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Bird spotting outside our garden
See below for our regularly updated observations (date and time, English and scientific name, pic source). Birds are spotted elsewhere in Kalaw area (our lake area, Myint Ka, the forests around Thitaw Lay House) or elsewhere in Myanmar.
Most pictures are simply googled or found through http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/. Our plan for 2016-17 is to steadily replace the internet pictures by our own material (smartphone pics through the Celestron scope).
We will be very grateful for any text contribution, correction or mentioning of a copyright issue.
Kalaw Lake
30/01/16 11am Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris
http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7264/6993012374_1b9b3c650e.jpg
Kalaw Lake
30/01/16 11am Flavescent Bulbul Pycnonotus flavescens
https://c1.staticflickr.com/2/1659/23801162514_df1a18b44a.jpg
TTLH Forest
01/02/16 10am Black-crested Bulbul Pycnonotus flaviventris
Kalaw Lake
26/03/16 8am Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
http://www.fotonatura.org/galerias/fotos/usr43117/13507464wZ.jpg
Kalaw Lake
26/03/16 10am Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus (breeding)
http://www.ouessant-digiscoping.fr/IMG/jpg/Crabier_chinois_1BB_ver_29042008_-_Heuksan_Do_-_SK.jpg
Nay Pyi Taw
20/07/16 10am Yellow Bittern
Ixobrychus sinensis
Nay Pyi Taw
19/07/16 5pm Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Hydrophasianus chirurgus
http://www.indianaturewatch.net/images/album/photo/12710524644dabb4249febc.jpg
Myint Ga
25/10/16 11am White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucurus
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nvoaden/5939466010/in/photostream/
TTLH Forest
09/02/17 11am Chestnut-capped Babbler
Timalia pileata
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CVkIH5fCbdg/UiWyaFzNKNI/AAAAAAAAEFo/DIxa4l_rE1w/s1600/IMG_8442.jpg
Thazi area
12/04/17 3pm Intermediate Egret
Ardea intermedia
Kalaw Lake
11/04/17 5pm Maroon Oriole
Oriolus traillii
http://orientalbirdimages.org/images/data/maroon_oriole2c.jpg
TTLH Forest
04/04/17 2pm Spectacled Barwing
Actinodura ramsayi
http://carolinabirds.org/Images8LG/Barwing,_Spectacled_JasonThompson.jpg
TTLH Forest
04/04/17 3pm Burmese Shrike
Lanius collurioides
http://oknation.nationtv.tv/blog/home/user_data/album_data/201212/16/52020/images/468260.jpg
TTLH Forest
04/04/17 2pm Black-naped Monarch
Hypothymis azurea
http://orientalbirdimages.org/images/data/120742517.wfpuhtm9.blacknapedmonarchfemale.jpg
Thazi area
01/05/17 6pm Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Nettapus coromandelianus
Heho area
13/05/17 1pm Black-shouldered Kite
Elanus caeruleus
http://www.photomazza.com/IMG/jpg/il_nibbio_bianco_elanus_caeruleus_jpg
Nay Pyi Taw
28/05/17 3pm Watercock
Gallicrex cinerea
Yenangyaung
19/06/17 10am Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Merops philippinus
http://nature.hc.edu.tw/vbb../attachment.php?attachmentid=230238&stc=1&d=1338859728
Yenangyaung
18/06/17 10am Streak-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus conradi
http://www.hbw.com/sites/default/files/styles/ibc_1k/public/ibc/p/E72E1508.jpg?itok=jlOVaw7B
Nay Pyi Taw
07/09/17 6pm Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollis
https://www.rspb.org.uk/Images/lg_gpc_tcm9-211349.jpg?width=1184&crop=(0,388,2048,1240)
TTLH Forest
17/12/17 11am Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus
https://www.hbw.com/sites/default/files/styles/ibc_1k/public/ibc/p/IMG_0628.JPG?itok=MwObTqij
Heho area
30/01/18 10am Pied Harrier
Circus melanoleucos
http://fareastru.birds.watch/photos/0003/001/00030009301.jpg
TTLH neighborhood
30/01/16 2pm White-vented Myna Acridotheres grandis
TTLH neighborhood
01/02/16 8am Collared Myna Acridotheres albocinctus
http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?Bird_ID=2522&Bird_Image_ID=73760&p=2
Kalaw Lake
26/03/16 7am Crested Finchbill Spizixos canifrons
Kalaw Lake
26/03/16 9am Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
http://birds.nature4stock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/gallinula-chloropus.jpg
Kalaw Lake
23/04/16 10am Thick-billed Green-Pigeon
Treron curvirostra
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h1mrnE5I3UM/TWPWqyNT1oI/AAAAAAAAF4Y/4ED-upu-_bQ/s1600/_MG_7589.jpg
Kalaw Lake
23/04/16 9am White-capped Water-Redstart
Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
Hlaw Gar NP
18/07/16 4pm Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
