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Jiffy (also jiff)

noun [in SING.] informal a moment: we'll be back in a jiffy.

ORIGIN late 18th cent.: of unknown origin.

So as you understand, in a jiff pretty much depends on your internet.
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E ni Svenskar och inte förstår Engelska så ska ni skämmas. J och Björn, med det menar jag inte att alla mina stavfel ska ältas varje gång vi träffas.

Flag of Skåne / Skånska flagganWell, the flag of Skåne, just a BONUS flag.

Birding/ Bird watching on a scooter in Thailand

Sunday 5 th of May 2024 and I pack my Canon EOS R3 and my Canon RF 100-500mm IS USM under the saddle and I take off at 5 thirty in the morning. It is still dark but the sky starts to light up. I have been up since 4 o'clock, my original plan was to leave at 5 o'clock.

But at 5 thirty it started to turn in to day light and I took off after have setting up my cockpit for the eBird hotspot: Phra Chulachomklao Fort across the river.

Bird watching in Samut Prakan, Thailand
Ready for a new birding adventure

Bird watching in Samut Prakan, Thailand
My cockpit is set up and I take off

Bird watching in Samut Prakan, Thailand
Early morning traffic on Sukhumvit

I have put one Ganesh in the cockpit together with my Luang Pu Tuad (ลวงปู่ทวด) so good luck is guaranteed. Ganesh is facing me so he will keep an eye out to make sure I stay alert while on theHoly scooterroads. All help is appreciated in the traffic.

I get ot on Sukhumvit driving south until the U-turn place and I go back north towards the ferry crossing Chao Phraya River at Pu Chao Saming Phrai (ท่าเรือปู่เจ้าสมิงพราย)

Follow Sukhumvit Road until I Phuchao Saming Phray and I drive along Phuchao Saming Phray until I reach the ferry terminal.

I reach the ferry terminal at 6 o'clock and I can drive straight onboard. No ticket office or any one asking for tickets so I thought it was for free to cross the Chao Phraya River.

I parked my scooter and the ferry took off.

I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered that the ferry was less than half full even though it was early Sunday morning. So, I was looking forward to my cross-river trip.

Pu Chao Saming Phrai (ท่าเรือปู่เจ้าสมิงพราย)
Reaching the ferry at Pu Chao Saming Phrai (ท่าเรือปู่เจ้าสมิงพราย)

Pu Chao Saming Phrai (ท่าเรือปู่เจ้าสมิงพราย)
Driving onboard the ferry at Pu Chao Saming Phrai (ท่าเรือปู่เจ้าสมิงพราย)

Pu Chao Saming Phrai (ท่าเรือปู่เจ้าสมิงพราย)
On the ferry

Pu Chao Saming Phrai (ท่าเรือปู่เจ้าสมิงพราย)
We are leaving

Pu Chao Saming Phrai (ท่าเรือปู่เจ้าสมิงพราย)
Traffic on Chao Phraya River

Pu Chao Saming Phrai (ท่าเรือปู่เจ้าสมิงพราย)
On the way across the river

Pu Chao Saming Phrai (ท่าเรือปู่เจ้าสมิงพราย)
On the way across the river

Pu Chao Saming Phrai (ท่าเรือปู่เจ้าสมิงพราย)
On the way across the river

Pu Chao Saming Phrai (ท่าเรือปู่เจ้าสมิงพราย)
On the way across the river

Pu Chao Saming Phrai (ท่าเรือปู่เจ้าสมิงพราย)
Our hero

Pu Chao Saming Phrai (ท่าเรือปู่เจ้าสมิงพราย)
My “birding” racer

Pu Chao Saming Phrai (ท่าเรือปู่เจ้าสมิงพราย)
We meet the other ferry

Pu Chao Saming Phrai (ท่าเรือปู่เจ้าสมิงพราย)
On the way across the river

Phra Pradaeng Pier, ท่าเรือข้ามฟากพระประแดง
Approaching the other side

Phra Pradaeng Pier, ท่าเรือข้ามฟากพระประแดง
Coming off the ferry

Phra Pradaeng Pier, ท่าเรือข้ามฟากพระประแดง
Coming off the ferry

We leave Pu Chao Saming Phrai (ท่าเรือปู่เจ้าสมิงพราย) a few minutes after I have boarded the ferry. And there is some traffic on the Chao Phraya River. One vessel going up the river and a tug pulling a long barge. Most likely bound for Sriracha.

