More birds of Chiang Mai

Every day around sundown, I see cranes flying over our house, headed west-south-west ish.

Frustratingly, Wikipedia lists three species of crane in Thailand, but the range maps for all three do not include any part of Thailand! (Maps include migratiom range, not just breeding range.) And since we have only seen them in flight and at a distance, I can't speak to their markings. Most likely they are the common crane, Grus grus, which has a wide range and winters in parts of SE Asia although the official range map doesn't reach this far south.

Also: I have seen a crow! It landed on the cell tower visible from my balcony, sat there for a few minutes, and called a couple of times: unquestionably a crow. Alas, I didn't have Merlin up to confirm. I believe it was a large-billed crow: the Indian house crow is also found in Thailand, but this bird was quite a bit more robust than the Indian house crows I remember, and playing back both their calls, the large-bill sounds more like what I heard, Its voice is deeper and huskier.

I'm so excited that Chiang Mai does have crows, even if not the giant corvine conurbations that Portland and other US cities have.

Finally:

 This is a greater racquet-tailed drongo. The lesser version looks very similar, but has a small crest and lacks the tuft of feathers at the base of the bill.