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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lerxst" data-source="post: 3669320" data-attributes="member: 118326">Hello again, time for the weekly update.Week 4: January 17 – January 23, ThailandWorking Days: 5New species identified: 53Total to date: 25810.3% of goal, 7.7% of year used(As long as that first number stays larger than the second one, life is good!)Sites visited: Khao Yai National Park, ThailandThis was a disappointing outing, as we only got 53 new species for the list. We had birded here several years ago in April and did better. This time it was extremely crowded. That didn't help. Our guide was a bit of a generalist park tour guide and not a birding specialist; that didn't help either. But we did have an enjoyable weekend anyway, and saw our first wild Asian Elephant, an unexpected treat. Saw all the hornbills except the Brown Hornbill. Got recordings of Blue Pitta and Collared Owlet but didn't see them. Otherwise the best bird of the trip was Hill Blue Flycatcher, a lovely avatar of the Eastern Bluebird of North America.  Khao Yai is a fantastic place, and winter is the prime time for visiting; just don't go on a weekend.Next we are heading south to Kaeng Krachan National Park.</blockquote>