Bird ID?

Stargazer

Stargazer

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No thread topic covers this exactly so I’ll try here. On a morning walk, I came upon a mid-size bird hanging upside down, caught on a barbed wire spike. I thought it was dead. It was instead exhausted from trying to free itself. It wasn’t fighting, and let me try to disentangle it. I managed to unwind it and set it free. It flew off and landed in the shallow water of the neighbor’s harvested rice field, floating like a duck. I hope it survived the wound.

Anyone know the name of this elegant bird?

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I wonder if our long deceased member Isaan Birder book is still in print or even available. Does anybody know and what was his real Name.
He was another great loss to our community. RIP.

My dabble in AI tells me it is a Brown Crake. But I take all AI answers with a good dose of salt.
Ask it something obscure that you know well and see how it does. They make shite up!
 
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Rice said:
I wonder if our long deceased member Isaan Birder book is still in print or even available. Does anybody know and what was his real Name.
He was another great loss to our community. RIP.

My dabble in AI tells me it is a Brown Crake. But I take all AI answers with a good dose of salt.
Ask it something obscure that you know well and see how it does. They make shite up!
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I googled it and came up with zero.
To me, it may be some sort of pidgeon.
 
If you scroll back on isanbirder you will find books that had published on birds. Some may still be in print.
 
Rice said:
I wonder if our long deceased member Isaan Birder book is still in print or even available. Does anybody know and what was his real Name.
He was another great loss to our community. RIP.

My dabble in AI tells me it is a Brown Crake. But I take all AI answers with a good dose of salt.
Ask it something obscure that you know well and see how it does. They make shite up!
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Have just sent a message to a fried who knew him. If she remembers him. I will let you know.
I met him myself. The names you came up with. Are not him.
 
Rice said:
I wonder if our long deceased member Isaan Birder book is still in print or even available. Does anybody know and what was his real Name.
He was another great loss to our community. RIP.

My dabble in AI tells me it is a Brown Crake. But I take all AI answers with a good dose of salt.
Ask it something obscure that you know well and see how it does. They make shite up!
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Hello Rice, His first name was Michael.
He taught English at Chiang Mai University and the moved to Krasang after he retired.
Sorry. She cannot remember his second name.
 
Rice said:
I wonder if our long deceased member Isaan Birder book is still in print or even available. Does anybody know and what was his real Name.
He was another great loss to our community. RIP.

My dabble in AI tells me it is a Brown Crake. But I take all AI answers with a good dose of salt.
Ask it something obscure that you know well and see how it does. They make shite up!
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Nice find, Rice. It certainly looks like a Crake. Maybe not a Brown Crake, as that is more an Indian bird. I’m having trouble zeroing in on which of several Crakes found in Thai rice fields it is. Right after rice harvest is a great time to watch birds coming to feast on the snails and crabs and little fish that flourish in the wet rice fields.
 
Last week I had a Sea Eagle hanging around for two days. Did not see a damned Crow in those two days.
Not the first time I have seen them.
 
Stargazer said:
Nice find, Rice. It certainly looks like a Crake. Maybe not a Brown Crake, as that is more an Indian bird. I’m having trouble zeroing in on which of several Crakes found in Thai rice fields it is. Right after rice harvest is a great time to watch birds coming to feast on the snails and crabs and little fish that flourish in the wet rice fields.
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A bit more info, Rice. Crakes are a subgroup of rails. ‘Crakes are omnivorous, feeding primarily on insects, small aquatic animals, worms, snails, and seeds. Crakes build nests in dense vegetation and typically lead a secretive life, walking and running through cover rather than flying.‘ Apparently they play a role in controlling invertebrate populations, and also spread seeds (I suppose including weed seeds!) What I see is a graceful, elegant bird that I was not aware of, living among the rice plants. Lovely.
 
Stargazer said:
No thread topic covers this exactly so I’ll try here. On a morning walk, I came upon a mid-size bird hanging upside down, caught on a barbed wire spike. I thought it was dead. It was instead exhausted from trying to free itself. It wasn’t fighting, and let me try to disentangle it. I managed to unwind it and set it free. It flew off and landed in the shallow water of the neighbor’s harvested rice field, floating like a duck. I hope it survived the wound.

Anyone know the name of this elegant bird?

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Stargazer said:
No thread topic covers this exactly so I’ll try here. On a morning walk, I came upon a mid-size bird hanging upside down, caught on a barbed wire spike. I thought it was dead. It was instead exhausted from trying to free itself. It wasn’t fighting, and let me try to disentangle it. I managed to unwind it and set it free. It flew off and landed in the shallow water of the neighbor’s harvested rice field, floating like a duck. I hope it survived the wound.

Anyone know the name of this elegant
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Stargazer said:
No thread topic covers this exactly so I’ll try here. On a morning walk, I came upon a mid-size bird hanging upside down, caught on a barbed wire spike. I thought it was dead. It was instead exhausted from trying to free itself. It wasn’t fighting, and let me try to disentangle it. I managed to unwind it and set it free. It flew off and landed in the shallow water of the neighbor’s harvested rice field, floating like a duck. I hope it survived the wound.

Anyone know the name of this elegant bird?

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Looks like a female Watercock (gallicrex cinerea).
Well played on the untangling!
 
Stargazer said:
No thread topic covers this exactly so I’ll try here. On a morning walk, I came upon a mid-size bird hanging upside down, caught on a barbed wire spike. I thought it was dead. It was instead exhausted from trying to free itself. It wasn’t fighting, and let me try to disentangle it. I managed to unwind it and set it free. It flew off and landed in the shallow water of the neighbor’s harvested rice field, floating like a duck. I hope it survived the wound.

Anyone know the name of this elegant bird?

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