So, I am busy taking pictures and we only have a few minutes across the river to the Phra Pradaeng Pier (Car) (ท่าเรือข้ามฟากพระประแดง) The pier for the passenger boat is just a little north of the car pier. I am bound for the car pier.

Ferry across the Chao Phraya River
My ticket

We had left Pu Chao Saming Phrai (ท่าเรือปู่เจ้าสมิงพราย) and a lady come to sell me a ticket after a few minutes. The trip set me back with 10 Baht, about 30 ¢

we reach the other side and I start to drive south towards the Phra Chulachomklao Fort (ป้อมพระจุลจอมเกล้า) I stop to buy some refreshments and to fill up my scooter with gasoline.

I reach Phra Chulachomklao Fort and I am a little bit confused. There have been road signs saying “TOURIST ATTRACTION” but the road end at a gate with military guards. I stop to check my map and I was at the right space.

Another car came and they opened the gate and let the car pass.

I started my scooter and they opened the gate for me and I stopped at the first bridge over a canal. I had spotted two Collared Kingfishers and I started my eBird app.

I took off my helmet and I put the helmet under my seat and I brought out my Canon EOS R3 with the Canon RF 100-500mm IS USM lens that I put in the basked in front of the scooter.

Phra Chulachomklao Fort, ป้อมพระจุลจอมเกล้า
I stop at the first bridge

Phra Chulachomklao Fort, ป้อมพระจุลจอมเกล้า
I stop at the first bridge

Collared Kingfisher, White-collared Kingfisher, Mangrove Kingfisher, Todiramphus chloris, นกกินเปี้ยว
Collared Kingfisher / นกกินเปี้ยว

Yellow-vented Bulbul, Pycnonotus goiavier, นกปรอดหน้านวล
Yellow-vented Bulbul / นกปรอดหน้านวล

I continue slowly keeping my eyes out for birds and I am soon stopping again as there is one Yellow-vented Bulbul / นกปรอดหน้านวล sitting on the wire overhead.

I reach some buildings looking to be soldier dwellings. Some sport field and I drive around looking for birds. Coming in to one street and someone tells me that the road is closed and I have to turn around. Back on the paved street and I turn left again after 50 meters.

Ending up at the water and there is a tree with some Asian Pied Starlings / นกเอี้ยงด่าง and a female Oriental Magpie-Robin / นกกางเขนบ้าน.

Pied Myna, Gracupica contra, นกเอี้ยงด่าง, Asian Pied Starling
Asian Pied Starling / นกเอี้ยงด่าง

Little Cormorant, Microcarbo niger, นกกาน้ำเล็ก
Little Cormorant / นกกาน้ำเล็ก

Black-winged Stilt, Himantopus himantopus, นกตีนเทียน
Black-winged Stilt / นกตีนเทียน

Black-winged Stilt, Himantopus himantopus, นกตีนเทียน
Black-winged Stilt / นกตีนเทียน

Pond Heron
Pond Heron

Scaly-breasted Munia, Lonchura punctulata, นกกระติ๊ดขี้หมู
Scaly-breasted Munia / นกกระติ๊ดขี้หมู

I drive back to the paved road and there is two Little Cormorants / นกกาน้ำเล็ก sitting in a small tree next to the road. I stop to take a picture and one of them takes off.

One bird remains and I get a few pictures. I discovered one Whiskered Tern flying over the swamp next to the road. There were several stilts and herons as well.

There was a big group of Scaly-breasted Munias / นกกระติ๊ดขี้หมู when I came to the end of the paved road. % or 6 of them sitting on the wires and the remaining in a group foraging in the grass. I reported 20 but it is hard to count them.

