Thursday 17 December 2015

17th December 2015 Doi Inthanon

We drove to the summit boardwalk that runs through an area of mossy swamp forest arriving soon after dawn. We did a few laps of the boardwalk until it became popular with visitors. Highlights included a White-browed Shortwing and a Dark-sided Thrush. We then walked some of the road before descending to the Km34.5 jeep track where a Green Cochoa was heard whistling at the onset of rain. We again tried the campsite pools at dusk. 

Rufous-throated Partridge h
Spotted Dove 15
Cook's Swift 3
Hair-crested Drongo 6
Flavescent Bulbul 6
Swallow 30
Asian House Martin c.50
Buff-barred Warbler 2
Ashy-throated Warbler 6
Hume's Leaf Warbler 2
Davison's White-tailed Leaf Warbler 6
Common Tailorbird 1
Rufous-winged Fulvetta 6
Grey-cheeked Fulvetta 12
Pygmy Wren-babbler h
Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush 10
Chestnut-tailed (Bar-throated) Minla 15
Dark-backed Sibia 8
Japanese White-eye 10
Dark-sided Thrush 1
Green Cochoa h
White-browed Shortwing 1
Red-flanked Bluetail 1
Blue Whistling Thrush 2
Snowy-browed Flycatcher 3
Grey Bush Chat 6
Mrs. Gould's Sunbird 6
Green-tailed Sunbird 2
Black-throated Sunbird 1
Tree Sparrow 50

Sunrise from the summit of Doi Inthanon

The Summit Marsh boardwalk at Doi Inthanon







The mossy Summit Marsh at Doi Inthanon

Blue Whistling Thrush at the Summit Marsh, Doi Inthanon


Male Snowy-browed Flycatcher at the Summit Marsh, Doi Inthanon



Male White-browed Shortwing at the Summit Marsh, Doi Inthanon

Red-flanked Bluetail at the Summit Marsh at Doi Inthanon






Dark-sided Thrush at the Summit Marsh, Doi Inthanon
Sixteen years since I last saw this superb Zoothera and at exactly the same spot being at the summit marsh.


Chestnut-tailed (Bar-throated) Minla at the summit of Doi Inthanon

Ashy-throated Warbler at the summit of Doi Inthanon

Doi Inthanon

Spotted Dove at Mr. Deang's Shop, Doi Inthanon