Hampstead Wetland 08Jan25

From KH

At Hampstead Wetland Park, a pair of Oriental Pied-Hornbills were building their nest.

Male searching for mud.

Male brought mud to female.

Female sealing herself in with mud brought by male.

Seletar East 07Jan25

From KH

I dropped by Seletar East this morning, but nothing much, only heard the new escaped/released Violet Turaco.

Pasir Ris Farmway, Lorong Halus 04Jan25

From KH

Danny, JS and I went to Pasir Ris Farmway 3 for the Amur Stonechat that was reported there, and sure enough it was there in the grassland of Paspalum grass.

With patches of White Leadtree.

Mission accomplished, we moved on to Lorong Halus Wetland. Got 4 Savanna Nightjars.

And 20 Gallinago snipes and 1 female Greater Painted-Snipe.

There were 2 Jerdon's Bazas and 4 Oriental Honey Buzzards. Here's one of the OHBs.

Habitat-wise, some of the trees here include White Leadtrees and this Sea Almond.

Seletar Dam 02Jan25

From KH

Back to Seletar Dam in the evening.

Still no waders, but more migratory egrets than in the morning, 18 Little Egrets, 14 Medium Egrets and 40 white egret sp. (Ardea/Egretta sp.) at the far end.

Resident-wise, 10 Grey Herons and 2 Little Herons.

Seletar Dam, Seletar East 02Jan25

From KH

Second day of New Year, what to do. Go Seletar Dam at low tide. No waders! Only 31 Little Egrets and 1 Great Egret for migrants, and 1 resident Purple Heron.

With not much action at the dam, I spent more time at Rower's Bay, but except 1 Little Egret, just the resident birds.

Next, Hampstead Wetland Park. Again, just the resident birds, other than 2 Blue-tailed Bee-eaters and 1 white egret sp. (Ardea sp.)

Bidadari 01Jan25

From KH

New Year Day, what to do? Let's go Bida! So Danny and I made this trip to Bidadari.

Migratory Tiger Shrike making itself comfy at the kingfisher pond.

Migratory adult male Japanese Sparrowhawk flew by.

Resident Large-tailed Nightjar snoozing at the nicely cordoned off area. Thanks NParks for making it obvious.

Variable Squirrel collecting nesting material. Looks like they will continue to thrive here.

Sengkang Riverside Park 22Dec24

From KH

I was attending to some matter near Sengkang Riverside Park and had some time to roam the park, but without my camera, only my smartphone. Initially, just the usual birds, such as this parent White-breasted Waterhen with its chicks.

Then, a distinctive bandit facial pattern at a tree fork caught my eyes. A Southern Palm Civet (Paradoxurus musanga) stirring from its snooze!

As the light faded, I saw a dark shadow flew up from the grass and back down. The characteristic chonk call sealed the ID, Large-tailed Nightjar. Not just one, but two of them.

In this phone video, the bird was flying around on the left of the screen.