Normally at this time of year, Puwish Lenvaree would station himself in the forests of West Papua, an Indonesian province on New Guinea Island. Over the past three years, he routinely spent much of the latter half of each year on New Guinea and nearby islands such as Waigeo and Halmahera mainly because it’s the mating season for birds-of-paradise, which occurs only in that part of the world.
Thailand is home to 1,076 species of birds, which can be found in various habitats, from high mountains covered with lush forest to the open seashore and anything in between. Even in a big city like Bangkok, many kinds of feathered friends can be found. At Vachirabenjatas Park (Suan Rot Fai) near Chatuchak Market, for example, 70 species or so have been recorded. Across the Kingdom, protected areas such as Kaeng Krachan and Khao Yai national parks are…
