Work commitments made it hard for me to make visits to Mae Sot reservoir (my "patch away from patch"), but staying at a small resort in the middle of town, with my room backing onto a field, did pay dividends in the form of three (common) year ticks - Little Bee-eater, Cinnamon Bittern and Slaty-breasted Rail. The rail is something I see rarely, but this one was strutting about in the open, two mornings in a row.
Slaty-breasted Rail
On the drive back to Bangkok I stopped at Bung Borophet for an hour, my target being to catch up with Black Bittern, one of my favourite wet season migrants. Sure enough I scored one with ease, getting excellent, but brief views (hence no photo), plus several Oriental Pratincoles, Black-headed Munia, Painted and Open-billed Storks, another Cinnamon Bittern, a pair of Fulvous-breasted Woodpeckers and several pairs of Baya Weavers constructing nests.
Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker
Baya Weaver nests and bees nest - is there some kind of symbiosis going on here?
2 comments:
David, I'm headed to Mae Sot with birding in mind .. can you tell me where you stayed and how to find that bee & weaver nest?
where do you recommend I go.
where can i find mae sot list?
I will be there around july 1
The best place to go birding near Mae Sot itself is probably Thaksin Maharat National Park, on the road between Tak and Mae Sot.
Around Mae Sot town, probably the best area is the fringes of the reservoir beyond Wattana resort.
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