https://pixabay.com/static/uploads/photo/2014/06/30/18/34/red-wattled-lapwing-380625_960_720.jpg
Hlaw Gar NP
18/07/16 4pmLittle Green Bee-eater
Merops orientalis
http://www.photomecan.eu/_data/section-1/3152_b-merops-orientalis.jpg
View point
25/12/16 11am Violet Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
http://01271bfede0954168758-da1041207dde8e2d0a75af6fbedebedf.r83.cf1.rackcdn.com/20110117022845.jpg
Kalaw Lake
28/12/16 11am White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3555/3361664479_df010fcc27.jpg
Kalaw Lake
06/04/17 4pm Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
Nay Pyi Taw
27/03/17 3pm House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
http://www.fotonatura.org/galerias/fotos/usr27549/12746464sr.jpg
Thazi area
12/04/17 3pm Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
Thazi area
12/04/17 3pm Yellow-breasted Bunting Schoeniclus aureolus
Kalaw Lake
06/04/17 4pm Black-throated Laughingthrush
Garrulax chinensis
Nay Pyi Taw
01/05/17 6pm Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
http://orientalbirdimages.org/images/data/img_6641_fulvous_whistling_duck.jpg
Thazi area
01/05/17 12pm Little Cormorant
Microcarbo niger
http://cdn2.arkive.org/media/C5/Presentation.Large/Little-cormorant-on-ground.jpg
Thazi area
12/05/17 1pm Paddyfield Pipit
Anthus rufulus
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Paddyfield_Pipit_I4-Kolkata_IMG_2109.jpg
Heho area
13/05/17 1pm Burmese Spot-billed Duck
Anas poecilorhyncha haringtoni
http://www.hbw.com/sites/default/files/styles/ibc_1k/public/ibc/p/158_20151226_1_1000.jpg
Yenangyaung
18/06/17 10am Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
http://www.besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/04-dragonfly1.jpg
Bagan
07/07/17 6pm Baya Weaver
Ploceus philippinus
Myint Ga
12/11/17 11am Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
http://orientalbirdimages.org/images/data/sootyheaded_bulbul_copy2.jpg
Kalaw Lake
25/12/17 12pm Puff-throated Bulbul Alophoixus pallidus
View point
24/04/18 11am Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
Hemipus picatus
Kalaw Lake
31/01/16 10am Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus
Kalaw Lake
25/03/16 1pm Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5502/12358249853_a7797193e5_b.jpg
Kalaw Lake
26/03/16 8am Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
Kalaw Lake
23/04/16 8am Black-capped Kingfisher
Halcyon pileata
Myint Ka Forest
24/04/16 11am Grey-capped
Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos canicapillus
Hlaw Gar NP
18/07/16 10am Striated Heron
Butorides striata
Nay Pyi Taw
19/07/16 9am Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferruginea
Myint Mathi
28/08/16 4pm Siberian Stonechat
Saxicola maurus
Myint Ga
25/10/16 10am Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/barn-swallow
TTLH Forest
08/02/17 2pm Gray-faced Woodpecker
Picus canus
http://www.toehold.in/phototours/images/gallery/pangot/grey_headed_woodpecker_pangot_rahul.jpg
Kalaw Lake
26/03/17 10am Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/1e/bd/80/1ebd80839e6ff896e4c74de304c66e7d.jpg
Kalaw Lake
11/04/17 5pm Striated Grassbird
Megalurus palustris
https://photos.smugmug.com/Phillippine-Birds/By-Location/IRRI/i-rFgWXSW/0/S/IMG_0184w2-S.jpg
Kalaw Lake
06/04/17 4pm Hair-crested Drongo
Dicrurus hottentottus
TTLH Forest
27/03/17 11am Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
Kalaw Lake
11/04/17 5pm Pin-tailed Pigeon
Treron apicauda
https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2959/41186
Nay Pyi Taw
01/05/17 6pm Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio
http://www.hbw.com/sites/default/files/styles/ibc_1k/public/ibc/p/R223_MG_1173.jpg?itok=WvSWHpcA
Thazi area
01/05/17 11am Gray-headed Lapwing
Vanellus cinereus
TTLH Forest
21/05/17 11am Chinese Francolin
Francolinus pintadeanus
http://orientalbirdimages.org/images/data/cfrancolinm130may09.jpg
Yenangyaung
19/06/17 10am Jungle Myna
Acridotheres fuscus
http://orientalbirdimages.org/images/data/7717_jungle_myna_nov_23_2013.jpg
Kalaw Lake
05/04/17 8am White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6068/6146783383_28495fc851_b.jpg
TTLH Forest
17/12/17 11am Black-headed Greenfinch Chloris ambigua
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ae/85/e3/ae85e31173b70736adf6ac4a40c97136.jpg
Kalaw Lake
25/12/17 10am Oriental White-eye
Zosterops palpebrosus
http://mountainsbeyond.org/Nature/Birds/Images/Bali/Whiteeyes/_MG_5436-OrientalWE--250110.jpg
Nay Pyi Taw
27/05/18 5pm Lesser Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna javanica