Birds of Radar Hill, near Chumphon, Thailand

Besides watching the Raptors fly pass Radar Hill from their winter homelands to warmer climes in the south, we fill-in the lull periods with birding around the hill. It yielded reasonable result with mainly smaller species of birds.

Below are examples.

                                Asian Brown Flycatcher

                                Black-headed Bul Bul

                                Olive-backed Sunbird

                                Yellow-rumped Flycatcher

                                Lizard

This Buddhist Stupa is located in the valley and could be clearly seen from hill top.  

               The scenery surrounding the hill is simply superb!

Birds of King's Park, Chumphon, Thailand

From 14 - 19 Oct MNS members made a special trip to Chumphon, Thailand to watch raptors flying pass two hills namely Radar and Pencil Hills. The path taken by the Raptors accord bird watchers an 'armchair' view of the big birds-of-prey at close range. Something which is difficult to experience as Raptors generally fly very high-up in the sky. We were not disappointed as our members managed to not only see but also photographed some of them at close range.

In addition to the main one described above our group made a side trip to the King of Thailand Park or Project to check-out the bird species which are reported to be quite varied there. We were not disappointed here either and here are some photos of the bird we sighted and photographed.

                                Little Cuckoo Dove

                                Open-billed Storks

                                 Pied Starlings

                                Red-breasted Parakeet

                                Spotted Dove

                                Vinous-breasted Starling

                   
                                 Black-winged Stilt

                                Black Drongo

                                Pond Heron

                                Red-wattled Lapwing