I turn around and I stop to take a picture of a Zebra Dove / นกเขาชวา sitting in a tree next to the road. The Zebra Doves are very dark, juveniles should be darker so it might be juveniles I have seen around.

Zebra Dove, Geopelia striata, นกเขาชวา
Zebra Dove / นกเขาชวา

Oriental Magpie-Robin, Copsychus saularis, นกกางเขนบ้าน
Oriental Magpie-Robin / นกกางเขนบ้าน

Oriental Magpie-Robin, Copsychus saularis, นกกางเขนบ้าน
Oriental Magpie-Robin / นกกางเขนบ้าน

I get pictures of one female Oriental Magpie-Robin / นกกางเขนบ้าน. I tried to get pictures of a Common Myna, but all pictures turned out as rubbish.

I leave the paved road getting on to a blocked street, but I decided to check out the trees. Exactly nothing exciting and I turn around. I hear a bird in the bushes next to me and I discover one Plain Prinia / นกกระจิบหญ้าสีเรียบ.

I get a video and one sound recording and a couple of pictures I was satisfied with.


Listen to the Plain Prinia
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org

Remarks from the Recordist

Recorded with my ZOOM H5 Handy Recorder. High Pass Filter applied with Audacity

Bird singing in a bush 1 meter from me.



Plain Prinia, Prinia inornata, นกกระจิบหญ้าสีเรียบ
Plain Prinia / นกกระจิบหญ้าสีเรียบ

Plain Prinia, Prinia inornata, นกกระจิบหญ้าสีเรียบ
Plain Prinia / นกกระจิบหญ้าสีเรียบ

Plain Prinia, Prinia inornata, นกกระจิบหญ้าสีเรียบ
Plain Prinia / นกกระจิบหญ้าสีเรียบ

Plain Prinia, Prinia inornata, นกกระจิบหญ้าสีเรียบ
Plain Prinia / นกกระจิบหญ้าสีเรียบ

Bird watching in Samut Prakan, Thailand
Lizzard

I leave the area and I go back to the paved road. I turn left after a minute and I drive towards the Naval Historical Park / อุทยานประวัติศาสตร์ทหารเรือ ป้อมพระจุลจอมเกล้า.

I have mangroves on my right-hand side and when the mangrove come to an end. There were around 30 egrets fishing in the water. I stop the scooter and the birds take off.

But there is much fish in the water so the birds come back after a minute and I move closer to the water. I discover that there are 3 Great Egrets and a Pond Heron as well.

The Pond Heron is in winter plumage so not possible to give a proper ID.

Listen to the Little Egret
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org

Remarks from the Recordist

Recorded with my ZOOM H5 Handy Recorder. High Pass Filter applied with Audacity

I spot a group of Egrets in one corner of the mangrove when I pass with the scooter. I stop and they get flushed. But there is so much food so they do not want to leave.

They come back and they fish. There is one Pond Heron in winter plumage and 3 Great White Egrets as well. But it is only the Little Egrets feeding.

I slowly approach and I come as close as 2 - 3 meters from the birds and they did not bother with me.

We hear grunting and water splash + wing flaps from when they catch the fish



Little Egret, Egretta garzetta, นกยางเปีย
Little Egret / นกยางเปีย

Little Egret, Egretta garzetta, นกยางเปีย
Little Egret / นกยางเปีย

Little Egret, Egretta garzetta, นกยางเปีย
Little Egret / นกยางเปีย

Little Egret, Egretta garzetta, นกยางเปีย
Little Egret / นกยางเปีย

Little Egret, Egretta garzetta, นกยางเปีย
Little Egret / นกยางเปีย

Little Egret, Egretta garzetta, นกยางเปีย
Little Egret / นกยางเปีย

Great Egret, Eastern Great Egret, Ardea alba, นกยางโทนใหญ่
Great Egret / นกยางโทนใหญ่

Pond Heron
Pond Heron in winter plumage so no proper ID

HTMS Maeklong

(Thai: เรือหลวงแม่กลอง) is a retired Royal Thai Navy escort vessel (classified also as a corvette or sloop) and training ship, built at the Uraga Dock in Yokosuka, Japan. Her sister ship was HTMS Tachin.

