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Laem Pak Bia Birding, Thailand

By September 27, 2011 2 comments

Just a little ways south of Bangkok is a system of wetlands, mangroves, paddies and salt marshes famous amongst local and international birders not the least because Laem Pak Bia and Pak Thale make up THE area to find wintering Spoonbilled Sandpiper. The thought of which takes me way off topic to think about this [...]

A Bird Blind in Thailand (part 2)

By August 30, 2011 5 comments

One of the coolest things I did in Thailand (we were just on holiday there), and undoubtedly one of the coolest things I have done since getting in to digiscoping, was to spend a day with Alex Vargas in a bird photography blind in Thailand’s Kaeng Krachan National Park – Kaeng Krachan is part of [...]

Birding 8500ft above Thailand (Doi Inthanon National Park)

By August 16, 2011 9 comments

Doi Inthanon National Park in northern Thailand is a birding paradise (IMHO). I only got to spend a couple of days there, but the altitudinal range – and corresponding habitat and bird assemblage variation – really touched me. We were visiting Doi Inthanon with Jan and Tu – two of Thailands most extraordinary birders (great [...]