Khao Yai N.P., Thailand: Vögel und Fledermaushöhle

Vernal Hanging Parrot

 

Sambal Deer

Rock Thrush

Hundertfüßer in der Höhle

it takes about one hour for millions of bats to leave the cave in the evening

Fantail

Grapes in Khao Yai also go into wine production!

Thailand, Christmas 2016, 1

Guided by Tony (the Eagle Eye! and a great bird guide!) we had great sightings on our second day in Khao Yai N.P.. On the first day, when we were alone,  we saw three birds, - in a park that has more than 300!! Now we saw many more, and some spectacular ones!! Details will follow later!

Pied Hornbill

Greater Goldenback/Flameback Woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes lucidus)

Asian Fairy-bluebird (Irena puella)

Black.crested Bulbul (Pycnonotus melanicterus)

Spangled Drongos (Dicrurus hottentottus)

White-handed Gibbon (Hylobates lar)

Vernal Hanging Parrot (Loriculus vernalis)

Banded Kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella), very difficult to see in the jungle. It hunts on dry land!

Red-headed Trogon (Harpactes erythrocephalus)

Peaceful Dove (Geopelia striata)

Common Iora

Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)

Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker, female  (Dicaeum cruentatum)

Squirrel

India. Agra, Fatehpur Sikri.

 Start at 05:00h in the cold darkness to be at the Taj at sunrise. There were 300 people queuing!

Thousands gather to hear a holy man.

 Crowds on Sunday at Fatehpur Sikri, the old capital of India.

Morning mist over the Taj Mahal: