Pulau Ubin 04Jun10

From Con

I finally went this morning. I waited at the appointed spot for about 30 minutes. I thought I heard him (the male Mangrove Blue-flycatcher singing far away. Finally I tried playback briefly and he came right in without delay. He was super close. I had to back up to focus! Got some okay pictures. He caught a nice caterpillar. So we both did well. He stayed around for a couple of minutes but kept flitting from one branch to another.

There was also a Mangrove Pitta calling in several locations and moving around. But he wouldn't respond to playback.

There was a Great-billed Heron on the Chek Jawa flats, tide was low, but he was too far away for photography.

I waited an hour and tried playback again. This time no response, but I hadn't heard him singing nearby either. So perhaps he was far away or just taped out.