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(Message started by: Forrest FONG on Sep 17^th, 2003, 10:14pm)

Title: Ruby-cheeked Sunbird 紫額太陽鳥 (Thailand 泰國)
Post by Forrest FONG on Sep 17^th, 2003, 10:14pm

Ruby-cheeked Sunbird 紫額太陽鳥 Anthreptes singalensis
Khao Yai National Park 孝艾國家公園
11/9/2003 8)
Just visited Thailand for birding during the Mid-autumn Festival last week. ;D

Ruby-cheeked Sunbird - F
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/fkw/fkwrtsunbird01.jpg
Ruby-cheeked Sunbird - M
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/fkw/fkwrtsunbird02.jpg

Title: Re: Ruby-cheeked Sunbird 紫額太陽鳥 (Thailand 泰國
Post by felixcat on Sep 18^th, 2003, 9:16am

Dear Forrest,

Can you share more birding experience in Thailand? What you suggest to bring for birdwatching/bird photography after having such experience in the national parks?

For me, I'll visit Chitwan national park and Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve in Nepal this November. Now, I am still preparing for this trip as I don't much such experience before. Thanks.

Title: Re: Ruby-cheeked Sunbird 紫額太陽鳥 (Thailand 泰國
Post by Forrest FONG on Sep 23^rd, 2003, 9:31am

Hi Felixcat,

Glad to know that you will visit Nepal for birding. Although my oversea birding experience is very limited and may not be relevant, I still happy to share with you and other members.

How long will you stay in Nepal? How many partners will go with you to Nepal for birding? Will you bring the telescope with you? I need to bring the telepscope with me in each of my trip because I am using digitscope to take bird photos. I think you need to bring a telescope with you for watching the ibisbill & other birds which they usually are at the far side of the river. However, it may be too heavy for trekking in Nepal because you also need to bring a lot of thing with you, eg. the bird fieldguide, the bird list, location map of the bird sites, your photo equipments and a lot of water. We usually will hire a car with driver for the whole trip so that we don't need to carry all the heavy stuff on our shoulders for moving from one spot to another spot and we could also enjoy birding along the road.

Besides finding a good local guide who knows birds and a good vehicle with driver, I think the most important thing is finding good partners with you. We will form a group to birding oversea for sharing the cost of employing the guide and hiring the car. We could also share the birding experience with each other and help each other to find/id the birds in a strange place.

If you have time, please do attend the AGM held this Saturday. A lot of our members with abundant oversea birding experience will attend the meeting and we could
talk with them after the meeting. ;D

Regards

Forrest 8)

Title: Re: Ruby-cheeked Sunbird 紫額太陽鳥 (Thailand 泰國
Post by felixcat on Sep 26^th, 2003, 1:46pm

Hi, Forrest,

Thank you very mcuh for your sharing. I will stay in Nepal for one month and spend around 10 days for bird/wildlife watching. I plan to join local tours there and the tour includes natualist/guide normally.

Besides, I will take my binoculars as well as my camara with tele-lens (300mm + 2x), which may not be very powerful to take good pictures but not too heavy as well. I'll take your advice of hiring jeep/car and arrange a blind for some spots if possible.

This trip, I will go with 5 friends. Though they are not so keen on bird watching, they enjoy everything about the nature. See if I can join AGM and make friends there.

Regards,
Felix