The Maeklong is preserved in concrete in Chulachomklao Fort in Phra Samut Chedi District, Samut Prakan Province, Thailand. The ship is named after a river, the Mae Klong.

Service history
During World War II, HTMS Maeklong patrolled the Thai territories to protect the Gulf of Thailand until the war was over and used to be a royal ship in many times, for example, when King Rama VIII went to study in Switzerland on 13 January 1938, or when the King returned to Bangkok on 2 December 1951 and used in royal proceedings to inspect the Naval Parade and Observing the landing of the marines at Bang Saen Beach, Chon Buri Province on 20 November 1954.

In addition, it was organized as a ship to bring bone ash of King Prajadhipok to Tha Ratchaworadit on 20 May 1949.

HTMS Maeklong Museum
Later, King Bhumibol Adulyadej asked the Royal Thai Navy that should preserve the old warships and make them into a museum of military history to disseminate knowledge to the public.

Therefore, in the auspicious occasion of King Bhumibol will ascend the throne for the 50th year in 1996, the Royal Thai Navy built the Thai Warship Museum in honour of the Golden Jubilee Year of King Bhumibol by conserving the Mae Klong Luang boat and creating a warship museum in the navy's outdoor museum project.

I leave the egrets behind and I continue to the Naval Historical Park / อุทยานประวัติศาสตร์ทหารเรือ ป้อมพระจุลจอมเกล้า and the first thing I see is the H.T.M.S. Mae Klong, A war ship that they have made in to a Royal Navy Museum / พิพิธภัณฑ์เรือหลวงแม่กลอง

I drive to H.T.M.S. Mae Klong and I can hear a couple of Collared Kingfishers / นกกินเปี้ยว and I look around. I discover one of them sitting in the huge flagpole.

H.T.M.S. Mae Klong, Royal Navy Museum / พิพิธภัณฑ์เรือหลวงแม่กลอง
H.T.M.S. Mae Klong

Bird watching in Samut Prakan, Thailand
Ship passing on Chao Phraya River

Collared Kingfisher, White-collared Kingfisher, Mangrove Kingfisher, Todiramphus chloris, นกกินเปี้ยว
Collared Kingfisher / นกกินเปี้ยว

Driving on the paved road leaving H.T.M.S. Mae Klong behind and I have mangroves on both side. I spot a sparrow on the wire and I stop to take a picture. I decided that it was a House Sparrow.

But I changed my mind when I saw the pictures, the bird is yellowish and I changed the ID to Plain-backed Sparrow / นกกระจอกตาล

I spotted one Indochinese Roller / นกตะขาบทุ่ง sitting in a tree next to the road and I tried to sneak up on the bird. But the bird took off and landed in a tree in the mangrove.

Plain-backed Sparrow, Passer flaveolus, นกกระจอกตาล
Female Plain-backed Sparrow / นกกระจอกตาล

Plain-backed Sparrow, Passer flaveolus, นกกระจอกตาล
Female Plain-backed Sparrow / นกกระจอกตาล

Indian Roller, Indochinese Roller, Coracias benghalensis, นกตะขาบทุ่ง
Indochinese Roller / นกตะขาบทุ่ง

I flushed one Painted Stork / นกกาบบัว and the bird landed in a tree next to the road and I tried to come close to get a picture.

The bird changed tree when I came closer but I managed to get quite close to the second tree it was landing in. There were also Little Cormorants and Javan Pond Heron / นกยางกรอกพันธุ์ชวา in breeding plumage so no problem to give proper ID.

