Ban Krang camp Diary - ch.4 Silver-breasted Boardbill

  ch.4 Silver-breasted Boardbill   by Dome  -Pran-Fun-Num-Nom-

My Bang Krang Birds Index...

     Around the start of Khao Phanoen Thung, I saw something small, but very pretty.  I used my binocular to check it.  It looked like birds in Boardbill family.  However, its colors didn't look like other Boardbills. It had a silver necklace. Its belly is white. Its wings had many colors such as black, blue, white, brown, and orange. 

Silver-breasted Boardbill (นกพญาปากกว้างอกเงิน)

    No Doubt...  It was a Silver-breasted Boardbill. The silver necklace told me it was female.  Wow!!! What was in its mouth? It held an insect that looked like a grasshopper in its mouth. Then, it flew to the nest and fed its kid with the insect.  I felt that it was a warm family.  The instinct of parentship was not only in humans but also in many animals.

   I kept very quiet to take a look at bird feeding. Otherwise, they might leave the nest. The little birds in the nest might die finally.

     It's time to take the photos... Shep shep shep shep…

feeding

Hungry ... waiting for food

Ban Krang camp Diary - ch.3 Blank-and-Red Boardbill

 ch.3 Black-and-Red Boardbill   by Dome  -Pran-Fun-Num-Nom-

My Bang Krang Birds Index...

    In May last year, on the way to Ban Krang camp 🏕, I saw something that has red on the tree. "What's that?", I said to Mom. I asked her to back up the car. OH!!! It was a Black-and-red Boardbill. It looked lovely. The red throat and belly attracted our eyes. Its bill came with a bright blue maxilla, and yellow mandible.

These characteristics make it unique from other birds in the Boardbill family.

Black-and-red Boardbill (นกพญาปากกว้างท้องแดง)

    We stopped the car a bit far away from the bird. I got off the car and took the camera and tripod. I walk quietly to it. Then, I put the camera on the tripod to prevent the camera not shaking from clicking the shutter. I hope my shots are not shaky. 

 Shep shep shep shep…

 

Ban Krang camp Diary - ch.1 Banded Boardbill

ch.1 Banded Boardbill by Dome  -Pran-Fun-Num-Nom-

My Bang Krang Birds Index...

    In March, Banded Boardbill can be easily checked in at Ban Krang camp in the morning.  Birds in the Boardbill family seems to be colorful and with big bill, so they’re tagged as “Cartoon bird”. If I see a bird with big mouth, it might come from Boardbill family. Especially, if it has big turquoise-blue bill, ultramarine iris , pinkish-maroon body, and wing with yellow stripes, I guess it is "Banded Boardbill". 

    Shh Shush.. Shh Shush.. everyone keeps quiet when they are waiting for birds to come. 

    Oh!! It has a necklace. It is a male.  Shep shep shep shep…. It’s non-stop shutter sound from my camera. It isn’t difficult to snap pictures of this kind of bird, but it isn’t easy to have beautiful pictures. Sometimes, some leaves🍃 hide the bird so that I can’t see the bird clearly, so I have to move to another place where I can see it clearly. Anyway, the bird stayed quite long with many acts. I got the nice shots finally.