evidence: Doi Lang hosts a number of beautiful and charismatic species that barely spill over the Burmese border. As soon as we got out of the car at our first stop, a White-tailed Robin popped out of the bushes and followed us for about thirty minutes — a life bird for both of us. There is no shortage of bulbuls here, a family well represented in the Oriental region but familiar to birders in the Western Hemisphere only as the introduced Red-whiskered Bulbul. Species like Crested Finchbill, Brown-breasted Bulbul, and Striated Bulbul can be found along woodland borders and secondary growth in good numbers. Small clearings with feeding stations set up by photographers are neatly tucked away along the length of the road, bringing in more secretive species such as the bizarre Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler, beautifully colored Scarlet-faced Liocichla, and the sharp White-browed Laughingthrush (the field guide depicts a drab bird). Grassy agricultural areas have a completely different set of species, including Burmese Shrike and Crested Bunting. These are only some of a long list of mouthwatering expected species that we did not encounter anywhere else on our trip.