It was a pretty hot day and I walked a fair bit so I'm pretty exhausted. I'm going to keep this post short and simple.
On my way to the park I came across this Long-tailed Shrike who let me approach relatively close to get some photos:
Some cool pots for sale:
The Zebra Dove is a tame and very small dove of SE Asia:
Large lizard (I like to call them Komodo Dragons):
Little Egret (the reserve is very good for egrets and herons):
colourful spider:
The shorebirding wasn't exceptional but it'll do. I think I'm a little spoiled after the amazing shorebirding in Denmark (20 species of shorebird on some days). I saw 6 species today including several Whimbrels and my first ever Marsh Sandpipers.
Common Redshank were numerous:
It was a fun day yielding 18 lifers bringing my life list to 500! Tomorrow I'll be joining some local birders for the Asian Waterfowl Census at the same place I went to today. Interestingly I didn't see any ducks today so I'm assuming the definition of 'waterfowl' in Asia also includes shorebirds and waders.
