Rifle Range 09Aug11

From Con

This photo is from my iPhone through Doreen's scope.

The bird is in one of three or four tall dead trees on the path up to the reservoir. Park at the end of Rifle Range Rd, walk on the Rifle Range Link path, and when you get to the junction instead of turning right to Jelutong Tower, turn left and walk up the spillway towards the reservoir.

The Grey Wagtail is in the spillway, he was there this morning but I just missed him. The Whiskered Treeswift is in one of the tall dead trees, no favorite, you have to check them all. There are three or four.
According to The Avifauna of Singapore, there have been no confirmed sightings since 1999. Several birders were there including Doreen and Kim Chuah, it was a tick for both of them. Apparently the bird was first seen by Ju Lin during the mid-year bird census and has been there more or less continuously. Just one bird, a female.