A short trip to Baan Song Nok resort (close to the Kaeng Krachan NP) where there Kalij Phesants can be seen at the prepared scene which has water and food for the birds. Anyone is free to come here, there is no fee charged for using the fixed blinds. I can recommend staying overnight at the resort and there are also some beautiful handpainted one-of-its-kind T-shirts for sale which the lady running the place makes herself. She's a lovely lady and a great artist. The bungalow has some nice bird paintings on wood which we liked very much.

Arrived at 15:30 and at the fixed blind there were already two photographers. At this scene there is only one good spot with room for two photographers. Before coming here you should call and make sure you will be able to use this spot. The Pheasants came at 15:40 and displayed nicely for about 20 min. I was watching from behind the blind. After the pheasants were gone I put up my hide but my position was too low with a lot of stuff in the way. Not recommended. Meanwhile Pairaow had found a Large-tailed Nightjar up on the slope in the leafy area and got some pictures of this well camoflagued bird.

In the evening we had dinner at the resort together with the other two photographers which turned out to be some really nice guys and we had a great time watching pictures and discussing...well bird photography of course.

The next morning we had great hopes to see the Pheasants again but they didn't show until 11:30 when they made a quick appearance, feeding some and had a drink. They are really magnificent birds, very exiting to watch and photograph. A little difficult to know what equipment to use. The birds are large and you might want to get both the male and the female in the same frame. Here's what I figured out:

When the birds are further up, about 22m away, a 500 lens with a 1.6 crop camera is fine. I used a 600 with a full frame camera which was perfect at that distance.
When the birds are coming closer (about 12m) these lenses are too long and a 300+crop camera will be best to capture both the female and male.
The best compromise should be a 400+crop camera.

There were always some birds around in the scene, mostly Junglefowls, Lesser and Greater Necklaced Laughingthrushes, Scaly-breasted Partridges and Spotted Doves. Also many birds came to have a bath and a drink, Brown-cheeked Fulvetta, White-bellied Yuhina, Common Flameback, Streak-eared, Black-crested, Stripe-throated, Sooty-headed Bulbuls, Green-eared Barbet, Racket-tailed Treepie, Greater Racket-tailed and Bronzed Drongo, Abbott's Babbler. Other birds seen were Black-naped Monarch (male and female), (still unknown) Flycatcher, Common Iora.

At 16:38 the Pheasants came out again and displayed for half an hour. They walked around feeding on the ground and the male was displaying to the female which Pairaow captured a few shots of and I got a video of using the 5DmkII. Really amazing to see these stunning birds up close like this. I highly recommend going and see these wonders of nature. Anyway after this treat we were happy and packed and went home.

Other birds which may come here are Slaty-legged Crake, Large Scimitar Babbler, Blue-winged Pitta, Bar-backed Partridge.