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  Monday 14th of March 2016 and we're going to do some bird watching in the Chaloem Kanchanaphisek Park. Chaloem Kanchanaphisek Park, I don't know, this is the big part of the park, but there are a total of 3 parks. Well, it is one big park, but have 3 different names: 1) Chaloem Kanchanaphisek Park 2) Park Bang Sri Muang 3) Bhumirak Chaloemprakiarti Park And also, the temple Wat Chaloem Phra Kiat is a part of the bird watching/ birding area. So we will be busy and my alarm went off at 5 o'clock in the morning. I went for Sunday brunch with my  friends yesterday and after that I went home so I could go to bed early. It was a very good buffet, English pub so it was English food.
Puddings and I don't know everything. But some of the things is something I only heard about when studying English back in compulsory school. Like the “Bread and butter pudding” What the  is “Bread and butter pudding”? We were laughing in class thinking that those Brits had gone mental. Maybe they had a hard time after the WW II so they had to make desserts from bread and butter. There were many other puddings as well and roast etc. The food was excellent, remember that I have put the Bangers & Mash at the Huntsman to a full 5 star on my list of the best Banger's & Mash in Bangkok.
And it seems like their other food is OK as well. It was very good food and my only complaint was that they were not very good at attending to the vanilla sauce jar. The vanilla sauce was the best vanilla sauce I have had in many years, for sure the best vanilla sauce I have had in Thailand. So what about the “Bread and butter pudding”? Much better than it sounds and it was a big surprise. Of course, the pudding was drenched in vanilla sauce.
I will take a taxi to my friend's hose and we will take his car from there. I had some problem with the driver. He asked where I was going and I told him Thonburi via Pin Klao bridge passing the Southern Bus Terminal. He asked me if I could give him directions. - No problem! I got in to the taxi and we took off and I gave him directions. When we came to the bridge over the railway tracks I told him to turn right. He informed me that it was not allowed to turn right  here early morning. We turned left and drove around the block.
Back on the original route I told him to turn right at the light and it was straight until we reached Ratchadamnoen and then we were on the Pin Klao bridge. While driving towards Ratchadamnoen the driver pointed to the right and he told me that we could drive this way as well. When we hit the traffic at Pin Klao it came to a full stop. The Driver told me that it would be better to drive Rama VIII Bridge.  What the
The wanker twat knew where we were going and I had to sit there and explain the way for him.  Just because he couldn't take any decision on what way to go! I was not happy but I let it slide.
When we had crossed the Pin Klao Bridge he asked if I wanted to go to the old or new terminal. I had not heard about any new terminal being built so I told him to take me to the old bus terminal. The Southern Bus Terminal I have passed in the past is for sure looking to be old. The driver left the highway and he stopped at a place looking like an industrial area. He told me that this was the Southern Bus Terminal. No it wasn't! I told him so and he told me that I had told him to take me to the old terminal. For sure, here had not been any bus activity for a long time. I knew that this was not the place but I needed to make my point. - Where do I buy the ticket? - This terminal is not in use any more This was the second time I exploded in a taxi. First time when I was going to Suvarnabhumi and the driver stopped to let me off at Sukhumvit Soi 12 because he had no time to go to the airport. I exploded in the back seat and he turned on the meter again and when we reached the airport he got the exact fare. No tip and he had lost the fare from my room to Soi 12. And today was the second time.  - YOU DUCKING TWAT!!!
It should be obvious that you want to go to the bus terminal in use when you ask to go to the bus terminal. But not this useless wanker. I want to sit in the back and relax when I go by taxi. Of course, when they don't know the rout I will have to get involved. But this wanker twat, obviously  not the brightest bulb in the solarium bed.
