paddleasia
Birding in Southern Thailand since Feb '93 - http:
In addition to seeing wild elephants, gibbons, langurs, macaques and other animals, we were treated to seeing a lone White-crowned Hornbill and three Helmeted Hornbills in Khao Sok recently. As far as raptors, we saw Black-thighed Falconets, an Oriental Hobby, a couple of Wallace's Hawk-Eagles, Lesser Fish-Eagles and the usual Grey-headed Fish-Eagle. The Grey-headed is easy to see and diagnose if you know where to look.
Helmeted Hornbills are fairly easy to see in certain locations on the reservoir. The White-crowned seems to be less common, though we see them at least a couple times per year.
There is one particular area where we regularly hear a Great Argus calling. I think it's time to dedicate some energy into actually seeing one of them... soon.
You can see the list of birds we saw at http://thailandbirding.com/recent-birds.htm
Yesterday I was treated to seeing a Blue-winged Pitta fairly close-up while mountain biking near Tung Maphrao in Phang Nga Province. We hear them all the time. They are very, very common in this province.
Helmeted Hornbills are fairly easy to see in certain locations on the reservoir. The White-crowned seems to be less common, though we see them at least a couple times per year.
There is one particular area where we regularly hear a Great Argus calling. I think it's time to dedicate some energy into actually seeing one of them... soon.
You can see the list of birds we saw at http://thailandbirding.com/recent-birds.htm
Yesterday I was treated to seeing a Blue-winged Pitta fairly close-up while mountain biking near Tung Maphrao in Phang Nga Province. We hear them all the time. They are very, very common in this province.