Sengkang Riverside Park 29Oct24

From KH

Took a short walk around Sengkang Riverside Park. Got a female Common Kingfisher.

Cattail.

Mt Faber 27Oct24

From KH

Continue raptor watch at Mt Faber with Danny and the gang from yesterday. Fewer raptors today, but got 2 Grey-faced Buzzards, though no shutter count from me.

1 of 2 Chinese Sparrowhawks. Here's an adult female.

2 of 4 Japanese Sparrowhawks. Both juveniles.

1 of 3 Oriental Honey-Buzzards. Here's a dark juvenile.

Resident juvenile Rufous-bellied Eagle continuing.

Resident adult Brahminy Kites came too.

Got a House Swift after checking my photos.

Mt Faber 26Oct24

From KH

Raptor watch at Mt Faber with Danny and the gang.

Star bird today was a single White-throated Needletail.

The usual raptors:

1 or 3 Chinese Sparrowhawk. This juvenile perhaps wintering here. Seen makaning something.

1 of 13 Japanese Sparrowhawks. This one a juvenile.

2 of 13 Oriental Honey-Buzzards.

Resident juvenile Crested Goshawk joined in the fun too.

Sengkang Riverside Park 25Oct24

From KH

I went to Sengkang Riverside Park today.

Some of the migrants included this very vocal Brown Shrike, sometimes in cattail, sometimes in Alligator Flag.

And this Asian Brown Flycatcher.

Raptor-wise, only this Oriental Honey-Buzzard.

Resident-wise, Purple Heron trying to blend in with the grass.

Yellow-bellied Prinia not hiding in the reeds.

Female Common Flameback and adult Asian Glossy Starling sharing African Oil Palm fruit.

Javan Myna and Common Myna in comparison.

Telok Blangah 23Oct24

From KH

Another day raptor watching at Telok Blangah Hill. Got the usual Oriental Honey-Buzzards. Here're 2 of 4, 1 dark and 1 pale.

And Japanese Sparrowhawks. 1 of 3, all juveniles.

Resident Changeable Hawk-Eagles, both dark and pale morphs, came to look.

Juvenile Dollarbird also joined in the fun.

Of course, there were also the omnipresent dark swiftlet sp. (Aerodramus sp.), inseparable in the field.

The bougainvillea flower beds were a magnet for munias, like this Javan Munia. They either feed on the bougainvillea shoots or use it as perch to access the Digitaria grass seeds.

As well as butterflies, like this Common Mormon.

Telok Blangah 21Oct24

From KH

When news of Singapore's second Brown-breasted Flycatcher broke, everyone rushed to Telok Blangah Green to tick this rarity, that was first seen yesterday afternoon. Those who went early got the bird and could pack up for work, but I could only arrive on site after lunch appointment.

First, I was fooled by a low-perching Brown-chested Jungle-Flycatcher.

Then, a high-up Dark-sided Flycatcher came.

Even a Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher, which is not even an Old World flycatcher, came.

When there were no birds, we looked at other animals, like this Orange Awlet. Didn't realize there was a snail behind it until I reviewed the photos.

Many cicida molts on the tree trunks. Didn't realize there was a spider behind it until I reviewed the photos.

Finally, at about 4:30pm, the Brown-breasted Flycatcher reappeared at a low perch. Time to pack up.

Punggol Promenade 20Oct24

From KH

Question of the day inside a Punggol food court: Why is this fly doing push-ups??