Monday 14 December 2015

14th December 2015 Doi Ang Khan

We spent the whole morning walking the King's Project. An early morning visit to yesterday's bamboo gulley was unproductive and it all too soon became hot and sunny. We waited awhile overlooking the ravine behind the restaurant but it proved quiet too. A walk through some fields produced some overwintering Olive-backed Pipits but no hoped-for Thrushes. We decided to change location and visited the Ban Luang resort quickly seeing a male Amur Wagtail, a White-capped Riverchat and a female Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush. The owner of the resort kindly told us that some Black-headed Greenfinches had recently been seen in the pines at the army checkpoint above Ban Luang so we made our way there. We were soon watching a Giant Nuthatch and encountered a flock of Scarlet-faced Liocichla and then heard a Spot-throated Babbler singing in response to playback but unfortunately failed to see it. We remained until dark in case the Greenfinches arrived to roost but we didn't see any.

Crested Goshawk 1
Spotted Dove 6
Cook's Swift c.500
Long-tailed Shrike 1
Maroon Oriole 1 female
Ashy Drongo 3
Bronzed Drongo 1
Great Tit 1
Red-whiskered Bulbul 20
Mountain Bulbul 4
Black Bulbul 4
Greenish Warbler 1
Yellow-browed Warbler 6
SPOT-THROATED BABBLER h
Scarlet-faced Liocichla 4
Dark-backed Sibia 8
Chestnut-flanked White-eye 2
Oriental White-eye c.20
Chestnut-vented Nuthatch 2
Giant Nuthatch 1
Oriental Magpie-Robin 6
Blue Whistling Thrush 2
White-capped Redstart 1
Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush 1 female
Grey Bush Chat 6
Mrs. Gould's Sunbird 10
Streaked Spiderhunter 1
Tree Sparrow c.15
Grey Wagtail 1
Amur Wagtail 1 male
Olive-backed Pipit c.15

Doi Ang Khan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The King's Project at Doi Ang Khan
 
Anticipating Aki-magic we checked the roof for White-throated Rock Thrush!
 
Bamboo Gulley in the King's Project at Doi Ang Khan
 
Female Maroon Oriole in the King's Project at Doi Ang Khan
 
Chestnut-vented Nuthatch in the King's Project at Doi Ang Khan
 
Yellow-browed Warbler in the King's Project at Doi Ang Khan
 
Greenish Warbler in the King's Project at Doi Ang Khan
 
Blue-winged Minla in the King's Project at Doi Ang Khan
 
Oriental White-eye in the King's Project at Doi Ang Khan
 
 
Male Mrs. Gould's Sunbird in the King's Project at Doi Ang Khan
 
 
 
 
Dark-backed Sibia in the King's Project at Doi Ang Khan
 
Female Oriental Magpie Robin in the King's Project at Doi Ang Khan
 
Male Oriental Magpie Robin in the King's Project at Doi Ang Khan
 
Male Amur Wagtail M.a. leucopsis at Ban Luang Resort
 
 
Female Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush at Ban Luang Resort