Bird watching in Thailand

Sunday 19th of March 2023 and my friend picked me up at 7 and we arrived to Samut Prakan 30 minutes later. Our friend was waiting for us at Robinsson and we took off towards Rangsit.

I was soon asleep and I woke up when they stopped at Amazon to buy Cappuccino to go. The Driver bought two bottles of MAX for me even though I had giving up drinking MAX. We left Amazon and I started the eBird app a few minutes after we left Amazon and it was 08:29.

We enter the area and we are working our way south while driving between the fields towards east and west. And there was a lot of birds and I knew from before that the driver is an excellent bird spotter. My friend is usually falling asleep every now and then.

Or he is busy looking for Thai Buddha amulets (พระเครื่อง) on his phone. But today he was really active and I was surprised. Maybe he will turn in to a good “spotter” for future bird watching adventures around Thailand.

Asian Golden Weaver, Ploceus hypoxanthus, นกกระจาบทอง
Male Asian Golden Weaver / นกกระจาบทอง

Asian Golden Weaver, Ploceus hypoxanthus, นกกระจาบทอง
Male Asian Golden Weaver / นกกระจาบทอง

Plain Prinia, Prinia inornata, นกกระจิบหญ้าสีเรียบ
Plain Prinia / นกกระจิบหญ้าสีเรียบ

Wood sandpiper, Tringa glareola, นกชายเลนน้ำจืด, Grönbena
Wood sandpiper / นกชายเลนน้ำจืด

Wood sandpiper, Tringa glareola, นกชายเลนน้ำจืด, Grönbena, Common Snipe, Enkelbeckasin, Gallinago gallinago, นกปากซ่อมหางพัด
Wood sandpiper / นกชายเลนน้ำจืด
I take the picture of the sandpiper when suddenly a Common Snipe / นกปากซ่อมหางพัด family walk by

Wood sandpiper, Tringa glareola, นกชายเลนน้ำจืด, Grönbena, Common Snipe, Enkelbeckasin, Gallinago gallinago, นกปากซ่อมหางพัด
Wood sandpiper / นกชายเลนน้ำจืด
I take the picture of the sandpiper when suddenly a Common Snipe / นกปากซ่อมหางพัด family walk by

Asian Golden Weaver, Ploceus hypoxanthus, นกกระจาบทอง
Male Asian Golden Weaver / นกกระจาบทอง

Wood sandpiper, Tringa glareola, นกชายเลนน้ำจืด, Grönbena
Wood sandpiper / นกชายเลนน้ำจืด

Wood sandpiper, Tringa glareola, นกชายเลนน้ำจืด, Grönbena
Wood sandpiper / นกชายเลนน้ำจืด

Wood sandpiper, Tringa glareola, นกชายเลนน้ำจืด, Grönbena
Wood sandpiper / นกชายเลนน้ำจืด

Bird watching at Pathum Thani Rice Research Center, Thailand
Pathum Thani Rice Research Center is a beautiful area

Javan Pond Heron, Ardeola speciosa, นกยางกรอกพันธุ์ชวา
Javan Pond Heron / นกยางกรอกพันธุ์ชวา

Javan Pond Heron, Ardeola speciosa, นกยางกรอกพันธุ์ชวา
Javan Pond Heron / นกยางกรอกพันธุ์ชวา

Javan Pond Heron, Ardeola speciosa, นกยางกรอกพันธุ์ชวา
Javan Pond Heron / นกยางกรอกพันธุ์ชวา

Common Greenshank, Tringa nebularia, นกทะเลขาเขียว
Common Greenshank/ นกทะเลขาเขียว

Common Greenshank, Tringa nebularia, นกทะเลขาเขียว
Common Greenshank/ นกทะเลขาเขียว and Wood sandpiper / นกชายเลนน้ำจืด

Common Greenshank, Tringa nebularia, นกทะเลขาเขียว
Common Greenshank/ นกทะเลขาเขียว

Great Egret, Great White Heron, Ardea alba, นกยางโทนใหญ่
Great Egret / Great White Heron / นกยางโทนใหญ่

Pond Heron in winter plumage
Pond Heron in winter plumage

My friend is pointing out to birds left and right and he have even learnt a name, Black Drongo. He points to a stonechat and we manage to get some good pictures. Many of the pond herons have got their breeding plumage and I could see both Javan and Chinese pond herons. The Chinese was moulting, but some of the Javan pond herons are in full breeding plumage.

All the Little Egrets I could see had breeding plumage and many of them had red feet instead of yellow. There were also Catlee Egrets and they were ranging all from white to their orange breeding plumage.