Painted Stork, Mycteria leucocephala, นกกาบบัว
Painted Stork / นกกาบบัว

Painted Stork, Mycteria leucocephala, นกกาบบัว
Painted Stork / นกกาบบัว

Painted Stork, Mycteria leucocephala, นกกาบบัว
Painted Stork / นกกาบบัว

Painted Stork, Mycteria leucocephala, นกกาบบัว
Painted Stork / นกกาบบัว

Painted Stork, Mycteria leucocephala, นกกาบบัว
Painted Stork / นกกาบบัว

Painted Stork, Mycteria leucocephala, นกกาบบัว
Painted Stork / นกกาบบัว

Painted Stork, Mycteria leucocephala, นกกาบบัว
Painted Stork / นกกาบบัว

Little Cormorant, Microcarbo niger, นกกาน้ำเล็ก
Little Cormorant / นกกาน้ำเล็ก

Javan Pond Heron, Ardeola speciosa, นกยางกรอกพันธุ์ชวา
Javan Pond Heron / นกยางกรอกพันธุ์ชวา

Javan Pond Heron, Ardeola speciosa, นกยางกรอกพันธุ์ชวา
Javan Pond Heron / นกยางกรอกพันธุ์ชวา

Javan Pond Heron, Ardeola speciosa, นกยางกรอกพันธุ์ชวา
Javan Pond Heron / นกยางกรอกพันธุ์ชวา

I continue and I am soon running in to a group of monkeys. I turned very cautious, not scared, but very cautious. All over the world, especially in areas with humans, the monkey can be very dangerous. Thanks to people feeding them.

I general trick you can use, bend down to make it look like you are picking up a rock, many times this make them run away.

And keep car windows closed! I thought it was a joke, but one time in Petchaburi, I had monkeys hanging on the car door while we were driving through the town.

And they did not look very happy. The monkeys had the look of GIVE ME FOOD OR DIE!

Bird watching in Samut Prakan, Thailand
Monkeys

Bird watching in Samut Prakan, Thailand
Monkey

Collared Kingfisher, White-collared Kingfisher, Mangrove Kingfisher, Todiramphus chloris, นกกินเปี้ยว
Collared Kingfisher / นกกินเปี้ยว

I drive back to the gate and I spot one Collared Kingfisher / นกกินเปี้ยว from the bridge at the gate. I turned off my eBird app and I left Phra Chulachomklao Fort / ป้อมพระจุลจอมเกล้า.

eBird

eBird Report


Phra Chulachomklao Fort, Samut Prakan, TH
May 5, 2024 06:51 - 08:13
Protocol: Traveling
4.67 kilometer(s)
27 species (+1 other taxa)
Comments: I don't know why my eBird app did not start when I started the app around 6 thirty

Feral Pigeon (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon)) 21
Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis) 1
Zebra Dove (Geopelia striata) 12
Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis) 1 Heard only
Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus) 1 Heard only
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) 8
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) 1
Asian Openbill (Anastomus oscitans) 1
Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) 2
Little Cormorant (Microcarbo niger) 15
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) 33
Javan Pond Heron (Ardeola speciosa) 7
pond heron sp. (Ardeola sp.) 3 Winter plumage / moulting so no proper ID
Great White Egret (Ardea alba) 11
Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) 3
Indochinese Roller (Coracias affinis) 1
Coppersmith Barbet (Psilopogon haemacephalus) 1 Heard only
Malaysian Pied-Fantail (Rhipidura javanica) 3
Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) 5
Plain Prinia (Prinia inornata) 3 Video here: https://youtu.be/tiojISqAGsM?si=xztGOB1VSPkI9N7u
Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier) 1
Siamese Pied Starling (Gracupica floweri) 1
Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis) 8
Great Myna (Acridotheres grandis) 3
Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis) 6 Female
Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata) 20
Plain-backed Sparrow (Passer flaveolus) 1 Female
Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) X Of course, impossible to count. Sparrows all over the area

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S172056946

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

Bird watching at Phra Chulachomklao Fort
Today's track at eBird hotspot: Phra Chulachomklao Fort

I leave Phra Chulachomklao Fort behind driving toward the next eBird hotspot: Khun Samut Chin It starts to get very hot so it is nice with the cooling wind driving the scooter.

I drive along the ponds and it takes me about 30 minutes to reach Wat Khun Samut Trawat/ วัดขุนสมุทราวาส. I reach a road block and there is a parking lot. But they wave me through so it seems like the car have to park.

