Jurong Lake 26Apr08

45 species for a morning's worth at Jurong Lake, including:

• Free-ranging birds like a Painted Stork and 2 Pied Imperial-pigeons in flight.
• 6 migrants (OHB, Great/Little Egrets, 2 fc's, Arctic Warbler).
• Residents of note: >5 Coppersmith Barbets, 1 pair of Stork-billed Kingfishers, 2 Red-whiskered Bulbuls.

1. Common flameback (h) 2. Coppersmith barbet (>5) 3. Stork-billed kingfisher (1 pair) 4. Collared kingfisher 5. White-throated kingfisher 6. Asian koel 7. House swift 8. Swiftlet spp. 9. Rock pigeon 10. Spotted dove 11. Zebra dove 13. Pink-necked green-pigeon 14. Pied imperial-pigeon (2) 15. White-breasted waterhen 16. Oriental honey-buzzard (1) 17. Brahminy kite (>5) 18. Painted stork (1) 19. Grey heron 20. Purple heron (1) 21. Great egret (1) 22. Little egret 23. Striated heron 24. Golden-bellied gerygone (h) 25. Brown shrike (2) 26. House crow 27. Black-naped oriole 28. Pied triller (1) 29. Pied fantail (2) 30. Common iora 31. Asian brown flycatcher (1) 32. Yellow-rumped flycatcher (1 male) 33. Oriental magpie-robin 34. Asian glossy starling 35. Common myna 36. Javan myan 37. Pacific swallow 38. Yellow-vented bulbul 39. Red-whiskered bulbul (2) 40. Common tailorbird 41. Ashy tailorbird 42. Arctic warbler 43. Scarlet-backed flowerpecker 44. Plain-throated sunbird 45. Olive-backed sunbird

Male Stork-billed Kingfisher ©Danny Lau Oriental Honey-buzzard ©Danny Lau

Great Egret ©Lau JS

Oriental Honey-buzzard ©Lau JS

Male Stork-billed Kingfisher ©Lau JS

Female Stork-billed Kingfisher ©Lau JS