Changi, Pulau Punggol 01Mar08

From KH

The weather wasn't great, but the birds were - both at CC and PP (Pulau Punggol). Did not have a chance to check out the waders at CC due to the heavy rain. But had a great time chasing harriers. We had 3 Pied Harriers as well as 3 Eastern Marsh-harriers. Harrier photos by Lau JS.

Female Eastern Marsh-harrier

Male Eastern Marsh-harrier

Immature male Eastern Marsh-harrier

Female Pied Harrier

Juvenile Pied Harrier

The crakes and buttonquails did not make any appearance at PP, but a thermalling Booted Eagle and a beautiful Chestnut-winged Cuckoo were great company. Following three photos by Lau JS.

Pale morph Booted Eagle thermalling

Chestnut-winged Cuckoo

CC
1 Grey Heron
2 Purple Heron (1)
3 Little Egret
4 Cattle Egret
5 Black-winged Kite (several pairs nesting)
6 Pied Harrier (2F, 1 juv)
7 Eastern Marsh-harrier (1M, 2F)
8 Lesser Sand-plover
9 Malaysian Plover
10 Pacific Golden-plover
11 Common Greenshank (1)
12 Zebra Dove
13 Spotted Dove
14 Red Collared-dove
15 Lesser Coucal
16 White-throated Kingfisher
17 Blue-tailed Bee-Eater
18 House Crow
19 Long-tailed Shrike (1)
20 Siberian Stonechat (h)
21 Javan Myna
22 Common Myna
23 Barn Swallow
24 Pacific Swallow
25 Yellow-vented Bulbul
26 Zitting Cisticola
27 Yellow Wagtail (5)
28 Paddyfield Pipit
29 White-headed Munia (hundreds)
30 Scaly-breasted Munia
31 Eurasian Tree Sparrow

PP
32 Striated Heron
33 Osprey (1)
34 Black Baza (3)
35 Brahminy Kite
36 Booted Eagle (1)
37 White-bellied Fish-eagle
38 White-breasted Waterhen
39 Long-tailed Parakeet
40 Chestnut-winged Cuckoo (1)
41 Asian Koel
42 Collared Kingfisher
43 Dollarbird
44 Common Flameback
45 Coppersmith Barbet (1)
46 Black-naped Oriole
47 Brown Shrike
48 Oriental Magpie-robin (1)
49 Common Tailorbird (1)
50 Yellow-bellied Prinia (h)