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<blockquote data-quote="Larry Sweetland" data-source="post: 1169832" data-attributes="member: 27337"><p><strong>Hat Nopparat Thara</strong></p><p></p><p>What dark madness overcometh me. Be gone nasty twitchy Mr Hyde. What manner of buffoon loses the ability to appreciate such delights as the bulkmeister itself,<strong>Brown-winged Kingfisher</strong>, and the sheer oddity of <strong>Terek Sandpiper</strong> just because he craves and is sated only by HAVING the new ? Save me from this descent into lunacy.</p><p></p><p>Today we went to Hat Nopparat Thara, reachable by Songthew in about 30 minutes from Krabi for 40 baht. From here we negotiated a boatman to take us across the creek to the north of the beach and pick us up at dusk for 150 baht. About a month ago, according to the Thai birding website, someone saw a <strong>White-faced Plover </strong>here and had a couple of <strong>Pale-capped Pigeons</strong> come to roost.</p><p></p><p>Immediately after landing on the north of the creek there was a flock of about 400 <strong>Greater </strong>and <strong>Lesser Sandplovers </strong>gathered at high tide. They were in exactly the same spot as my first ever mixed Sandplover flock 18 years previously, and I couldn't help but wonder if some of them might be the same individuals. How long do they live ? I eventually managed to approach them quite closely by taking a long time moving slowly so I could go through them with bins. No smaller <em>Charadrius </em>sp could I find. The tide was going out and I spent the rest of my time looking for waders and searching the mangroves, mostly in the hope of <strong>Ruddy Kingfisher</strong>. No luck there, but there were plenty of <strong>Collared Kingfishers </strong>adding colour to the world, and a dazzling <strong>Blue-throated Bee-eater</strong> was a nice bonus. </p><p></p><p>I really did not expect to see the pigeons, but a casual scan of the 2 northern most offshore islets at c5pm produced 2 arriving <strong>Pale-capped Pigeons </strong>! Possibly one of the same birds then flew back to the mainland about 20 minutes later. <strong>Pacific Reef Egrets</strong>, <strong>Golden-bellied Gerygones</strong> and <strong>Little Herons</strong> were in good numbers</p><p></p><p>So no new birds, but that's not what it's about is it so go away nasty twitchy mr Hyde.</p><p></p><p>625 Blue-throated Bee-eater</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Larry Sweetland, post: 1169832, member: 27337"] [b]Hat Nopparat Thara[/b] What dark madness overcometh me. Be gone nasty twitchy Mr Hyde. What manner of buffoon loses the ability to appreciate such delights as the bulkmeister itself,[B]Brown-winged Kingfisher[/B], and the sheer oddity of [B]Terek Sandpiper[/B] just because he craves and is sated only by HAVING the new ? Save me from this descent into lunacy. Today we went to Hat Nopparat Thara, reachable by Songthew in about 30 minutes from Krabi for 40 baht. From here we negotiated a boatman to take us across the creek to the north of the beach and pick us up at dusk for 150 baht. About a month ago, according to the Thai birding website, someone saw a [B]White-faced Plover [/B]here and had a couple of [B]Pale-capped Pigeons[/B] come to roost. Immediately after landing on the north of the creek there was a flock of about 400 [B]Greater [/B]and [B]Lesser Sandplovers [/B]gathered at high tide. They were in exactly the same spot as my first ever mixed Sandplover flock 18 years previously, and I couldn't help but wonder if some of them might be the same individuals. How long do they live ? I eventually managed to approach them quite closely by taking a long time moving slowly so I could go through them with bins. No smaller [I]Charadrius [/I]sp could I find. The tide was going out and I spent the rest of my time looking for waders and searching the mangroves, mostly in the hope of [B]Ruddy Kingfisher[/B]. No luck there, but there were plenty of [B]Collared Kingfishers [/B]adding colour to the world, and a dazzling [B]Blue-throated Bee-eater[/B] was a nice bonus. I really did not expect to see the pigeons, but a casual scan of the 2 northern most offshore islets at c5pm produced 2 arriving [B]Pale-capped Pigeons [/B]! Possibly one of the same birds then flew back to the mainland about 20 minutes later. [B]Pacific Reef Egrets[/B], [B]Golden-bellied Gerygones[/B] and [B]Little Herons[/B] were in good numbers So no new birds, but that's not what it's about is it so go away nasty twitchy mr Hyde. 625 Blue-throated Bee-eater [/QUOTE]
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