I spent Christmas at Koh Tmei, near (in?) Ream National Park. Assorted avian Christmas presents included lots of imperial green
pigeons, a white-throated rock-thrush on migration, showing off nicely on the
forest floor, and a Van Hasselt's sunbird, a bird that has long eluded me. My
father thinks he saw pied imperial pigeons but I suspect he saw some Oriental pied
hornbills from the backside, and got confused...
I came back home to Sen Monorom, Mondulkiri and found a blue
rock-thrush, philippensis race, hanging about on the eaves of the house and
nearby power lines. It's a rock-thrushy time of the year. Have also recently
had some sightings of big birds surprisingly close to town--a pair of
red-billed blue magpies at the Nomad office just below the airstrip, and a
rufous treepie on the road to the Bunong farms just above my house.
Good birding to all,
Lisa Arensen
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