Wat Khun Samut Trawat/ วัดขุนสมุทราวาส
Approaching Wat Khun Samut Trawat/ วัดขุนสมุทราวาส

Wat Khun Samut Trawat/ วัดขุนสมุทราวาส
Concrete bridge to Wat Khun Samut Trawat/ วัดขุนสมุทราวาส

Wat Khun Samut Trawat/ วัดขุนสมุทราวาส
On the concrete bridge over the mud flats


I reach a concrete bridge going over the mud flats to Wat Khun Samut Trawat/ วัดขุนสมุทราวาส. They have some kind of motorcycle trike they bring people to the temple. I have no need for this service as I have my scooter.

I drive slowly while keeping my eyes on the mud flats. I hope to see some birds on the mud flats. I see several white egrets but they are too far away for proper ID.

I reach the temple and I park my scooter. I have a look around for a few minutes before I get back on my scooter.

Tibetan sand plover, Anarhynchus atrifrons, นกหัวโตทรายเล็ก
Tibetan Sand Plover / นกหัวโตทรายเล็ก

Tibetan sand plover, Anarhynchus atrifrons, นกหัวโตทรายเล็ก
Tibetan Sand Plover / นกหัวโตทรายเล็ก

Pond Heron
Pond Heron, looks to be moulting in to a Javan Pond Heron

Tibetan sand plover, Anarhynchus atrifrons, นกหัวโตทรายเล็ก
Tibetan Sand Plover / นกหัวโตทรายเล็ก

Tibetan sand plover, Anarhynchus atrifrons, นกหัวโตทรายเล็ก
Tibetan Sand Plover / นกหัวโตทรายเล็ก

Tibetan sand plover, Anarhynchus atrifrons, นกหัวโตทรายเล็ก
Tibetan Sand Plover / นกหัวโตทรายเล็ก

Tibetan sand plover, Anarhynchus atrifrons, นกหัวโตทรายเล็ก
Tibetan Sand Plover / นกหัวโตทรายเล็ก

Tibetan sand plover, Anarhynchus atrifrons, นกหัวโตทรายเล็ก
Tibetan Sand Plover / นกหัวโตทรายเล็ก

Tibetan sand plover, Anarhynchus atrifrons, นกหัวโตทรายเล็ก
Tibetan Sand Plover / นกหัวโตทรายเล็ก

Little Cormorant, Microcarbo niger, นกกาน้ำเล็ก
Little Cormorant / นกกาน้ำเล็ก

Leaving and I spot some sand plovers and a pond heron that looks to be moulting in to a Javan Pond Heron. I am a little unsure about the sand plovers so I will have to wait with the ID until I am back home with my book.

Otherwise, there was not many birds on the mud flats, at least not close to the concrete bridge.

Spotting one Brahminy Kite / เหยี่ยวแดง flying over the mud flats, too far away for any good picture, but I give it a try. Back home and I discover that there are two of them on the same picture. The flying one that I take the picture of, and one sitting.

Brahminy Kite, Haliastur indus, เหยี่ยวแดง
Brahminy Kite / เหยี่ยวแดง

Brahminy Kite, Haliastur indus, เหยี่ยวแดง
2 Brahminy Kites / เหยี่ยวแดง

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eBird Report


Khun Samut Chin, Samut Prakan, TH
May 5, 2024 08:47 - 09:08
Protocol: Traveling
1.03 kilometer(s)
8 species (+2 other taxa)

Black-winged Stilt 8
Tibetan Sand Plover 7 Charadrius mongolus in my bird book. Thanks to Paul Chapman at www.birdforum.net for help with ID
Little Cormorant 1
Little Egret 2
pond heron sp. 1
Great White Egret 4
white egret sp. 11 Too far away for proper ID
Brahminy Kite 2
Collared Kingfisher X Heard all over the area
Oriental Magpie-Robin 2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S172062958

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

I took off leaving Wat Khun Samut Trawat/ วัดขุนสมุทราวาส behind. I have one more eBird hotspot to check out before going back home. It is a couple of kilometres to eBird hotspot: Sa-khla aquaculture ponds and it will take about 15 minutes to drive there.

