During the rainy months, quails call a lot ontop of little rocks, in the grassy areas near the edge of the water reservoir and 2010 was not an exception…

We followed their loud whistle-like calling and shoot them from the car windows… The most common and the only one I managed to photograph in two visits, was the Rain Quail

Mostly stayed a bit too far away, but it was a pleasure to see them anyway…

Another cool bird attracting photographers to the spot, was the jumpy and noisy River Lapwing

Little birds that like open, grassy habitats were also in sight. I got images of the friendly Indochinese Bushlark and a new bird for my galleries… the Grey-breasted Prinia

All and all, was a good couple of mornings and got a few cool shots for my galleries…
I hope you like this as well… thanks for visiting…

Coming next :  A Very Productive Day – Waders and Sunbirds

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Well, after returning home from home    the first shooting trip was with my wife to the Royal Proyects of Laem Pak Bia… always a productive spot.

Here just a few of the day’s results…

The -always present- Pond Heron… nearly impossible to tell which species in non-breeding plumage
(this one most likely a Javan )

White-vented Mynas are commonly found around on the roads and grounds between ponds…

The typical august visitor… the large and good looking Indian Cormorant (a.k.a. Shag)

It was mid-day and yet, some breeding dressed Black-crowned Night-Herons seemed pretty comfortable on the shinning scenario…

In one of our -many- drives around, I saw this raptor preening through the leaves and parked for a moment in search of an ID… then, suddenly and unexpectedly, the bird flu and landed a few meters away from the car!!!… A lovely Shikra (juvenile) who -most likely had just devoured some one else!

Finally, on our way out, took a short drive into an abandoned building garden where I always go for doves and mynas. There, a friendly Common Hoopoe let us get close using the car as a blind to finish a nice day with a nice and exotic looking bird…

I had a lot of fun shooting back in Thailand and birds came out nicely for me… I hope you guys enjoyed as well… thanks for watching!

Water Monitor

Next will be Mae Tang Water Reservoir, where we tried for Quails !

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