Dholes in Kaeng Krachan national park, Thailand

A pack of Dholes (Cuon alpinus) showed up at a pond in Kaeng Krachan national park, Thailand. They had killed a Sambar deer there earlier, but virtually only bones were left, but nevertheless they hang around the spot for a while, allowing us to get some footage. Whilst set up in a blind on the water's edge, a Common Kingfisher perched at less than 1.5m in front of the lens allowing for some very close up footage. And a Black-capped Kingfisher and some other birdlife showed up too.
The larger national parks/ wildlife sanctuaries in Thailand still have populations of these Asian Wild Dogs. From our experience, Kaeng Krachan is not the easiest place to see this species, but nonetheless we have had a handful of sightings over the past couple years.
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Thanks for watching!

[@WildAmbience]

Nice footage Ton. Love the reflections. I've never seen them in KK before.

[@Tontantravel]

Thanks Marc! They are indeed not too commonly seen in Kaeng Krachan. We've had more luck in Khao Yai national park. Also, we noticed they seemed more skittish of our presence than what we have experienced in Khao Yai.

[@Tracydot3]

So cool!

[@thailandwild4897]

Excellent footage Ton, very nicely put together.

[@Tontantravel]

Thanks Darryl for the kind words!

[@thailandwild4897]

@@Tontantravel You're welcome. I wish I had stayed on a few more days!!!

[@Tontantravel]

@@thailandwild4897 there will always be a next time ;-)

[@rickstar6276]

Indochinese dholes huh that's pretty rare and I would like to give props to the people that protect them like the indochinese tiger and Indochinese leopard numbers are increasing and I think the indochinese clouded leopard and Indochinese dhole numbers are more stable