KHOK KHAM
Dec 2002
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Khok Kham 8 Dec 2003  high tide in the morning ,a lot of shoredirds move from mudflat to salt - pans
 inland.I found many species of shorebirds,Curlew Sandpiper,March Sandpiper,Lesser sand Plover,Ruddy-
Turnstone , Knot and ect . And I found a very rare shorebirds of Thailand , 2 Nordmann's Greenshanks
( Spotted Greenshank ).They rested in the middle of the picture above.
 
 

 
 

Khok Kham 10 Dec 2003, I went to Khok Kham again. I hoped to find Nordmann's Greenshank 
but I can't find them.That day I found many shorebirds in salt - pans, large numbers of Curlew -
Sand Pipers, Lesser sand Plovers ,but I can't find " The shorebird of Khok Kham" Spoon-billed sand piper.
 
 

 
 

After that , I found 8 Red Knots in other salt- pans, but I didn't find Great Knot.
 
 

 
 
  Finally, I found 4 Gull-billed Terns.They rested in a quiet salt - pans far from the others.
    
 
 

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