Horatio Hornbill

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Hornbill Flying

At Reback Marina there are a number of interesting creatures including otters, monkeys, hornbills (birds) and cobras. One morning I went out with the Nikon to photograph the hornbills and I got a few good shots. I am sure if I did this a few more days I would get plenty more; there are a lot of these birds and since they make a big racket they are easy to find.

I haven't figured out how to find the otters yet, or the monkeys, but the cobras, now that is another story. I didn't believe that there were any cobras here but today I saw one myself! A smallish snake, maybe 30 inches, about as big around as my finger, stuck in the concrete drainage ditch. The security guards had already spotted it and they said, "Yes, it is a black cobra, very dangerous." Just what I wanted to hear specially since I had been tromping around in the bush the same morning trying to catch a look ot the hornbills, and I was looking up, not down! That is the last time I do that!

Anyhow, here are some of the shots I got of the hornbills:

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Hornbills, Usually found in pairs, just like cruisers

Looking at me



Popping a seed






Yummy!

Monkey Business

We were talking to Linda and Dave from Nimbus at dinner one night and Linda mentioned that there were monkeys in the bush behind Pranang Beach. We'd been ashore there the day before but hadn't noticed any monkeys. We were determined to find them and, if possible, get some shots so we headed that way the next day.

After we got to the beach and pulled up the dingy we set out directly into the jungle, promptly got a bunch of bug bites for our trouble, and saw no monkeys although we heard one drop to the ground from a tree near us and take off running through the bush. I knew it was a big monkey by the heavy thump he made as he landed on the hard ground, but I never saw him.

We worked our way down towards the resort at the other end of the beach and breaking out into the clear we struck paydirt. A bunch of tourists were pointing up into a tree. We spotted the Spectacled Langur in the tree which resulted in the first photo below.

But the real photo opps came a few moments later when we saw that a whole troupe of Macaques had gathered near the resort and had surrounded some gawking humans, apparently distaining to pose for the cameras because they studiously avoided looking at the cameras but staying nearby and in plain view for several minutes.

The monkeys were too fast for me when they were swinging through the trees but I had no trouble finding subjects to shoot as they sat on the walls of the resort and nibbled nuts and leaves on some of the lower branches.


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Krabi, Thailand