I spent last Thursday and Friday taking visitors to look for the specialities that can be found around Pak Thale & Laem Pak Bia, following a similar route north to south on both days.
We secured views of
Spoon-billed Sandpiper (presumablt the same individual both days),
Nordmann's Greenshank (6 on the 26th, and 45 on the 27th), and
Asian Dowitcher (5-10 seen) by 9.30am on both days. Laem Pak Bia sandspit delivered the goods without any trouble, with two
Chinese Egrets,
Malaysian Plovers, a single male
White-faced Plover, between five and seven
Pallas's Gulls, as well as
Crested and
Lesser Crested Terns.
Other notables included two
Heuglin's Gulls (including a breeding plumaged adult), 30+
Oriental Pratincoles, 2,000+
Great Knot, 29
Pied Avocet a single
Red-necked Phalarope and a male
Painted Snipe.
On 27th we had time to visit Nong Plaa Lai ricefields where we found the
Yellow-breasted Bunting flock still in residence, plus five
Greater Spotted Eagles.
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| Chinese Egret |
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| Malaysian Plovers |
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| my best looking Pallas's Gull ever! |
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| Pallas's Gulls |
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| Oriental Pratincole |
Whilst watching the
White-faced Plover at Laem Pak Bia I managed to capture the sequence of images below, documenting it being attacked by a female
Malaysian Plover who obviously didn't want him on her patch of beach.
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| get off my land! |
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| after being given a good hiding by a lady, it is best to puff out your chest... |
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| ...and fly away to a safer piece of beach! |
1 comment:
That last shot of the take off is very nice! You utilized good field craft to get this one!
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