Himalayan Griffon
Gyps himalayensis
Wat Norng Blah Lai, Phetchaburi
January 2011
A photo essay by my friend Wich'yanan Limpaяungpatthanakij (ป่าน วิชญนันท์) who sent me these photographs of some of the birds he has photographed in the Wat Norng Blah Lai area since the beginning of the year.
© Wich'yanan Limpaяungpatthanakij (ป่าน วิชญนันท์)
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius Monachus
Wat Norng Blah Lai, Phetchaburi
January 2011
This is an exciting time for birders in Thailand as two Himalayan Griffons were seen on Friday 7th January 2011. A "restaurant" has been set up in an attempt to lure the birds down to the ground; Chaiyan Kasorndorkbua and his colleagues from The Thai Raptor Group are poised to catch the bird and fit a radio transmitter to it so we can monitor its movements and start to learn more about it. The Cinereous Vulture is still in the area too.
© Wich'yanan Limpaяungpatthanakij (ป่าน วิชญนันท์)
Booted Eagle - dark morph
Aquila Pennata
Wat Norng Blah Lai, Phetchaburi
January 2011
© Wich'yanan Limpaяungpatthanakij (ป่าน วิชญนันท์)
Booted Eagle -pale morph
being mobbed by Jungle Crows
Aquila Pennata
Wat Norng Blah Lai, Phetchaburi
January 2011
© Wich'yanan Limpaяungpatthanakij (ป่าน วิชญนันท์)
Booted Eagle -pale morph
Aquila Pennata
Wat Norng Blah Lai, Phetchaburi
January 2011
© Wich'yanan Limpaяungpatthanakij (ป่าน วิชญนันท์)
Greater Spotted Eagle
Aquila Clanga
Wat Norng Blah Lai, Phetchaburi
January 2011
© Wich'yanan Limpaяungpatthanakij (ป่าน วิชญนันท์)
Greater Spotted Eagle
Aquila Clanga
Wat Norng Blah Lai, Phetchaburi
January 2011
© Wich'yanan Limpaяungpatthanakij (ป่าน วิชญนันท์)
Greater Spotted Eagle
Aquila Clanga
Wat Norng Blah Lai, Phetchaburi
January 2011
© Wich'yanan Limpaяungpatthanakij (ป่าน วิชญนันท์)
from left to right: Eastern Imperial Eagle, Steppe Eagle & Cinereous Vulture
Aquila Heliaca, a. nipalensis & Aegypius Monachus
Wat Norng Blah Lai, Phetchaburi
January 2011
© Wich'yanan Limpaяungpatthanakij (ป่าน วิชญนันท์)
Eastern Imperial Eagle
Aquila Heliaca
Wat Norng Blah Lai, Phetchaburi
January 2011
© Wich'yanan Limpaяungpatthanakij (ป่าน วิชญนันท์)
Steppe Eagle
Aquila Nipalensis
Wat Norng Blah Lai, Phetchaburi
January 2011
© Wich'yanan Limpaяungpatthanakij (ป่าน วิชญนันท์)
Pied Harrier
Circus Melanoleucos
Wat Norng Blah Lai, Phetchaburi
January 2011
© Wich'yanan Limpaяungpatthanakij (ป่าน วิชญนันท์)
Eastern Marsh Harrier
Circus Spilonotus
Wat Norng Blah Lai, Phetchaburi
January 2011
© Wich'yanan Limpaяungpatthanakij (ป่าน วิชญนันท์)
Black-shouldered Kite
Elanus Caeruleus
Wat Norng Blah Lai, Phetchaburi
January 2011
© Wich'yanan Limpaяungpatthanakij (ป่าน วิชญนันท์)
Brahminy Kite -juvenile
Haliastur Indus
Wat Norng Blah Lai, Phetchaburi
January 2011
© Wich'yanan Limpaяungpatthanakij (ป่าน วิชญนันท์)
Black Kite
Milvus Lineatus
Wat Norng Blah Lai, Phetchaburi
January 2011
© Wich'yanan Limpaяungpatthanakij (ป่าน วิชญนันท์)
Common sand-martin
Riparia riparia
Wat Norng Blah Lai, Phetchaburi
January 2011
If you are a visiting birder this site can be reached very easily on the main south bound road from Bangkok to Laem Pak Bia/ Kaeng Krachan. In fact it is signed as "EAGLE VIEWPOINT" and if you follow those signs they will get you there. However there is no real advance warning and there are many, many signs! Look at for the crags of Khao Yoi on your left hand side as you drive south; they are unmistakeable as they are the only crags you will pass. About 4 km after these crags you will see the "EAGLE VIEWPOINT" sign pointing left.
Finally all credit for this goes to Paarn .... a truly outstanding achievement and let me once more thank him for permission to use his photographs.
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