Spotted Redshank, Tringa erythropus, นกทะเลขาแดงลายจุด
Spotted Redshank / นกทะเลขาแดงลายจุด

Great Egret, Great White Heron, Ardea alba, นกยางโทนใหญ่
Great Egret / Great White Heron / นกยางโทนใหญ่

Amur Stonechat, Stejneger's Stonechat, Saxicola stejnegeri
Amur Stonechat

Amur Stonechat, Stejneger's Stonechat, Saxicola stejnegeri
Amur Stonechat

Amur Stonechat, Stejneger's Stonechat, Saxicola stejnegeri
Amur Stonechat

Barn Swallow, Hirundo rustica, Ladusvala, นกคุ่มอกลาย
Barn Swallow / นกคุ่มอกลาย

Bird watching at Pathum Thani Rice Research Center, Thailand
Pathum Thani Rice Research Center is a beautiful area

Amur Stonechat, Stejneger's Stonechat, Saxicola stejnegeri
Amur Stonechat

Amur Stonechat, Stejneger's Stonechat, Saxicola stejnegeri
Amur Stonechat

Amur Stonechat, Stejneger's Stonechat, Saxicola stejnegeri
Amur Stonechat

Pond Heron in winter plummage
Pond Heron in winter plummage

Amur Stonechat, Stejneger's Stonechat, Saxicola stejnegeri
Amur Stonechat

Amur Stonechat, Stejneger's Stonechat, Saxicola stejnegeri
Amur Stonechat

Common Snipe, Enkelbeckasin, Gallinago gallinago, นกปากซ่อมหางพัด
Common Snipe / นกปากซ่อมหางพัด
There is 5 babies hiding in the rice field next to the adult

Common Snipe, Enkelbeckasin, Gallinago gallinago, นกปากซ่อมหางพัด
Common Snipe / นกปากซ่อมหางพัด
There is 5 babies hiding in the rice field next to the adult

White-rumped Munia or White-rumped mannikin, Lonchura striata, นกกระติ๊ดตะโพกขาว
White-rumped Munia / นกกระติ๊ดตะโพกขาว

Common Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis, นกกะเต็นน้อยธรรมดา
Common Kingfisher / นกกะเต็นน้อยธรรมดา

Bird watching at Pathum Thani Rice Research Center, Thailand
Pathum Thani Rice Research Center is a beautiful area

Bird watching at Pathum Thani Rice Research Center, Thailand
Pathum Thani Rice Research Center is a beautiful area

My friend is really on the go today, seems like he has lost the interest in Thai Buddha amulets (พระเครื่อง) and he is looking for birds like never before. He points to a bush and say that there is a blue bird. Thanks to him we see the Common Kingfisher.

He is also pointing to a black spot and say that there is a black bird. The bird takes off and we see that it is an Indochinese Roller.

There was House Sparrow foraging on the pavement and my friend called out that we had a bird in front of us. I hang out the window trying to get a picture.

House Sparrow, Passer domesticus, Gråsparv, นกกระจอกใหญ่
House Sparrow / นกกระจอกใหญ่

Barn Swallow, Hirundo rustica, Ladusvala, นกคุ่มอกลาย
Another group of Barn Swallows

Plain Prinia, Prinia inornata, นกกระจิบหญ้าสีเรียบ
Plain Prinia / นกกระจิบหญ้าสีเรียบ

Amur Stonechat, Stejneger's Stonechat, Saxicola stejnegeri
Amur Stonechat

Amur Stonechat, Stejneger's Stonechat, Saxicola stejnegeri
Amur Stonechat

Oriental Pratincole, Glareola maldivarum, นกแอ่นทุ่งใหญ่
Oriental Pratincole / นกแอ่นทุ่งใหญ่

Red-wattled Lapwing, นกกระแตแต้แว้ด, Vanellus indicus
Red-wattled Lapwing nest with eggs on the road

We see the Eastern Yellow Wagtail / นกเด้าลมเหลือง in two areas, about 40 birds all together. I got some useful information www.bordforum.net and it seems like they are about to leave Thailand to fly to Siberia and Alaska to have babies.

As we can see on the below pictures, they are moulting in to breeding plumage.

Moult (US molt)

verb [no OBJ.] (of an animal) shed old feathers, hair, or skin, or an old shell, to make way for a new growth: the adult birds were already moulting into their winter shades of grey | [with OBJ.] the snake moults its skin.

• (of hair or feathers) fall out to make way for new growth: the last of his juvenile plumage had moulted.

noun a loss of plumage, skin, or hair, especially as a regular feature of an animal's life cycle.

The plumage of the below bird is discussed at www.bordforum.net

Forum thread HERE


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Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Motacilla tschutschensis, นกเด้าลมเหลือง
Eastern Yellow Wagtail / นกเด้าลมเหลือง
Moulting to breeding plumage

Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Motacilla tschutschensis, นกเด้าลมเหลือง
Eastern Yellow Wagtail / นกเด้าลมเหลือง
Moulting to breeding plumage

Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Motacilla tschutschensis, นกเด้าลมเหลือง
Eastern Yellow Wagtail / นกเด้าลมเหลือง
Moulting to breeding plumage

Chinese Pond Heron, Ardeola bacchus, นกยางกรอกพันธุ์จีน
Chinese Pond Heron / นกยางกรอกพันธุ์จีน


Plain Prinia, Prinia inornata, นกกระจิบหญ้าสีเรียบ
Plain Prinia / นกกระจิบหญ้าสีเรียบ

Amur Stonechat, Stejneger's Stonechat, Saxicola stejnegeri
Amur Stonechat

Oriental Pratincole, Glareola maldivarum, นกแอ่นทุ่งใหญ่
Oriental Pratincole / นกแอ่นทุ่งใหญ่