I pass a tree full of cormorants and I stop to take a picture before continuing. It is a beautiful area and I enjoying the views riding my scooter.

Bird watching at Sa-khla aquaculture ponds
A tree full of cormorants

I reach Na Klua Subdistrict Administrative Organization and I stop to start my eBird app selecting the eBird hotspot: Sa-khla aquaculture ponds I continued along Suk Sawat-wat Sa Khla Road.

Just before reaching Sakhla Village, I spot a bird sitting on the wire next to the road. I stop to take a picture and it turns out to be one Streak-eared Bulbul / นกปรอดสวน

Streak-eared Bulbul, Pycnonotus conradi, นกปรอดสวน
Streak-eared Bulbul / นกปรอดสวน

Bird watching at Sa-khla aquaculture ponds
Suk Sawat-wat Sa Khla Road


I make a U-turn reaching Sakhla Village and I drive back towards the east on the Suk Sawat-wat Sa Khla Road. I turn north after a couple of hundred meters. I stop to try to get pictures of two Great Myna / นกเอี้ยงหงอน.

There was one Whiskered Tern and one other tern, but I never managed to get any pictures. A little further up the road and I stop to try to get a picture of a Common Tern.

Great Myna, White-vented Myna, Acridotheres grandis, นกเอี้ยงหงอน
Great Myna / นกเอี้ยงหงอน

Great Myna, White-vented Myna, Acridotheres grandis, นกเอี้ยงหงอน
Great Myna / นกเอี้ยงหงอน

Common Tern, Sterna hirundo, นกนางนวลแกลบธรรมดา
Common Tern / นกนางนวลแกลบธรรมดา

Little Cormorant, Microcarbo niger, นกกาน้ำเล็ก
Little Cormorant / นกกาน้ำเล็ก

Black-winged Stilt, Himantopus himantopus, นกตีนเทียน
Black-winged Stilt / นกตีนเทียน

Javan Pond Heron, Ardeola speciosa, นกยางกรอกพันธุ์ชวา
Javan Pond Heron / นกยางกรอกพันธุ์ชวา

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I drive along an unnamed road between the ponds and it is the same birds as you can expect in this kind of habitat. Nothing exciting, but I enjoying my ride.

I spotted more of the plovers on the mud flats and I tried to get pictures. And I discovered Painted Storks soaring high above the area.

I spot one Brahminy Kite / เหยี่ยวแดง over the ponds and I try to follow the bird. The bird come back flying just pass me at eye level. But I failed to get my camera in time so the picture turned out to be rubbish.

Painted Stork, Mycteria leucocephala, นกกาบบัว
Painted Stork / นกกาบบัว

Brahminy Kite, Haliastur indus, เหยี่ยวแดง
Brahminy Kite / เหยี่ยวแดง

Tibetan sand plover, Anarhynchus atrifrons, นกหัวโตทรายเล็ก
Tibetan sand plover / นกหัวโตทรายเล็ก

Bird watching at Sa-khla aquaculture ponds
Our hero is homeward bound


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eBird Report


Sa-khla aquaculture ponds, Samut Prakan, TH
May 5, 2024 09:25 - 10:08
Protocol: Traveling
7.89 kilometer(s)
16 species (+2 other taxa)

Black-winged Stilt 10
Tibetan Sand Plover 2 Charadrius mongolus in my bird book. Thanks to Paul Chapman at www.birdforum.net for help with ID
Whiskered Tern 1
Common Tern 1
tern sp. 1 Not possible for me to ID
Painted Stork 6 Soaring high above
Little Cormorant 1
cormorant sp. 3 Too far away for proper ID
Little Egret 3
Striated Heron 2
Javan Pond Heron 4
Great White Egret 4
Brahminy Kite 1
Collared Kingfisher 2 Heard only
Streak-eared Bulbul 1
Common Myna 1
Great Myna 2
Eurasian Tree Sparrow 3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S172068285

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

Bird watching at Sa-khla aquaculture ponds
Today's track at eBird hotspot: Sa-khla aquaculture ponds

I start to drive back towards the Phra Pradaeng Pier/ ท่าเรือข้ามฟากพระประแดง to take the ferry across Chao Phraya River. The ferry had just left when I arrived.

