Birds from Laem Pak Bia, part 2 of 3

Second part that accounts some of my many photographic expeditions at Laem Pak Bia, a great area for waders and much more…

December 23rd, 2008   &   December 27th, 2008

Just before Christmas (08), we visited the King’s Project on a sunny day and got a few images… it was already pretty dry around Central Thailand and most of the ponds had little or no water. This keeps the waders in smaller areas and you can approach them a considerably better.

This day I got two new species for me at the location: the Temmick’s Stint and the huge Stork-billed Kingfisher; the last one never seen there again; as I understand

I managed to get really close to the Painted Stork, that somehow seemed more colorful that day…  The noisy and funny Black-winged Stilt was in big numbers in the nearly dry ponds, while the non-breeding Little Grebe seemed common in the oxidation ponds kept full

We then went back a few days later and it was a whole new set of birds we found!… lots of waders…
The Golden Plover was perfectly camouflaged, the Wood Sandpiper froze and the Spotted Redshank didn’t minded at all

A Greater Coucal ran across the road, the Lapwings were screaming -as usual- and a cute Whiskered Tern gave signs of molting into a breeding adult

The bird of the day was a wonderful -back viewing- White-throated Kingfisher

January 24th 2009

2009 was a busy year for me and traveled quite a bit, what resulted in birding at Laem Pak Bia only twice that year.
I knew I was gonna be gone for months and decided t have a last run by the end of January.

We witnessed the struggle of a Little Cormorant with a fish, perhaps a bit too big

I got two new birds for my galleries that day… Ruff and Pintail Snipe, both uncommon winter visitors to Thailand

Tiny bamboo sticks seemed as comfortable perches for a Barn Swallow and a wonderful Common Kingfisher

A non-breed looking Long-toed Stint was my last wader of the season

 

Happy Bird-Photo Adventures!

 

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