Oriental Pratincole, Glareola maldivarum, นกแอ่นทุ่งใหญ่
Oriental Pratincole / นกแอ่นทุ่งใหญ่

Bird watching at Pathum Thani Rice Research Center, Thailand

Black Drongo, कालो चिबे, Dicrurus macrocercus, นกแซงแซวหางปลา
Black Drongo / นกแซงแซวหางปลา

Black Drongo, कालो चिबे, Dicrurus macrocercus, นกแซงแซวหางปลา
Black Drongo / นกแซงแซวหางปลา

Black Drongo, कालो चिबे, Dicrurus macrocercus, นกแซงแซวหางปลา
Black Drongo / นกแซงแซวหางปลา

Wood sandpiper, Tringa glareola, นกชายเลนน้ำจืด, Grönbena
Wood sandpiper / นกชายเลนน้ำจืด

Chinese Pond Heron, Ardeola bacchus, นกยางกรอกพันธุ์จีน
Chinese Pond Heron / นกยางกรอกพันธุ์จีน

Eastern Cattle Egret, Bubulcus coromandus, นกยางควาย
Eastern Cattle Egret / นกยางควาย

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eBird Report


Pathum Thani Rice Research Center, Pathum Thani, TH
Mar 19, 2023 8:29 - 11:25
Protocol: Traveling
8.49 kilometer(s)
42 species (+3 other taxa)

Feral Pigeon X
Red Collared Dove 7
Spotted Dove 5
Zebra Dove 15
Greater Coucal 1
Asian Koel 1  Heard only
Plaintive Cuckoo 1  Heard only
Common Moorhen 4
White-breasted Waterhen 7
Black-winged Stilt X  Many
Red-wattled Lapwing 15  We spotted two nests. One nest with 3 eggs and one nest with four eggs on the road
Common Snipe 6  One adult with 5 babies
Spotted Redshank 1  Thanks to Alexander Stöhr on bird forum for help with the ID. https://www.birdforum.net/threads/redshank-in-thailand.437920/
Common Greenshank 1
Wood Sandpiper 7
Common Redshank 1
Oriental Pratincole 3
tern sp. 15  One group roasting in one of the rice paddy. One bird fishing in a ditch between the road and paddy. Most likely Whiskered Tern, but I am not good in ID
terns

Asian Openbill X  Many all over the area
Little Cormorant 1
Great White Egret 4
Little Egret 17  Breeding plumage
Cattle Egret 21  Coming to breeding plumage
white egret sp. 50  Too far away for ID
Chinese Pond Heron 2  Moulting in to breeding plumage
Javan Pond Heron 21  Many in breeding plumage and many in late moulting to breeding plumage
pond heron sp. 51  Winter uniform so not possible to give proper ID
Common Kingfisher 1
Indochinese Roller 1
Coppersmith Barbet 1  Heard only
Malaysian Pied-Fantail 1
Black Drongo 4
Plain Prinia 6
Barn Swallow 100  Two big groups
Siamese Pied Starling 2
Common Myna 10
Great Myna 10
Amur Stonechat 7
Asian Golden Weaver X  Building nests
Scaly-breasted Munia X  Many
White-rumped Munia 1  More than one on the groups of Scaly-breasted munias but not possible to count as they moved around all the time. But I got one on picture.
House Sparrow X  Of course, many sparrows but not possible to ID as the moved around in big groups
Eurasian Tree Sparrow X  Of course, many sparrows but not possible to ID as the moved around in big groups
Eastern Yellow Wagtail 30  Seems to be in big groups in two areas where I could see them
Paddyfield Pipit 3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S131252221

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

Bird watching at Pathum Thani Rice Research Center, Thailand
Today's track at Pathum Thani Rice Research Center

I turn off the eBird app and we leave Pathum Thani Rice Research Center and we decide to go drink tea at Future Park in Rangsit. We find Breadtalk or something like that and even though we Bread Talkshould not, we bought some bread to enjoy with our tea.

We were full when we left and this was not the plan as we were going home to eat pork collar and home-made mango ice cream. I spend the afternoon yesterday to make ice cream and we will try the ice cream today.

We left BreadTalk and we drove back to Bangkok and we started to make food.

ปีศาจแดง ก.กุมานนท์, The Red Devil from Chaiyasit Muay Thai Gym will come over with his family

Dinner in Thailand
Dinner

Dinner in Thailand
Dinner

Dinner in Thailand
Dinner

I had too much to eat and now it will be no more extravaganza, back to my strict diet. It have been too much carbs lately so from now on it will be healthy food only.

The trip to Chiang Mai started very good but the last two days was a disaster with toast and egg tarts. And pasta when we came back to Bangkok. My yoga teacher went to Chiang Mai when we came back to Bangkok so no yoga until I am back from my bird watching in North America.

But I will go to see ปีศาจแดง ก.กุมานนท์, The Red Devil at Chaiyasit Muay Thai Gym every day.


Next birding adventire at the Everglades National Park in Florida and I am pretty excited. You just need to click HERE to find out if I find any wildlife.



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