When: May 2023 Weather: Cool 23C Nikon P950 We arrived at the TBG around 10 am after the rain abated; the Taiwan Botanic Gardens is one of my favourite places in Taipei, a veritable green and verdant lung in this … Continue reading
When: May 2023 Weather: Wet and Cool 22C Nikon P950 In Taipei for a weekend, we headed off for Daan Park in Taipei City where there were apparently nesting Taiwanese Barbets. It was raining when we got there so we … Continue reading
When: May 2023 Weather: Sunny but cool 15C Nikon P950 After our conference in San Diego, we drove back up the highway stopping off at La Jolla for breakfast to visit the seals and sealions before heading back to the … Continue reading
When: May 2023 Weather: Cool 17C
Nikon P950
Checking out of our hotels early, we drove our hire car northbound out of San Diego and stopped off at La Jolla Village for breakfast and a walk along La Jolla Cove. Breakfast at recommended The Cottage restaurant was ordinary…. but La Jolla Cove was pretty as always and great value for an hour…
and just floating in the sea
La Jolla Cove is a great place to stop for an hour on the drive back to LAX…recommended.
When: May 2023 Weather : Cool 15C Leica Q, Nikon P950 Back in San Diego for our convention for the first time after a few years, we hired a car to visit the San Diego Botanic Gardens (SDBG) just 30min … Continue reading
When: November 2022, Weather: Warm 25-30C. Nikon P900, 950, Leica Q and M11
Our final morning, we set off early for the summit to view the sea of clouds and do a bit more birding….it was a long 2 hour drive up the peak….
As we descended, we stopped off a a trail to try and find some of the larger hornbills, we soon heard them calling…and found several great hornbills perched on a high tree….they however took off quickly with loud whooshes from their great wings…a fitting farewell to a few great days in Kaeng Krachan National Park, in Thailand. Recommended
When : November 2022 Weather: Warm 25-30C Nikon P900, P950, Leica Q and M11 After our day’s birding in Ban Krang, we headed off to the Boathouse Restaurant located on the lake’s edge to have dinner and watch the sunset….
When: November 2022. Weather : Hot 25-30C. Nikon P900, Nikon P950. Leica M11/35 Summilux With our ranger guiding us, we set off from Nana Resort to the Kaeng Krachan National Park (KKNP) about 730am and the weather soon got a … Continue reading
When: November 2022 Weather 20 to 30C
Nikon P900, Nikon P950, Leica Q, Leica M11/35mm Summilux
After our meeting in Bangkok(BKK), we spent two nights at the Nana resort just outside Kaeng Krachan(KK) National Park, a 3 hour drive from Bangkok. Just an hour outside BKK, we stopped for lunch at an unpretentious but very good seafood restaurant called Daeng Seafood restaurant….as good as it was unexpected! We had a veritable feast at very reasonable charges…
Replete, we drove on another 1.5 hours to the KK Park area where we arrived at the Nana resort, our home for the 2 nights…the greenery around us boded well for the birding….
So this was a reasonable start to our stay in Nana Resort and a few birds before the serious birding started the next day….
When: October 2022 Temperature: 30C Nikon P950
A number of common birds are often seen in the Linear Park area near my home in Singapore…
Some days we just hang around our garden where olive backed, crimson and brown throated sunbirds are frequent visitors….on this particular afternoon, my wife called me to the window to look at something in the garden….
As I’ve noted in previous blog posts, we sometimes don’t need to venture far to birdwatch….our own backyard sometimes suffices!
The Natural Traveller 