Marian East 28Dec21

From KH

When news of Singapore's second Siberian House-Martin broke, it was mad dash to Marina East, but only found Sand Martin. Try again tomorrow.

Coney Island 23Dec21

From KH

I went to Coney Island today. Bird-wise, just the usual, but there were other interesting animals and stuff.

Such as this grasshopper robberfly and this beefly.

This wasp and this Golden-spotted Tiger Beetle.

There were many butterflies:

Common Dartlet. King Crow.

Common Tit. Rustics.

Psyche

Some of the plants here: African Coromandel (Asystasia intrusa) and White Beggarticks (Bidens alba).

Orange Terrestrial Algae on the green leaves.

Sengkang Riverside Park 22Dec21

From KH

I went to Sengkang Riverside Park and saw a pale morph Changeable Hawk-Eagle.

Seeing double. Right Sunda Woodpecker seemed to have sustained injury above eye. How many species of lichens are there??

Male Red-breasted Parakeet inspecting a tree/nest hole.

White-breasted Waterhen strolling in a drain with beta-proteobacteria (the orangey stuff).

Black-naped Oriole perched on Starfruit tree.

A planthopper Ricanula pulverosa.

Lower Peirce 21Dec21

From KH

I went to Lower Peirce. Got this friendly adult male Asian Emerald Dove.

A Speckled Peacock Bass.

A Common Posy and a huge caterpillar.

Neo Tiew Harvest Lane 20Dec21

From KH

After Sungei Buloh and lunch, I headed to Neo Tiew Harvest Lane.

Little Ringed Plovers were still around.

So were Oriental Pratincole and Eastern Yellow Wagtail.

Here's a faraway juvenile Asian Glossy Starling and a faraway female Ornate Sunbird.

Common Sailor showing its upperwing and underwing patterns nicely.

Common Grass Yellow only showing underwing pattern.

A spider Chalcotropis sp.

Sungei Buloh 20Dec21

From KH

I went to Sungei Buloh in the morning. Saw a sleepy baby Buffy Fish-Owl (left), while parent bird kept vigilant with right eye.

An adult male Sumatran Flying Lizard was raising its flap.

Caught an adult female Sumatran Sunbeam ovipositing on host plant and showing underwing and upperwing patterns.

Here's a zoomed out view of the host plant Common Derris (Derris trifoliata).

Here's a Chestnut Angle.

About 1.5 hours, baby was now wide awake, and parent bird resting right eye while keeping watch with left eye.

Pasir Ris Park 19Dec21

From KH

An afternoon nature walk at Pasir Ris Park turned up a whole host of animals, from birds to bees (wasp actually)!

It was nesting session for the Crested Goshawks. Besides the obvious chick on the left, that fluff on the right was a second chick!

Sentry duty can be boring, let me rest one of my legs and stretch my wing.

This Grey Heron was also in breeding mood, spotting breeding colours.

Other residents include this male Oriental Pied-Hornbill taking flight.

Collared Scops-Owl at its usual spot.

Collared Kingfisher and Stork-billed Kingfisher.

Male Pied Triller and male Common Iora.

Male Ornate Sunbird. Why so many males??

Brown-throated Sunbird, male left, female right. At last, a female!

Migrant-wise, there was this Common Sandpiper.

And these passerines, Asian Brown Flycatcher and Arctic Warbler.

Spotted this Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat under some palm leaf.

Oriental Whip Snake: can you see me?

Yummy rat for this Common Water Monitor.

Here are some crabs. Epixanthus dentatus: see my orange spots and my bigger right arm.

 

Parasesarma sp.

 

What's this snail?

Some grasshoppers: Oxya japonica and Oxya sp.

 

Here are some butterflies: Chocolate Grass Yellow feeding on African Coromandel, and Short-banded Sailor.

Last but not least, such a pretty wasp.