Last week's trip down to KK could well be our last for this year... Back to work next week and no more holidays til October, when the park is closed anyway. So maybe the odd weekend if it's possible to pick one that's not busy!!! Well the trip as always was a welcome getaway and I got some of my best pics to date.
Day 1. It was nice to see the
Scop's Owls back at their roost ( Did they ever really leave it? ) but the
Banded Broadbills nesting on the camp entrance road seemed super shy this time,only putting in a few appearances the whole day!! ( a friend informed me he had waited 4 hours the previous week with no results!!). A least they should be feeding chicks pretty soon. The
Orange Breasted Trogon on the nest between stream 2 - 3 seemed largely un-bothered by the many photographers she is attracting, so some nice shots there.
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| Orange Breasted Trogon |
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| Orange Breasted Trogon |
Day 2. The usual trip up to Panoen Tung seemed very quiet with not a lot showing. At the top view point a pair of
Grey Treepies are just beginning to make a nest. Back down in the afternoon
Silver Breasted and
Black and Red Broadbills were about in abundance. Walking around for the rest of the day turned up
Green Eared Barbets, Blue Bearded Bee-Eaters and a
Blue Winged Pitta at the back of the campsite.
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| Grey Treepie |
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| Silver Breasted Broadbill |
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| Black and Red Broadbill |
Day 3. Down to the stream for the
Black Backed Kingfisher and
Blue Bearded Bee-Eater this morning . Some nice shots of the Kingfisher were got but the Bee Eater wasn't playing ball...
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| Blue Backed Kingfisher |
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| Blue Backed Kingfisher |