He was so stupid and, seriously, I just felt like I wanted to drag him out of the car and kick his arse. But it would of course not have helped him starting to use his brain. I gave him the exact sum of money and I left the taxi - I want to take you to the destination! - Not even if you had the last taxi available in the world! I got in to a new taxi and I was soon at my friend's house. We took off to the birding site and we parked the car at the Wat Chaloem Phra Kiat. My friend had soon discovered both Spotted Owlet and the Red-breasted Parakeet. What a place this turned out to be! Click HERE for map in full window I was very hesitant to come here. My friend had called a Thai birding club and they had recommended Phutthamonthon Park and the Chaloem Kanchanaphisek Park at the Wat Chaloem Prakiat. Phutthamonthon Park turned out to be OK. I searched for the Phutthamonthon Park on the internet and the park was mentioned by Nick Upton on www.thaibirding.com But I have not find anything online about birding in the Chaloem Kanchanaphisek Park. I had very low expectations, especially after having been here with Bangkok Photographers one year ago. I didn't spot one single bird, except for the Peacock walking around in the park. But now, when we were looking for birds here was many nice birds. Spotted Owlets, three of them together. Red-breasted Parakeet, I have been in many places around Bangkok and this is the first time I see the parakeet. Seems to be a lot of action around the temple and my friend is amazing. He was soon spotting a Lineated Barbet and soon we had spotted Collared Kingfishers in the trees.  Spotted Owlet / นกเค้าจุด
 Spotted Owlet / นกเค้าจุด
 Spotted Owlet / นกเค้าจุด
 Black-naped Oriole / นกขมิ้นท้ายทอยดำ
 Collared Kingfishers
 Juvenile - Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
 Juvenile - Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
 Juvenile - Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
 Red turtle dove and Collared Kingfishers
 Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
 Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
 Female - Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
 Female - Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
 Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
Female and juvenile black bill and male and babies have orange bill
 Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
Female and juvenile black bill and male and babies have orange bill
 Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
Female and juvenile black bill and male and babies have orange bill
 Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
Female and juvenile black bill and male and babies have orange bill
 Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
Female and juvenile black bill and male and babies have orange bill
 Female - Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
 Female - Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
We started to move towards the Chaloem Kanchanaphisek Park leaving Wat Chaloem Prakiat behind. We walked through the Bhumirak Chaloemprakiarti Park and the Park Bang Sri Muang. I  really don't understand why these parts have their own names. You walk through the area in 4 minutes so from now on I will just call the parks with one name: Chaloem Kanchanaphisek Park and that includes the temple area.
While walking leaving the parking behind we passed some trees with small fruits, a heaven for small birds. And there were Coppersmith Barbets and other birds I don't know the name of. There were many ducks and birds and some other birds I thought were chickens. But they don't look like chickens. But I guess  they are some kind of domesticated birds. There were many different ducks and chickens at the temple as well.
We continued over a small bridge and we turned south to walk around the park in a clockwise direction. I could hear the Coppersmith Barbet, Asian Koel and the Plaintive Cuckoo. And of course the Oriental Magpie Robin, the 4 birds I have learned to identify by their call. But their calls are quite special so no problem to recognise them. At least not now when I have them fresh in mind. I could only hear them but I didn't see the Asian Koel and the Plaintive Cuckoo. But there were plenty of the Black-napped Oriole flying around.      My friend keep his eyes out for birds
 It is a beautiful park
 My friend have found a bird
       Indian Roller
 Indian Roller
 A bit of wildlife
 A bit of wildlife
 Plaintive Cuckoo - นกอีวาบตั๊กแตน
Yes, I heard the Asian Koel and the Plaintive Cuckoo around the park. I tried to talk with the Plaintive Cuckoo as their whistle is kind of easy to copy. Well, I think it sounds good, I'm pretty sure the cuckoo wonder what the hell is going on. But the cuckoo answered me and I had one Plaintive Cuckoo that I followed the cuckoo around the park. When I approached the tree the cuckoo flew to the next tree hiding in the tree. Listen to the Plaintive Cuckoo
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
After hiding in a few trees I spotted the cuckoo and I got a picture. I was happy to have seen the cuckoo and I walked back towards the temple to see if I could spot something interesting there. So far all the action had been down at the temple, Owlets, parakeets and Kingfishers. And my only picture of the Black-naped Oriole. Even though the park is full of the Black-naped Oriole.     Muscovy duck - Cairina moschata
I was roaming around the area under the tree with the Spotted Owlets and the trees with the Red-breasted Parakeets at the temple. I bought some water at the only place to buy water in the area. It was hot, darn hot! No owlet or Red-breasted Parakeet action, middle of the day and it is too hot for the birds. I saw my friend running around down at the road at the entrance to the temple. He looked very excited and I sneaked down there. He had a Collared Kingfisher sitting on a branch and he sneaked up to the Kingfisher to take pictures. I was also lucky and I got pictures of the Collared Kingfisher. Yes, the area around the Wat Chaloem Prakiat. All Kingfishers have been spotted here. The 3 Spotted Owlets and all the Red-breasted Parakeet action. The park is full of Black-naped Orioles but I only got a picture in this area. In the same tree every time I see them here so they might have a nest there as they fly as a couple. Yes, something is going on in the nature. I have seen many of the Euroasian Tree Sparrows picking up twigs and feathers etc. so they are busy building their nests.  Collared Kingfisher - นกกินเปี้ยว
 Collared Kingfisher - นกกินเปี้ยว
We also spotted several Lineated Barbets in the temple area. My friend had the time of his life, but he was a wee bit disappointed. He is in to Kingfishers and so far we had seen many  Kingfishers, but only the Collared Kingfisher.
