Singapore Bird Race 17-18Oct09

From KH

This year, Danny, Jia Sheng and I formed the team Drongo to take on the Singapore Bird Race. The difference from previous years is that this is a Green Race, meaning no cars allowed. Our mode of transport was Bus. We were expecting much less birds counted than last few years because we would be covering less locations. However, it turned out that we actually counted 101 bird species! The main reason is that we had to spend more time at each location. All photos during the race taken by JS.

This was the Silver-backed Needletail at the Sg Quarry that made our day.

It was also nice to see the House Swifts at the quarry.

This was the drongo at NTL2 that looked like it had pale underparts in the bin and had us wondering whether it was an Ashy Drongo. However, since we can't confirm its ID, we decided to remove it from our list.

To round off the two-day event, a Yellow-ringed Cat Snake (aka Mangrove Snake) was spotted on a tree in MOE Adventure Centre!

There was also a White-bellied Rat Snake (about 2m) sighted at Dairy Farm, on the way to the quarry. It was trying to cross the path when it saw us and slithered back into the grassy area. It remained in its typically upright posture for some seconds until we walked closer and it disappeared into the undergrowth.

1. White-vented Myna Dairy Farm
2. Yellow-vented Bulbul "
3. Eurasian Tree Sparrow Upp Bt Timah Rd
4. Zebra Dove "
5. Spotted Dove Hindhede
6. Asian Glossy Starling "
7. Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot "
8. Pacific Swallow "
9. Red-legged Crake " 2 adults
10. Banded Woodpecker "
11. White-bellied Fish-Eagle "
12. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo "
13. Asian Brown Flycatcher "
14. Red-rumped Swallow "
15. Blue-tailed Bee-eater "
16. Peregrine Falcon BTNR summit 1 japonensis
17. Siberian Blue Robin BTNR 1 female
18. White-crested Laughingthrush " 2
19. Barn Swallow Hindhede
20. Buffy Fish-Owl Lower Peirce 1
21. White-breasted Waterhen Warren grassland
22. Large-tailed Nightjar " 1
23. Red-wattled Lapwing " >20
24. Common Snipe " 3
25. Savanna Nightjar " 2
26. Paddyfield Pipit "
27. White-throated Kingfisher "
28. Long-tailed Parakeet "
29. Chinese Pond Heron " 2
30. Daurian Starling " 5
31. Little Egret "
32. Coppersmith Barbet " 1
33. Large-billed Crow " 2
34. Black-naped Oriole "
35. Red-breasted Parakeet "
36. Olive-backed Sunbird "
37. Common Hill Myna " >5
38. House Crow "
39. Common Goldenback " 3
40. Pink-necked Green Pigeon "
41. Purple Heron "
42. Arctic Warbler "
43. Common Pigeon Yew Tee MRT
44. Brown Shrike Kranji Resort
45. Common Tailorbird "
46. Common Myna "
47. Zitting Cisticola "
48. Scaly-breasted Munia "
49. Baya Weaver "
50. Common Iora NTL2
51. Asian Paradise Flycatcher " 2
52. Common Kingfisher " 1
53. Lesser Coucal "
54. White-headed Munia "
55. Brahminy Kite "
56. Black-winged Kite " 1
57. Pied Triller "
58. Oriental Dollarbird "
59. Blue-throated Bee-eater "
60. Little Tern "
61. White-Winged Tern "
62. Yellow Wagtail " 1
63. Striated Heron "
64. Grey-headed Fish-Eagle " 1 adult
65. Asian Koel "
66. Ashy Drongo " 1
67. Tiger Shrike " 1 juvenile
68. Common Sandpiper "
69. Black-headed Munia Kranji Resort 1
70. Golden-bellied Gerygone "
71. Collared Kingfisher Kranji boardwalk
72. Yellow-rumped Flycatcher " 1 female
73. Lesser Crested Tern "
74. Grey Heron "
75. Eastern Crowned Warbler " 1
76. Dark-necked Tailorbird "
77. Ashy Tailorbird "
78. Pied Fantail "
79. Marsh Sandpiper SBWR
80. Common Redshank "
81. Common Greenshank "
82. Curlew Sandpiper "
83. Whimbrel "
84. Pacific Golden-Plover "
85. Lesser Sand Plover "
86. Cattle Egret "
87. Great Egret " 1
88. Greater Sand Plover " 1 juvenile
89. Broad-billed Sandpiper " 1 juvenile
90. Rufous-necked Stint " >8
91. Terek Sandpiper " 1
92. Brown-throated Sunbird "
93. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker "
94. Changeable Hawk-Eagle Dairy Farm 1 dark juv, 1 pale juv
95. Little Grebe " >6
96. Straw-headed Bulbul " 1
97. House Swift "
98. Fork-tailed Swift " >2
99. Silver-backed Needletail " 1
100. White-rumped Munia " 2
101. Crimson Sunbird "
102. Olive-winged Bulbul "

Other birds heard or not seen by all members

1. Slaty-breasted Rail
2. Purple Swamphen
3. Collared Scops-Owl
4. Stork-billed Kingfisher
5. Laced Woodpecker
6. Lineated Barbet
7. Red-crowned Barbet
8. Yellow-bellied Prinia
9. Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
10. Copper-throated Sunbird