Kit & Herman Year 2

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148/BK09 : Great Egret, Bang Pu mangroves

 

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271/ BK10 : Black-tailed Godwits, Banpu mangroves

510/BK 11 : Common Redshank, Banpu Mangroves

226/BK 12: Black-winged Stilts, Chonburi Salt pans/ Banpu mangroves

 

There were dozens of the godwits, resting on the islets in the mangrove swamps with redshanks and stilts among them. 

 

 

 

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272/BK13 : Common Greenshank, chonburi salt pans

 

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164/ BK 14 : Purple Heron,  Bang Prah

 

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69/  BK15 : Javan pond Heron non-breeding, Chonburi salt pans

 

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76/ BK16 : Stork-billed Kingfisher,  Bang Prah

 

 

 

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68/BK17 : Chinese pond heron  non-breeding, Bang Prah

 

a bit of an EBC, hiding in the grasses....

 

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72/ BK18 : Black-capped Kingfisher, Banpu Recreational centre

 

there were at least 4 of them in the vicinity, but they lived up to their skittish reputations, taking flight each time we stopped the vehicle for a shot. 

 

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74/ BK19 : Common Kingfisher, Bang Prah

 

A slightly more accommodating kingfisher than its skittish black-capped cousin

 

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324/ BK20: Black-shouldered Kite, Bang Prah

79/ BK21 : Brahminy Kite, Bang Prah

 

the smaller kite telling  the larger raptor to beat it. 

 

 

 

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80/ BK22 : Red-wattled Lapwing, Bang Prah

 

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82/ BK23 : White-crested Laughingthrush, Bang Prah

 

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81/ BK 24 : Black-throated Laughingthrush, Bang Prah

 

There were 3-4 of these shy birds mixing with their more gregarious white-crested laughingthrush. 

 

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281/ BK25 : Plain Prinia, Banpu Recreational Center

 

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84/BK 25 : Oriental Magpie-Robin, Bang Prah

 

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99/bk26 : Paddyfield Pipit, BangPrah

 

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506/ BK27 :Lesser sand plover, Chonburi Salt Pans

 

the one (foreground) that is not like the rest....

 

 

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28/ BK28 : Brown Shrike, Bang Prah

 

Juvenile enjoying a hearty breakfast. it was so accommodating, allowing to creep up closer to it. I guess being young at heart, it has still to become more wary of predators. 

 

 

 

 

 

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525/BK29  : Racket-tailed Treepie, Bang Prah

 

Back to the count. I saw this bird too late, by the time i moved to have a better angle, the treepie had moved on. So an EBC for my first sighting of this species. According to wikipedia, the racket-tailed treepie has plush black feathers on the head with the body an olive green. Its long tail broadens out at the end with a greenish tinge, while its eyes are a turquoise-blue with black pupils.Unfortunately, my photo didn't do its description justice,which makes me want to see this species again in a better light and more open position. 

This treepie is native to southern Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-china, Sumatra, Java and Bali. 

 

 

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526/ BK30 : Whiskered Tern,  BangPrah

 

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527/BK 31 : Ashy woodswallow, Chonburi salt pans vicinity

 

The ashy woodswallow looked like the dusky woodswallow we had seen in Perth. Also called the ashy swallow-shrike, the major difference would be geographical as the ashy woodswallow is found mainly in Indian subcontinent, MYanmar across to south and southeast China, Thailand and Indochina.

I struggled with the backlit poses. 

 

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528/BK 32 : Painted Stork, Chonburi salt pans vicinity

 

A real wildlife stork - as there are often questions over the origins of the painted storks found in Singapore although they've become regular residents in Sungei Buloh since.

 

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529/ BK33 : Red-necked Stint,  Chonburi salt pans

 

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530/bk34 : Asian Pied Starling, BangPrah

 

[PeterHG]

So many great photos from both of you! I loved your extensive flycatcher collection.