Striated Yuhina, very small grey-brown bird with rufous freckles on face and a darker crown tuft. Perched on a bare branch looking directly at camera.

Male Scarlet Minivet, bright red and black bird with long tail and black head. Perched on a branch amount green leaves, looking directly at camera.

Sooty-headed Bulbul, bird with pale underparts, a bright red undertail and blackish head. Perched on top of a tree looking directly at camera.

Eastern Red-rumped Swallow, small bird with dark blueish wings, pale underside, heavily streaked with black, a reddish rump and long black forked tail. Perched on an overhead wire, looking directly at camera.

The #birdoftheday theme today is #LookingAtMe. These are all from January 2026: Striated Yuhina, Scarlet Minivet, Sooty-headed Bulbul, Eastern Red-rumped Swallow at #ChiangDao #Thailand
#birds #birding #EastCoastKin #birdsSeenIn2026
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Male Plaintive Cuckoo, a bird with orange body and grey head, brown and white barred trail, perched on a dead water lily flower head drooping its wings.

Spotted Owlet, a small brown owl with white spots and a pale head, perched in a tree, facing left with its left wing outstretched.

Eastern Red-rumped Swallow, small bird with white underside covered in black streaks, perched on overhead wire, stretching its wings.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying by @robcrank68.bsky.social. I have a male Plaintive Cuckoo and Spotted Owlet from Benchakitti Park #Bangkok and an Eastern Red-rumped Swallow from #ChiangDao
#birds #birding #cuckoos #owls #swallows #birdsSeenIn2026 #Thailand #EastCoastKin

Black-naped Oriole, a bright yellow bird with black wings, thick black line through the eye and onto the back of the neck, and pale pinkish bill, perched in a tree under pale green foliage.

Black-hooded Oriole, a bright yellow bird with black hood, deep red eye and bill, perched in a tree.

Black-hooded Oriole, a bright yellow bird with black hood, deep red eye and bill, perched in a tree.

I went looking for #PrimaryColours for the #birdoftheday theme set by @alan678.bsky.social and the bright yellows of these Orioles leapt out. Black-naped from Benchakitti Park in #Bangkok and Black-hooded from #ChiangDao
#birds #birding #bidsSeenIn2026 #Thailand

Oriental Pied Hornbill, a large black and white bird with large yellow casque on its head, broad black and white wings, and a long neck and tail, wings spread wide as it passes high overhead in a clear blue sky.

A lot of options for the #birdoftheday #WingsWideOpen theme set by @alan678.bsky.social today.

Not the best IQ but chose this Oriental Pied Hornbill flying over Wat Tham Pha Plong, #Chiangdao #Thailand last month, as I've not posted it before.
#birds #birding #birdsInFlight #birdsSeenIn2026

Pin-striped Tit-babbler, small yellowish bird with brown cap, perched under leaves.

A late entry for #smallBirdSaturday. The fabulously named Pin-striped Tit-babbler, pausing for a moment in the shade of a leaf. Wat Tham Pha Plong, #ChiangDao #Thailand
#birds #birding #birdsSeenIn2026

Eastern Red-rumped Swallow, underside, flying high in blue skies, with streaky breast and black forked tail.

Shikra. A pale hawk with black wing tips, narrow black barring and a pale pinkish tinge. In flight from below in blue sky.

Crested Honey Buzzard. A large bird of prey with with prominent black wing barring and two black bands on the tail. In flight from below in blue sky.

First batch of photos from northern #Thailand. Damn it's good to be back here. High flying #birdsinflight to start with. Eastern Red-rumped Swallow, Shikra and Crested Honey Buzzard around #ChiangDao.
#birds #birding #birdsSeenIn2026 #birdsofbluesky #Blueskies

#ChiangDao Temple and cave. Would love to see it at night actually

es regnet, tiefbasige bewölkung, sicht 1000m, und meldung..... #ChiangDao

"It felt like home."
This was an immediate and heartfelt connection. The Zeilman family quickly bonded with the children and teens who call our Chiang Mai project site home.

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#GlobeAware #nonprofit #Thailand #ChiangDao #Summer2025 #Travel2025

Red-billed Blue Magpie perched calling

I've not got around to processing all the bird photos from Chiang Dao yet but this one is going to be hard to beat. Just look at that tail! Red-billed Blue Magpie at our accommodation.
#ChiangDao #Thailand #birds #birding #wildlife #stonesontheroad #travelwilder

Spoon-tailed Duskhawker, appropriately, at dusk. Wat Tham Pakpiang, Chiang Dao. Needed flash to get the shot, but what a beast!
#ChiangDao #Thailand #dragonfly #wildlife #stonesontheroad #travelwilder