Overview

Dates: Weather: Locality:

13-14 October 2010 Variable. Showers and cloudy. Cool. Mae Ping National Park.

13 Oct. With Steve Tibbett. First off, having ruled out park accommodation, we looked for accommodation in the small town of Li, and settled on the Palm Tree Resort. Headed initially for the Thung Kik road. Due to the cool and showery weather, temperatures were down and bird activity good most of the afternoon. Heavy rain the previous week meant that driving off road was impossible, and walking off road was somewhat tedious due to the claggy mud sticking to boots. However, the birding produced a good collection of birds including Crow-billed Drongo (a bird infrequently seen in northern Thailand), Greater Yellownape and Great Slaty Woodpecker. Remained out till dark, when several Oriental Scops Owl started singing as well as spot-lighting Brown Boobook, handily above the car. Overnight at the Palm Tree with dinner in the local restaurant next to the PTT station.

14 Oct. Back along the main Thung Kik road but failed to add significantly to our list from the previous day, though a few migrating Black Baza were noted. Late in the morning drove the main road out toward Kor, noting good forest along the way which will be investigated at a subsequent visit. On this trip we had been hopeful of connecting with the rare Rufous-bellied Woodpecker and White-browed Fantail, both of which have been recorded, but failed to put in an appearance.

Species List

	Species	Count
	Black Baza	9
	Indochinese Roller	2
	Spotted Dove	20
	Thick-billed Green Pigeon	4
	Green-billed Malkoha	2
	Banded Bay Cuckoo	4
	Oriental Scops Owl	4
	Brown Boobook	1
	Lineated Barbet	5
	Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker	4
	Greater Yellownape	3
	Black-headed Woodpecker	12
	Grey-headed Woodpecker	1
	Common Flameback	10
	Rufous Woodpecker	2
	Great Slaty Woodpecker	8
	Large Woodshrike	1
	Oriental Cuckooshrike	10
	Indochinese Cuckooshrike	6
	Ashy Minivet	2
	Scarlet Minivet	12
	Brown Shrike	3
	Black-naped Oriole	12
	Black-hooded Oriole	6
	Black Drongo	15
	Ashy Drongo	4
	Crow-billed Drongo	1
	Hair-crested Drongo	10
	Greater Racket-tailed Drongo	10
	Black-naped Monarch	6
	Red-billed Blue Magpie	4
	Rufous Treepie	10
	Eastern Jungle Crow	8
	Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher	2
	Black-crested Bulbul	5
	Red-whiskered Bulbul	2
	Stripe-throated Bulbul	2
	Streak-eared Bulbul	2
	Yellow-browed Warbler	2
	Thick-billed Warbler	1
	Rufescent Prinia	10
	Common Tailorbird	2
	Pin-striped Tit-Babbler	4
	Puff-throated Babbler	2
	White-crested Laughingthrush	20
	Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush	10
	Burmese Nuthatch	20
	Oriental Magpie-Robin	2
	White-rumped Shama	2
	Taiga Flycatcher	15
	Indochinese Blue Flycatcher	3
	Golden-fronted Leafbird	10
	Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker	5
	Grey Wagtail	2
	White Wagtail	2