I visited North Thailand again in mid January leading a birdwatching tour. It was nice to be back in Thailand. The minute I stepped off from the airplane and smelled the air in Bangkok, all good and bad memories came back to me. I wished I stopped by at Bangkok for a few days.
We started birding from the second day.
I learned that this bird's funny name Avadavat came from an Indian city, Ahmedabad in Gujarat, which was the heart of the bird's pet trade. I would rather like to call it by its other name, Strawberry finch. It's much cuter and tells exactly how it looks like.
ベニスズメの英名アヴァダヴァットは、何て発音しにくい名前だろうと、前から気になっていたのだが、調べてみたらインドのアフマダーバードから来ているらしい。似ても似つかないように見えるが、アフマダーバードをインド人が発音するのを聞くと、アンバダットっと聞え、ちょっと納得した。
いつ見てもうれしいミドリハチクイ。
This is one bird species I'd learnt its Thai name during this trip! นกจับแมลงหัวเทา (nok jap maleen hua tao) literary means Grey-headed Flycatcher!
ここにもいる。日本と同じケリ。
This year, we were lucky, again! We had a good view of the Rusty-naped Pitta, two of them!
Pitta is a very shy bird. I could see him (or her) for almost all the time we were there but a great deal of time, he stayed behind the bamboo bush and I could only make out either his head or bottom.
Large Niltava（オオアオヒタキ）。
強気なコンヒタキ。餌場では我がテリトリーと言わんばかりに、他の鳥を追い出す。
A group of Blue-winged Minlas were enjoying Himalayan Cherry blossom.（ルリハコバシチメドリ）。
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