tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852082771609620850.post1205153303468464172..comments2024-03-23T16:45:27.444+07:00Comments on Bangkok City Birding: Warming upDavid Gandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10845634673231773619noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852082771609620850.post-50262711428241112182016-01-29T10:22:36.536+07:002016-01-29T10:22:36.536+07:00The Black-capped Kingfishers are always skittish a...The Black-capped Kingfishers are always skittish and hard to get anywhere close to! The best place to look is along the canal/khlong that has the metal bridge over it. The park is continually changing in terms of vegetation - some areas get cleared and other get neglected, so it can take a while to figure out whicjh areas are good. I think migrant passerines had a bad breeding season further north last summer - myself and other commented on the much-reduced numbers of several usually common migrantrs (e.g. Eastern Crowned Warbler) in Sept/Oct. Brown Shrike numbers seemed to be down too, but whilst I am now seeing a few more I still feel that numbers of winterers are lower than in previous years.David Gandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10845634673231773619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852082771609620850.post-49200981234629490392016-01-29T09:06:06.640+07:002016-01-29T09:06:06.640+07:00Where did you see the Black-Capped Kingfisher? I&...Where did you see the Black-Capped Kingfisher? I've spent two mornings there this week and haven't seen it. Last year I spotted two, one perched over the ditch to the side of the metal bridge entrance to Rot Fai, and one in the sculpted garden. If I got as close as about 20 meters, they'd fly, making them the most skittish kingfishers I've attempted to photograph. <br /><br />Even the Rollers seem more skittish than last year. Looks as though quite a bit of the scrub vegetation has been cleared in Rot Fai, and some of the smaller birds have disappeared along with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com