Singapore Strait, Changi 15Jan11

From Con

Great to see another skua! The behavior is really interesting, this one was harassing a Lesser Crested Tern.

Here's a link to several more photos of yesterday's Arctic Skua.

From JS

What do you do when you are stalked or faced with a robber? Learn from the Lesser Crested Tern and shout your lungs out.

From KH

After their pelagic trip, I joined Danny and JS for the late afternoon session at Changi. But before that, I went to Halus and Pasir Ris Farmway 1. You can now freely enter Halus like good old days, as the guardhouse and gantry were removed. Nothing much here except for an immature male Oriental Honey-buzzard perched and an immature White-bellied Sea-eagle circling.

Immature male OHB ©Tan KH

Next, I moved on to Pasir Ris Farmway 1 to monitor the old CHE nest. No one on the nest, but saw a pale morph Changeable Hawk-eagle in flight.

While waiting for Danny and JS at Changi Beach, saw 2 adult Brahminy Kites in flight.

On the way to LP149, Danny and JS showed me the 2 Common Buzzards at LP165 and 190. Being the keymaster, I let Danny's car in and these were the raptors that we saw inside:

1) Black Baza 1
2) Japanese Sparrowhawk 1
3) Chinese Goshawk 2
4) CHE 1 juv pale
5) Brahimny Kite >2
6) Black-winged Kites >5

Besides the Jambu Fruit-dove, another surprise was a flock of 15 or so White-shouldered Starlings. We also flushed a couple of quails, one of which was a Barred Buttonquail due to the rufous underparts.

Male Jambu Fruit-dove ©Danny Lau