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  1. BKKBen

    Keang Krachan NP or Khao Yai NP in early Dec

    This is definitely true - the blinds outside the proper entrance to the park (but still within the entire boundaries) would offer the chance to see some more difficult species up close, something that isn't really offered around Khao Yai NP. Blue Pitta is also actually fairly easily seen at Khao...
  2. BKKBen

    Cambodian Laughing Thrush

    Is the 17th a lock? Because if you could start one week later on the 24th, I would most definitely be interested! And what costs are you looking at once on the ground in Cambodia (as I live in Thailand)? I understand if dates are inflexible. Good luck!
  3. BKKBen

    Chao Phraya River Blue Bird

    While Dollarbirds are seen during passage migration in and around BKK, and these could have been a pair of birds that are a little early, Rollers are resident to the area. Additionally, the OP mentioned the 'blue wings', and while Dollarbirds do have some blue, I've never seen it as brilliant or...
  4. BKKBen

    Chao Phraya River Blue Bird

    It could have been an Indochinese Roller, and maybe the yellow beak was an effect of the light, but Collared Kingfishers are also common in that area.
  5. BKKBen

    Bangkok - mid-July

    I've been on this twice, and that price sounds about right, because when we bought tickets, it was a 'Valentine's Day special' 2-for-1', and the tickets worked out to be a little over 1000 Baht per person. Given it was around Valentine's Day, it wasn't peak whale-watching season, and we didn't...
  6. BKKBen

    Bird call - Bang Po in Bangkok

    Racket-tailed Treepie is quite common at Bang Pu, and they have a variety of vocalizations. And long-tailed and dark (brown) maybe fit the description better. Where at Bang Pu did you see it?
  7. BKKBen

    Bangkok - mid-July

    Hi Pete, Bang Pu is now easier to access than in the past as the skytrain goes most of the way there now - you'll still need to take a taxi from Kheha station to the site, though. Obviously, Bang Pu is better over the winter for all the gulls and waders, and it's also a good place for surprises...
  8. BKKBen

    Chestnut-headed beeater - Red Hawk Sea in Chanthaburi, Thailand

    Hi Aladdin, I think it's probably a juvenile Green Bee-eater, which along with its appearance, would also be a better fit for Chanthaburi; I've seen both Green and Blue-tailed Bee-eaters there. Of course this all depends on whether you saw adult Chestnut-headed Bee-eaters there with this bird...
  9. BKKBen

    Saving Spoonie

    There is currently a donation drive to secure land at Pak Thale, Thailand, valuable wintering grounds of Spoon-billed Sandpipers, among many other waders etc. This is taken from the BCST's facebook page: "Bird Conservation Society of Thailand (BCST) has been working on conservation of...
  10. BKKBen

    Bangkok, May 2019

    Bang Pu is great, and I try to get there a couple of times a month. Even in May you should get 40+species in a morning, more if early May, but I do agree a scope, while not necessary, comes in handy. If I'm free, I'd be more than happy to join you for a morning/afternoon at Bang Pu. -Ben.
  11. BKKBen

    Painted/Milky/Hybrid Stork? Prek Toal, Cambodia

    Hi Alex, I'm a long way from being an expert on this topic, but I do occasionally come across storks that look like Milky Storks at Bang Pu, a seaside area south-east of Bangkok where I live. Both of my attached photos show birds that differ from Painted Storks considerably, but both of these...
  12. BKKBen

    Flycatcher, northeast Thailand, Dec 31, 2018

    Thanks a lot, Grahame.
  13. BKKBen

    Flycatcher, northeast Thailand, Dec 31, 2018

    Anyone have ideas? Thx.
  14. BKKBen

    Flycatcher, northeast Thailand, Dec 31, 2018

    Hi all, I'd like some ID help with a flycatcher seen at Phu Luang Wildlife Sanctuary, Loei province, in the northeast of Thailand, at an elevation of a little over 1400m on 31st Dec, 2018. It had an overall 'warmish' appearance, and based upon said appearance and its call, I think it is...
  15. BKKBen

    Bird ID, Phu Suan Sai NP, Loei, Thailand.

    Hi all, Looking for some ID help for a bird seen in Thailand on December 18th (or at least narrowing down the possibilities). The bird was seen at the summit of Phu Suan Sai, at Phu Suan Sai National Park in Loei, north-eastern Thailand, at an elevation of around 1400m. My initial ID was a...
  16. Common Sandpiper

    Common Sandpiper

    Another bird seen at the closed mangrove research centre. I was looking out into a roadside pond, and this guy was on the bund right next to the car.
    • BKKBen
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  17. Asian Brown Flycatcher

    Asian Brown Flycatcher

    Another stop on our back way to Bangkok from our weekend away was at a seemingly closed mangrove research centre. The closure of the buildings etc. didn't mean no birds, however.
    • BKKBen
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  18. Heart-spotted Woodpecker

    Heart-spotted Woodpecker

    On the way back to Bangkok from a weekend away to the south-eastern Thai province of Rayong, we stopped for a quick look at a small wildlife sanctuary. Luck was with us, as we got close views of this little fellow!
    • BKKBen
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  19. BKKBen

    Help for Id, in Thailand #1

    Hi Andy, Sri Nakhon Khuean Khan Park is more-or-less in Bangkok (in the adjacent Samut Prakan province), and I don't think Little Spiderhunter has been recorded in either province. I must've been to that park close to 50 times across the last two+ years, and Olive-backed Sunbird is by far...
  20. BKKBen

    Which Buzzard? Singapore, Oct 2018

    I personally know nothing about buteo buzzards, but I do know that The Flyway Foundation, Thailand, currently counting/documenting raptors passing Khao Dinsor in Chumphon province counts all buteo sightings as 'unidentified buteo buzzard' due to (I believe the reason given that) identification...
  21. BKKBen

    Snipe 1 - Bangkok, Thailand 6/10/18

    Thanks for the confirmation of the information, Mark. Appreciated. Ben.
  22. BKKBen

    Snipe 1 - Bangkok, Thailand 6/10/18

    Cheers, Peter. I also posted on a Thai Waterbird ID site on Facebook, and one of the resident experts said that without clear shots of the outer tail feathers, he can't say for sure whether any of the birds is a Pin-tailed or Swinhoe's Snipe, but can say that they are all one of those two...
  23. BKKBen

    Snipe 3 - Bangkok, Thailand 6/10/18

    Hi all, I need a little help with some snipes that I managed to capture some 'okay' pics of today at Lat Krabang rice paddies on the outskirts of Bangkok. I'm aware that Common, Pin-tailed, and Swinhoe's are possible, and the latter two are close to inseparable without decent pics of their...
  24. BKKBen

    Snipe 2 - Bangkok, Thailand 6/10/18

    Hi all, I need a little help with some snipes that I managed to capture some 'okay' pics of today at Lat Krabang rice paddies on the outskirts of Bangkok. I'm aware that Common, Pin-tailed, and Swinhoe's are possible, and the latter two are close to inseparable without decent pics of their...
  25. BKKBen

    Snipe 1 - Bangkok, Thailand 6/10/18

    Hi all, I need a little help with some snipes that I managed to capture some 'okay' pics of today at Lat Krabang rice paddies on the outskirts of Bangkok. I'm aware that Common, Pin-tailed, and Swinhoe's are possible, and the latter two are close to inseparable without decent pics of their...
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