with a few stops en route. First stop was Ta Ngoi farmlands HERE  where highlights included Oriental Skylark and our first Little rings of the trip. Then it was on to the Rufous Limestone Babbler Temple HERE where we scored Thailand's only endemic bird. After a lunch stop HERE we checked in at our hotel and then spent the evening at nearby paddy fields HERE where the highlights included Siberian Rubythroat, White-browed and Oriental Reed Warbler and nice selection of waterbirds in a stunning environment.

Now on 269. Live trip report HERE.

Rufous Limestone Babbler (above and below)

Oriental Skylark

Streaked and Baya Weavers

Pied Bushchat

Eastern Red-rumped Swallow

Siberian Rubythroat

Thailand Days Six and Seven- Khao Yai NP

Been a very busy couple of days exploring the magnificant Khao Yai National Park. A few photo highlights below.

Trip list now on 252, live report HERE.

Female Banded Kingfisher

Silver-breasted Broadbill

Buffy Fish Owl

Wreathed Hornbill

Female Red-headed Trogon

Great Hornbill

Collared Owlet

Silver Pheasant

Male Siamese Fireback

Pig-tailed Macaque 

Malayan Porcupine 

Thailand Day Five- Blue Pitta

We spent the morning at a bird hide in Kaeng Krachan HERE . Highlights included a stunning male Blue Pitta and a few other nice little bits (images below).

Then we spent the rest of the day travelling to our next destination.

Just a few trip ticks today, now on 214. Live report HERE 

Blue Pitta

Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher

Scaly-breasted Partridge

Puff-throated Babbler

Hainan Blue Flycatcher

Northern Treeshrew

Thailand Day Four

Another fantastic day in the Kaeng Krachan NP. We spent time around the Ban Krang Campgrounds, Kilometer 30 and the three streams, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE. Highlights included Great Hornbill, Blue-throated Bee-eater, Sulphur-breasted Warbler and Orange-headed Thrush, some nice high altitude species and a few extra WP vagrants including Dark-sided Flycatcher and Eye-browed Thrushes. 

The main highlight was the Sun Bear at the Ban Krang Campgrounds, a habituated animal that feeds on scraps around the camp ground. 

Trip list now on 208, live trip report HERE.

Orange-breasted Trogon

Blue-throated Barbet

Sulphur-breasted Warbler

Mountain Bulbul

Ashy Bulbul

Flavescent Bulbul

Two-barred Warbler

Eye-browed Thrush

Great Hornbill

Orange-headed Thrush

Blue-throated Bee-eater

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch

Sun Bear

Dusky Langur

Thailand Day Three

A great day in Kaeng Krachan National Park, we started off birding on the main road HERE, then lunch at Baan Maka Nature Lodge HERE and in the afternoon we had a magical afternoon at Bird's Hide HERE. Highlights included Grey Peacock Pheasant, Scaly-breasted and Bar-backed Partridge, Kalij Pheasants, Brown Boobook, some nice Laughing Thrushes and a nice little selection of WP vagrant species including Two-barred Warbler, Siberian Blue Robin, Radde's Warbler, Taiga Flycatcher, Asian Brown Flycatcher and Yellow-browed Warblers. 

Also a nice little selection of mammals. 

Now on 180 for the trip, Live trip report HERE. 

Grey Peacock Pheasant

Kalij Pheasants- awesome! 

Brown Boobook 

Lesser Necklaced Laughing Thrush

Greater Necklaced Laughing Thrush

White-crested Laughing Thrush 

Greater Yellownape

Female Siberian Blue Robin 

Dusky Langur

Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain (Mouse Deer).