Of course, all the fun and action had made us hungry and my friend wanted to go to a restaurant close to the Phutthamonthon Park. He wanted to see his friend working at the restaurant and then to do the afternoon birding at the Phutthamonthon Park. We drove to the restaurant and he ordered food, I told him that I wasn't hungry as there was no food I liked. My friend was nagging and he ordered some fried rice. They went to arrange diet drinks at Foodland. Never mind the food,  it was nice to sit in the AC for a while.
We had planned to be back in the park around 2 or 3 o'clock. I had managed to talk my friend in to going back to the Chaloem Kanchanaphisek Park as there was the Owlets and the Red-breasted Parakeet baby action. We needed some time for my battery for the camera to charge. I was lucky, the battery ran out of power when we left Chaloem Kanchanaphisek Park so I never missed any pictures.  Showing his friend's daughter the bird pictures
 Central Plaza Westgate
We left the restaurant and we had decided to make a stop at Central Plaza Westgate to kill some time, and maybe to have an ice cream. It is still too hot to find any birds as they are having a rest during the hot part of the day. We were looking for a tea place at Central plaza and we passed a Japanese tea place with sweets. We ordered some mango stuff and grey ice cream and it was good. By the time we were ready it was 2 thirty and time to go back to the park to look for birds and the Red-breasted Parakeet baby action. 3 o'clock should be a good time to be back as the birds are coming out again in the late afternoon. We were happy with the Japanese dessert, a new restaurant chain I had never seen before. It was not bad so I might be back if I run in to the restaurant again.  We eat at a Japanese tea place
 We eat at a Japanese tea place
We were back at Wat Chaloem Prakiat around 3 o'clock and I went to check out the Spotted Owlets first thing. On the way to their tree I passed a Lineated Barbet and while looking at the Barbet there was another bird that I have never managed to identify. The Owlets were most likely sleeping and most of the Red-breasted Parakeet seems to be taking a rest. And no baby action in the tree I had been watching this morning. So I went in to the park to have a look while killing time. The Red-breasted Parakeet and owlets will  hopefully be back in an hour or so when it is a little bit cooler.
 The road outside Wat Chaloem Prakiat - Pacture taking form the river side parking
 The road outside Wat Chaloem Prakiat - Pacture taking form the river side parking
 Riverside parking space
 Riverside parking space
 Africa Corps hat on for protection against the sun
 Searching for birds
 Unidentified bird
Thanks to Plahgat on thaivisa.com I was able to identify the bird in July 2016 - Streak-eared Bulbul
 Unidentified bird
Thanks to Plahgat on thaivisa.com I was able to identify the bird in July 2016 - Streak-eared Bulbul
 Lineated barbet - นกโพระดกธรรมดา
 Lineated barbet - นกโพระดกธรรมดา
 Female - Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
 More of the strange bird
 Turtle
 Turtle
 Bathroom - I never used the bathroom, but it looked very clean and nice from the outside
 Spotted Owlet / นกเค้าจุด
 Spotted Owlet / นกเค้าจุด
 Spotted Owlet / นกเค้าจุด
 Male and baby - Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
 Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
 Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
 Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
 Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
 Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
 Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
 Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
 Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
 Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
 Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
The parakeet family is disturbed by a juvenile Red-breasted Parakeet
 Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
The parakeet family is disturbed by a juvenile Red-breasted Parakeet
 Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
 Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
The juvenile Red-breasted Parakeet is back
 Red-breasted Parakeet - นกแขกเต้า
 Of course, all bird pictures available on my Thailand
bird checklist of bird I have seen by clicking HERE It was almost 6 o'clock when we left the park, and it had been a very good day. The Red-breasted Parakeet baby action, 3 Spotted Owlets, Kingfishers and many more beautiful birds. A perfect day had come to an end. I was back home 13 hours after I had left 6 o'clock this morning. Tired but happy about all the beautiful things we had seen during the day.
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