I had an hour pre-work to explore the paddyfields between Mae Sot airport and the Myanmar border this morning.
This area was looking fantastic - it's the end if wet season, so after months of rain the landscape is looking amazingly lush.
Birds included about 20 Amur and four Eastern Yellow Wagtails, 1-2 Wryneck, two Thick-billed and two Dusky Warblers, a couple of Zitting Cisticolas, at least three Siberian Rubythroats heard, four Red-throated and a single Richard's Pipit, plus several Siberian Stonechats and Brown Shrikes.
There were 10+ Red Avadavats in their usual area, with males now sporting fantastic deep red plumage.
Most intriguing was a crake spp with a streaked back that I flushed from a roadside ditch - I'm guessing either Baillon's or White-browed but has to be left unidentified.
This area was looking fantastic - it's the end if wet season, so after months of rain the landscape is looking amazingly lush.
Birds included about 20 Amur and four Eastern Yellow Wagtails, 1-2 Wryneck, two Thick-billed and two Dusky Warblers, a couple of Zitting Cisticolas, at least three Siberian Rubythroats heard, four Red-throated and a single Richard's Pipit, plus several Siberian Stonechats and Brown Shrikes.
There were 10+ Red Avadavats in their usual area, with males now sporting fantastic deep red plumage.
Most intriguing was a crake spp with a streaked back that I flushed from a roadside ditch - I'm guessing either Baillon's or White-browed but has to be left unidentified.
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| "Amur" Wagtail Motacilla (alba) leucopsis |
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