I didn’t have any bird-watching goals for Laos … thank goodness! Although we spent four or five days in Laos (including a couple on the Mekong River), it was slim pickings to see any birds, let alone new ones. We only saw 18 different birds in Laos … 8 new ones. However, I will say, of the 8 new ones we saw, two or three were rare … so that was nice!
Here are a few pictures of them.
This is a grey-headed Lapwing.
This is the White-throated Kingfisher.
This is the River Lapwing, becoming more rare along the Mekong.
This is a common Sandpiper.
This bird looks like a swallow, but it is a Small Pratincole, also becoming more rare. 
This is a yellow-browed warbler.
This is a Plumbeous Water Redstart … a female. I have a picture of the male (when I post the Thailand birds). A lovely little bird.
Enjoy!
Stumblingpiper
These are red-breasted parakeets … the male has the orange beak and the female has the blue-black beak. 
This is the Alexandrine parakeet … notice the yellowish undertail.
This is the Blue Rock Thrush … the patterns on its feathers were amazing. Beautiful.
Here’s another few pictures of the Red-breasted parakeet. 
Finally, this is the Ashy Drongo … we saw several kinds of Drongos in Vietnam … we saw this guy for the first time in Cambodia. Notice the long, fork tail.
Here we are on the second (slightly smaller) ferry.
We capped it off with a lunch at the same restaurant Obama had some coconut milk. What is it with taking tourists to these places?
