We have a long day today as we are headed for Chiang Mai. Before that though, it was an early morning start with Charlee taking us to find the Blossom-headed Parakeet roost before they head out to feed. The visibility was particularly poor due to low light and poor air quality. The smoke hanging in the air from the burning season is quite something. We did manage to find 32 species on our morning walk (600 meters in 47 minutes).
Today's photos are largely not cropped to demonstrate the conditions for photography and birding. Rarely are the birds confiding and obliging. Nor are they ever rarely very close. In some of the following pictures there are multiple species to be found. Thank goodness I took my scope so that I had decent views of the birds. You will also see the amount of rubbish that is seen pretty much everywhere and most of the time I crop my photos so that I don't have to be reminded of it. We stopped in at the Doi Lor rice fields for a while which gave us great views of the Red Adavadat and distant views of Green Sandpiper, Citrine Wagtail, and White Wagtail.
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| Pheasant-tailed Jacana |
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| Pheasant-tailed Jacana |
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| Pheasant-tailed Jacana |
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| Citrine Wagtail |
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| Citrine Wagtail, White Wagtail, Small Pratincole |
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| Citrine Wagtail, Small Pratincole, Common and Green Sandpiper |
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| Plain Prinia |
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| Plain Prinia |
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| Red Avadavat |
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| Red Avadavat |
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| Red Avadavat |
We then transferred to Oob Khan national park to search for the Black-backed Forktail along the stream (no luck). The late afternoon I spent relaxing at the Hotel having some time out to rest the ankle which was continuing to trouble me. The others headed to Doi Suthep-Pui national park which involved a decent climb which I opted out of. Apparently they saw very few birds so needless to say I was pleased I did not make the effort for little reward.
Bird of the day: Red Avadavat
Statistics: 69 Species; 13 trip species; 344 total trip species
Lifers: 4
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