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  Tuesday 27th of February 2018 and my alarm went off at 4 o'clock. Tea and breakfast at the desk while checking the pictures from yesterday. I was in the reception at 6 o'clock and we were soon on the way towards Doi Chiang Dao. Light morning traffic and we were soon on the highway, well, I don't know if I want to call it a highway. Anyway, it is road #107 and it was a big road and we were hauling arse and we turned of road #107 and turned on in road #3024. It was about 7 o'clock and we were stopping after 100 meter or so to look at a bird of prey sitting in a tree.  Leaving Chiang Mai early morning
 On our way
 On our way
 Passing a check point
 A misty morning
 Rufus-winged Buzzard?????
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At first we thought it was a Rufus-winged Buzzard, but when I see the picture (Poor quality as the bird is far away) I'm doubtful about the identity of the bird. We were soon on our way towards the Wat Tham Pha Plong. We drove by the Chiang Dao Cave and a road work forced us to do a DE TOUR. So we passed a pasture and there were several crows and I was just discovering a “strange” crow. It was a Greater Coucal A very scared bird and I have only managed to get a very few pictures and all of them in India. I have seen many of them here in Thailand, but as mentioned, they are very scared. And the bird was 3 meters from me, but as I turned around to grab my camera the Greater Coucal took off. I swung open the car door and I was out of the car in 0,1 chasing after the Greater Coucal. My Guide was shocked and I really  hope there was no one seeing me. A cubic ton of bird watcher running down the dust road chasing the Greater Coucal
 - COME HERE!!!! YOU LITTLE.... I WILL....
We were soon on our way again and I was very disappointed. I really would love to have a nice picture of the Greater Coucal. I had seen several Red-whiskered Bulbuls in the tree so I hope I will be able to get some pictures of this very beautiful bird. Only seen in once in Thailand, in my neighbour's tree in Bangkok, no good pictures. And one time in India, no picture.  A gorgeous morning
Imagine this place WITHOUT all the garbage laying around!
 We can see the mountain
 In the park below the Wat Tham Pha Plong
 In the park below the Wat Tham Pha Plong
We parked the car at the park below the Wat Tham Pha Plong and we walk around looking for birds. We come to a tree with small orange coloured fruits. Fantastic, nothing less than fantastic. The best birding spot so far in Thailand, well, behind the bathroom in Doi Inthanon National Park is not bad. The tree was like a huge airport, birds came in and birds took off all the time. Flying in, taking a few fruits and then off again. Of course, it was very hard to get pictures as the birds were behind leafs and twigs all the time. We spotted: Red-whiskered Bulbul Puff-throated Bulbul Black-crested Bulbul Sooty-headed Bulbul Blue Rock Thrush Spiderhunters Black-hooded Oriole Common Tailor bird Pin-tailed Green Pigeon Drongo Blue- bearded Barbet Coppersmith Barbet Wagtail We saw a huge bird looking like a Hornbill But I managed to get a few pictures and the Puff-throated Bulbul was the first time for me. We spent a few hours under the tree and I enjoyed every minute.  I think this is a Common Tailorbird???
