Doi Inthanon Census (6-7 February 2009) : "2 Days, 3 Nights and 4,000 kilometers"
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1. To Chiang Mai
Doi Inthanon Birds Census was held on last weekend. To travel 4000 kilometers from Pattani, far south of Thailand, to Chiangmai, the northernmost, and spend 2 days 1 Night at Doi Inthanon, it's of course an are-you-out-of-your-mind trip. Actually I still keep thinking: did I just lost my mind?! But it turned out well. I don't sure if it's worth it. There too many people,too comfortable, too cold, too sunny, not too much birds. Am I complaining too much?
I fly from Hat Yai to Bangkok Friday night. My d*** flight was delayed. That means other 29 people on the trip had to wait for me for another hour. This made me feel much guilty.
I met many new friends from internet: P'Dr.Nut, Dr.Pang, P'Jeab, Pa Tai, the Pai family:P'Aek, P'Da and Nong'Pai. Plus friends I've known before since Doi Lang: P'Deb, Pa Pug, P'Jew. (P', pronounced 'pee', means your older brother or sister. It's a polite way to address other people)
Anyway, we arrive at Doi Inthanon at 6.00am. There're many birding people at the starting point and they seemed to know all each other. Well, the birding society of Thailand is not that large, you know.
I met P'Oh. She introduced me to Dr.Mong who held the census. Cool. And I got to meet P'Beegee and P'nong Oh which I had known on the internet for long time but never get to see them.
2. Doi Inthanon: Khun Wang Area
My team, Go4get2, went for bird census to Khun Wang, one of the Doi Inthanon census Area. This place is a secret place for winter flower blossum which isn't popular yet. It's quite a long way to go. The birds were not bad. There're many little birds feeding on a huge fig tree: Oriental White-eye, Chestnut-flanked White-eye and some Bulbuls.The tree was so tall I can barely see the birds clearly using a bin, let alone taking photo.
Taking a photo of my lens in a beautiful background.
The birds are quite good here. Red-throated Flycatcher* were perching. Grey Buschat* were around the bushes. Olive-backed Pipit are feeding on the ground. Great Tit* can be easily sighted in the a little wave with white-eyes and warblers. Oriental Honey-Buzzard*, Common Buzzard* can be spotted in the sky.
Grey Bushchat (Female)
