Thaibirds and more

Oriental Hobby Mrs Gould's Sunbird Ultra-marine Flycatcher Black-breasted Thrush Daurian Redstart Orange-bellied Leafbird 4-11th of December, Thailand Peter Ericsson and Kerry Morris No trip is ever the same. Now why is that? Mostly because of the people involved as we are all so different. Of course there are such things as weather, seasons and bird activity but mostly what colors or makes a good trip is decided by the contentment of the birders themselves and not necessarily what has been seen, strange as it may seem to some. This trip was in the making for a long time. Kelly Morris from Los Angeles is a very keen botanist turned birder. She badly wanted to see Spoon-billed Sandpiper which is what spurred this 8 day long birding adventure. Day1. Paktaley – Lung Sin hide I picked up Kerry at her downtown hotel and we arrived at Pak Taley around 7 am. The conditions always vary at the pans and with somewhat weird weather for this time of