 The beautiful Red-whiskered Bulbul
 The beautiful Red-whiskered Bulbul
 Puff-throated Bulbul - นกปรอดโอ่งเมืองเหนือ
 Puff-throated Bulbul - นกปรอดโอ่งเมืองเหนือ
 Blue Rock Thrush - นกกระเบื้องผา
 Blue Rock Thrush - นกกระเบื้องผา
 Blue Rock Thrush - นกกระเบื้องผา
 Black-crested Bulbul - นกปรอดเหลืองหัวจุก
 Black-crested Bulbul / นกปรอดเหลืองหัวจุก
We decide to go up to the Wat Tham Pha Plong on the mountain, 500 ++ steps. At the bottom of the stairs there is a tree that was full of Yellow-vented Warblers. Walking up the stairs and we didn't see any birds, but we could hear that the forest was full of Blue-bearded Barbets We saw a couple of Hill Blue Flycatchers, but the bird seems to like to sit in the shadows. So no pictures of the Hill Blue Flycatchers. It was a nice walk through the forest, but it was a waste of time regarding the birds, pretty much nothing.  Entrance to the Wat Tham Pha Plong
 Stairs to the Wat Tham Pha Plong
 Stairs to the Wat Tham Pha Plong
 Stairs to the Wat Tham Pha Plong
 Stairs to the Wat Tham Pha Plong
 Wat Tham Pha Plong
 Stairs to the Wat Tham Pha Plong
 Picnic lunch
 White-rumped Shaman
Walking back down to the park and we spotted two very big birds in the top of a tree. But it was too far away for any identification, otherwise no birds. Back in the park we had our picnic lunch in the car. Better than any restaurant, eating and drinking Pepsi MAX while listening to the Black-hooded Oriole. We had a White-rumped Shaman jumping around outside the car. We spotted a tree and someone had put up two Papaya fruits in the tree and there were Bulbuls eating the fruit. We stopped for a few pictures before we left the Wat Tham Pha Plong.  Black-crested Bulbul / นกปรอดเหลืองหัวจุก
 Sooty-headed Bulbul / นกปรอดหัวสีเขม่า
 Sooty-headed Bulbul / นกปรอดหัวสีเขม่า
 Sooty-headed Bulbul / นกปรอดหัวสีเขม่า
 Sooty-headed Bulbul / นกปรอดหัวสีเขม่า
 Puff-throated Bulbul - นกปรอดโอ่งเมืองเหนือ
 Puff-throated Bulbul - นกปรอดโอ่งเมืองเหนือ
 Red-whiskered Bulbul - นกปรอดหัวโขน
 Red-whiskered Bulbul - นกปรอดหัวโขน
 Red-whiskered Bulbul - นกปรอดหัวโขน
We left the park and my Guide stopped to buy a drink, he got a tip about the garbage dump. We drove there but we only spotted a crow. We went to see if we could see the Greater Cuocal again, but no luck. We drove out on the country side and we ended up at a stream. Not many birds, but at the height of the day it is too hot for the birds. So we decided to go back to Chiang Mai. We decided to stop at the Lanna Rama 9 Park before going to the hotel. I really wanted to try to get some more pictures of the Olive-backed Sunbird and the Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker  Pied Bush Chat in the field
 Beautiful scenery
 Beautiful scenery
 Beautiful scenery
Beautiful scenery
  Well, it was very hot in the Lanna Rama 9 Park and we didn't see any birds. I was going to use my phone to play the bird song. I was putting my phone in a tree and I discovered that what I though was a branch or a rope was a snake. Needless to say, I never put my phone in the tree even though the snake disappeared. Totaly unexpected, to finish the bird watching with a near death experience. Back at the hotel and I had tea and picnic styled dinner in my room before going to bed. Alarm is set to go off at 04:00.  Back at the hotel
Mövenpick Suriwongse Hotel Chiang Mai, well, last time I was living here I gave them 5 stars. This time it was another price, high season? Or maybe because the redecoration was completed. I don't know, but it was a beautiful hotel and the room was very good. But I would only give them 1 star this time and I will change my review.
Anyway, my flight back home to Bangkok is tomorrow afternoon and I will do a morning bird watching tour to Huai Tueng Thao. So click HERE to find out if I find any birds. General election in Sweden September 2018. Sweden is already beyond rescue and this is most likely the last free election in Sweden. They are already changing the “Free speech” laws in Sweden. Censorship and it only show how desperate they are to keep the population in the dark, as by now they have (must have) realised how they have destroyed what might have once been the best country in the world. State media blasting 24/7 on how well Sweden is doing when it is obvious for everyone how health care, education system, police, judicial system and the welfare state have collapsed. Where it is now allowed to be married to children, rape is a normal thing that the Police don’t even investigate thanks to the world’s first feminist government. What a sad joke this country have turned in to. 
Everyday life in Sweden HD
Meanwhile, the old Swedish people in the elderly care starve to death  What a shame!
Well, and everything he says is true
Sweden is already beyond rescue  
    
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