Thank you วิชญธรรม; We must go on but not dragging everything with us on the way ;-)

Dear nui: Is it not better -- not to trust human much where trust can be a BIG mistake? At our place, we have done this for many years (many generations of birds) and I don't think we are doing the right thing for these birds (they get used to us and may now rely on us for their daily survival). Perhaps your way of minimal interactions is better. I think นกกระติ๊ดขี้หมู are rice-growers' enemy (they eat young rice seeds but they are protected by law. Would you tell us (or show us a picture) of this 'sunbird'? What is the local Thai name?

Hi GD: Yes, he is a handsome bird. He is finding food to feed his partner back in the nest (hatching - sitting on eggs) too. He sings a lovely song (his 'hit' song for a season but not the same song as previous years). But he is a meat-eater (see the minced meat at bottom right of the picture?) and (seems to us) stakes a claim on our back yard as his territory. In doing so he drives away 1 kingfisher and 1 kookaburra (both are meat eaters). So a story (not really different from human stories) is unfolding in our back yard!

Hi ขจิต ฝอยทอง: for Mr Butch, meat speaks louder than words. We can go out and call him and talk to him but he won't stay long unless we have some pieces of food he can eat. But he has a responsibility to feed his family. So, he has no time for idle chats ;-)