Two minutes later and I could see the other ferry approaching. I was first in line waiting so I had a unblocked view and I made a video of the approaching ferry.

The ferry is arriving

Phra Pradaeng Pier/ ท่าเรือข้ามฟากพระประแดง
Onboard the ferry at Phra Pradaeng Pier/ ท่าเรือข้ามฟากพระประแดง

Phra Pradaeng Pier/ ท่าเรือข้ามฟากพระประแดง
Boarding the ferry

Phra Pradaeng Pier/ ท่าเรือข้ามฟากพระประแดง
Waiting for departure

Phra Pradaeng Pier/ ท่าเรือข้ามฟากพระประแดง
We are leaving

Clinton

Phra Pradaeng Pier/ ท่าเรือข้ามฟากพระประแดง
Crossing Chao Phraya River

Phra Pradaeng Pier/ ท่าเรือข้ามฟากพระประแดง
Crossing Chao Phraya River

Phra Pradaeng Pier/ ท่าเรือข้ามฟากพระประแดง
Crossing Chao Phraya River

Phra Pradaeng Pier/ ท่าเรือข้ามฟากพระประแดง
Crossing Chao Phraya River

Pu Chao Saming Phrai (ท่าเรือปู่เจ้าสมิงพราย)
Back at the Pu Chao Saming Phrai (ท่าเรือปู่เจ้าสมิงพราย)

Pu Chao Saming Phrai (ท่าเรือปู่เจ้าสมิงพราย)
Back at the Pu Chao Saming Phrai (ท่าเรือปู่เจ้าสมิงพราย)

Pu Chao Saming Phrai (ท่าเรือปู่เจ้าสมิงพราย)
Back at the Pu Chao Saming Phrai (ท่าเรือปู่เจ้าสมิงพราย)

Back across the river and it is about 30 minutes to get back home. I have a shower and I make lunch before going to pick up my friend. We will drive to MEGA Bangna as I need to buy new boxing gloves.

I bought a pair of new gloves last time I was home. Used them for two weeks and I cannot use them. They fit very bad, too long and it feels very strange to wear them.

I got tem just before leaving for Japan back in February so I never had a chance to try them before leaving for Tokyo, Japan back in February.

Fairtex boxing gloves
New gloves back in February

Fairtex boxing gloves
New gloves back in February

I realised that I needed new gloves after having used them just for a couple of times. So, IKillerdecided to go to see if they had boxing gloves at MEGA Bangna.

Me and my friend went on my scooter and it was a 25 minutes ride to MEGA Bangna. Sunday and it was not easy to find a parking.

We found a Fairtex shop after having visited a couple of sport shops. They did not have gloves so they gave directions to the Fairtex shop.

I found a pair of gloves and I bought new wrappings as well, I never use any wrappings, but my old one came in handy with the previous gloves as they were not fitting properly.

And of course, the reason for me to buy new wrapping was that they were designed as the flag of Thailand. I was happy and we went to have a cup of tea.

Fairtex boxing gloves
New gloves

Fairtex boxing gloves
New wrapping

We found a place and we ordered tea, and I ordered cake and blueberry pie. But I regret ordering the pastries as I was thinking about my V-shaped torso. So, I had my friend to eat it and I felt good when we left.

We will explore the bird life at the eBird hotspot: Bang Pu--Thetsaban 108 Alley This hot spot is just next to the Bang Pu Recreation Area / สถานตากอากาศบางปู, a famous birding spot. I have never been to eBird hotspot: Bang Pu--Thetsaban 108 Alley si I will visit this area today.

My friend wants to join me so it will be the first time doing bird watching with a passenger on the scooter, so this will be interesting.

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