BTNR 29Nov21

From KH

Bukit Timah Summit fig tree is fruiting again, time to climb hill.

Cinereous Bulbul and shy Black-crested Bulbul.

Very shy Eyebrowed Thrush.

Male Asian Fairy Bluebird.

Male and female Scarlet-backed Flowerpeckers.

Immature female Ornate Sunbird.

Darky Plushblue.

Dusky-winged Forest-Nomia Bee on Singapore Rhododendron.

Bush and grass.

Petai Trail 28Nov21

From KH

It's back to Petai Trail (am and pm) for the Pale-legged Leaf Warbler, but no luck.

Got Arctic Warbler.

Dark-necked Tailorbird - rufous cap coming down to eye level.

Five-banded Flying Lizard with inflatable neck pouch!

Here's a Large Snow Flat feeding on bird shit, and a fly inching forward!

Common Disc Oakblue with diagnostic white tonal spot and step pattern in hindwing spots 4-7.

Telephone Sylvan: who call me??

Blue beetles - one with white feeler tip, one without.

Termite.

Spider.

Petai Trail, Lor Halus 27Nov21

From KH

News of rarities came fast and furious: Amur Falcon at Lorong Halus and Pale-legged Leaf Warbler at Petai Trail. Which to go for? Headed to Petai Trail in the morning to try for the Singapore-first warbler of course!

Sadly no Pale-legged Leaf Warbler, but got a Sakhalin Leaf Warbler (5 kHz call vs the former's 6 kHz).

And an Arctic Warbler.

Here's a Saturn.

Here's a caterpillar.

What are these plants?

Next stop, Halus for the Amur Falcon. Can you believe it, it's favourite hiding place is the scaffold on the flat under construction!

After lunch, it's back to Petai for another try for the Pale-legged Leaf Warbler. Bingo, got a recording but no sight.

Here's a shy Arctic Warbler.

And a not-so-shy Greater Racket-tailed Drongo.

Epiphytic algae on tree.

Telok Blangah Hill 23Nov21

From KH

Raptor watch at Telok Blangah Hill Park today.

Black Baza.

OHB.

Henderson Waves 21Nov21

From KH

Another day of raptor watch at Henderson Waves.

Besides the usual OHB, JSH, BB, got a GSE.

OHBs

JSHs

Henderson Waves, Mt Faber 19Nov21

From KH

I started the day's raptor watch at Henderson Waves and the raptors are so high, like this high-flying Oriental Honey-Buzzard.

After lunch, it was Mt Faber and these Japanese Sparrowhawks were a bit lower, but still high.

Sembawang 15Nov21

From KH

Third day in a row trying for the Grey-streaked Flycatcher at Oh Heng Huat Nursery. Nothing much in the morning, but got this Japanese Sparrowhawk.

Went back in the evening and finally managed to get it! Clear dark streaks on white underparts and small black bill make the Grey-streaked Flycatcher quite a distinctive bird from other similar-looking flycatchers.