I took a young Australian birder out for the day yesterday (30th). As it was his first day birding in SE Asia he managed to get more than 60 ticks! The quality was pretty high, ending the day with a vagrant
CINEREOUS VULTURE at the raptor watchpoint to the west of Petchaburi. This excellent area also produced
GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE,
OSPREY, at least ten
BLACK KITES,
BLACK-SHOULDERED KITE,
BRAHMINY KITE and two
EASTERN MARSH HARRIERS. Other birders have also seen Steppe and Imperial Eagles in this area in recent days. I have marked the location of the viewing area on
this GoogleMap.
Cinereous Vulture dwarfing a lineatus Black Kite
Earlier in the day we visited Pak Thale, which gave us an excellent selection of waders including 1-2
SPOON-BILLED SANDPIPERS, 15
NORDMANN'S GREENSHANK, and perhaps a thousand
GREAT KNOT. We also picked up a rather smart adult winter
PALLAS'S GULL.
Pallas's & Brown-headed Gulls
Long-toed Stint
Pacific Goldie
Broad-bill
Stiltastic
1 comment:
Monster day Dave!
Post a Comment