Thailand with non birding partner (1 Viewer)

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Dave Williams

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• Mar 20, 2015

• #1

A report on my recent trip can be read on my blog here as and when it's progressed.
Having only recently been on a two week intensive birding holiday to The Gambia, this holiday was chosen with my non birding wife very much in mind. On the other hand, my sense of adventure often requires her to suffer some discomforts as a result. Compromise is needed!
Having briefly visited Thailand as part of a cruise package holiday itinerary last autumn we were both agreed that we didn't want to visit the tourist hotspots we had already seen, the dreadful Pattaya being one, the over commercialised Phuket Island being the other.
Read on if you are looking for some ideas !

http://davewilliamsnaturephotography.blogspot.co.uk

 

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hampers

Hampers

• Mar 20, 2015

• #2

Stunning images, as usual Dave. Bit more exotic than NW birds at the moment.

Phil

 

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Dave Williams

Well-known member

• Mar 24, 2015

• #3

Thanks Phil.
Having lost access to my Flickr account I have spent a few days trying without success to get in to it but with no luck and my only alternative has been to open a new one to continue my blog.
If anyone knows how to contact Yahoo to help resolve my issues I would be grateful of shared information.
Basically i don't know my Yahoo email address only my Yahoo ID. This doesn't work to get me in to Flickr even though it allowed me to change my password.
All to do with my internet provider BT no longer using Yahoo..anyway
on with my report !

 

JWN Andrewes

Poor Judge of Pasta.

• Mar 24, 2015

• #4

Excellent stuff Dave, and I think I have good news for you. Your Kentish Plover looks more like Malaysian. Rather scaly on the back (KP's tend to be plainer) and with a bold black collar right the way round the back of the neck (black bands just on the side of the neck on KP). Might be worth posting on the ID forum just to be sure, there's plenty out there better experienced with these two species than me, just in case there's some eastern race of Kentish that approaches the look of a Malaysian.

Cheers

James

 

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Dave Williams

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• Mar 24, 2015

• #5

Thanks for that James, I really was hoping for Malaysian but settled that they were Kentish. That would make a lifer for me ! I'll try an ID request on one or two birds I think. My skills leave a lot to be desired.

 

JWN Andrewes

Poor Judge of Pasta.

• Mar 24, 2015

• #6

Hit the books this evening, it's a dead cert Malaysian. Ink that tick Dave.

James

 

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Dave Williams

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• Mar 24, 2015

• #7

JWN Andrewes said:

Hit the books this evening, it's a dead cert Malaysian. Ink that tick Dave.

James

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Cheers James, I'll do that right now !

 

Mick Sway

Well-known member

• Mar 25, 2015

• #8

Excellent report Dave, I can see why Lesvos 2014 may have been a disappointment!

 

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Dave Williams

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• Mar 25, 2015

• #9

Mick Sway said:

Excellent report Dave, I can see why Lesvos 2014 may have been a disappointment!

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I wouldn't say Lesvos was disappointing for me Mick, quite the opposite really, however, it was intended as a sunshine break for wife Claire and the weather let us down a bit and I'm told the birding wasn't as good as usual.

Anyway, a further update on my Thailand blog is now uploaded so you can compare further !
cheers Dave

 

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Dave Williams

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• Mar 27, 2015

• #10

Another entry completed, nearly at the end now !

 

JWN Andrewes

Poor Judge of Pasta.

• Mar 27, 2015

• #11

Oh brilliant, that Sandplover sequence is just superb. Hats off.

James

 

wolfbirder

Well-known member

• Mar 27, 2015

• #12

A brilliant and compelling read with stunningly exquisite images as usual.

Thanks for sharing Dave.

If I chose a holiday with my non-birding wife in mind, I would come back with pictures of Next, River Island and Primark :smoke:

 

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Dave Williams

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• Mar 28, 2015

• #13

Thanks for the kind comments from those who have made them, glad the report has proved enjoyable as well as trying to be informative.
Thankfully all done and dusted now until my next adventure, in the mean time all the best everyone.
Dave

 

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hampers

Hampers

• Mar 28, 2015

• #14

Another excellent report Dave.

Cheers

Phil

 

JWN Andrewes

Poor Judge of Pasta.

• Mar 28, 2015

• #15

Nice one, thanks for writing up. Your Stint will be a Red-necked by the way, I think Little would be something of a rarity out there.

Cheers

James

 

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Dave Williams

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• Mar 28, 2015

• #16

Thanks both.
James I really wanted it to be a Red-necked purely as it would be a lifer for me. You are right that according to the distribution map Little Stint is something of a rarity so I guess it is a Red -necked. I looked long and hard first and decided the back was too dark and my shot looked like the Little Stint illustration in Craig Robson's book. Guide books illustrations quite often deceive and this one is no different it seems ! I'll change my description. Thanks Dave.

 

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andyb39

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• Mar 29, 2015

• #17

Great blog, Dave, with incredible images. Re your post of 20 March, the bird you labelled Red-rumped Swallow might be Striated, although Red-rumped do winter in Thailand. I don't have my field guide handy, but worth checking out. Also, I think the Bulbul you labelled is Red-eyed - Spectacled would have more of an eye-ring.

 

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Dave Williams

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• Mar 29, 2015

• #18

andyb39 said:

Great blog, Dave, with incredible images. Re your post of 20 March, the bird you labelled Red-rumped Swallow might be Striated, although Red-rumped do winter in Thailand. I don't have my field guide handy, but worth checking out. Also, I think the Bulbul you labelled is Red-eyed - Spectacled would have more of an eye-ring.

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Thanks for taking the time to comment Andy. I was never 100% on either of those two !
Red-rumped do winter in that part of Thailand but on second thoughts the streaking may be considered heavy which would make you correct in your choice of Striated.
Considering there were 100's of Swallows and Swifts all around in Kuraburi Greenview Resort I didn't get too many images. After a while of trying to track them in flight insanity starts to take over and unless you stop you are likely to throw your gear in the lake in frustration !!
cheers Dave

 

MKinHK

Mike Kilburn

• Mar 31, 2015

• #19

Some wonderful shots Dave.

I was onthe way to the Similans in 1989 when I was hit with dengue fever and ended up in Phuket hospital instead. . . . Sadly as close as I ever got to Nicobar Pigeon. Totally amazing to see they survive here despite the disturbance.

Cheers
Mike