Tampines 06May06

From Danny

It was a rainy morning. Kong & PC turned up & we adjourned to coffeeshop along Tampines Ave 9 for prata & coffee. The nearby multi-storey CP offered good view of possible bird site bound by Ave 9, 10, 12 & Tampines Road. Drove into trail opp. Blk 722/723 when rain reduced to light drizzle. A lot of birds' activities where we spotted our 1st pair of courting sooty-headed bulbuls (mostly Thailand sub-species with yellow/orangy vents). Did not proceed further due to muddy/ponding terrain, perhaps another time. Went back to Jln Sam Kongsi around 10 am all the way to the sand dunes around Tampines Quarry. The trip ended around 1.35 pm. On the way home, located the entrance to Tampines biking trails, another bird trail.

1. House Crow
2. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
3. Asian Glossy Starling
4. Yellow-vented Bulbul
5. Sooty-headed Bulbul (>6)
6. Collared KF
7. White-throated KF
8. Sunda Woodpecker
9. Greater Coucal
10. Lesser Coucal
11. Blue-throated Bee-eater (many at sand dunes)
12. Spotted Dove
13. Pink-necked Green-pigeon
14. Red Collared-dove
15. Zebra Dove
16. House Swift
17. Paddyfield Pipit
18. Yellow-bellied Prinia
19. Plaintive Cuckoo (heard & seen in flight)
20 Rusty-breasted Cuckoo (heard)
21. Pied Fantail
22. Myna
23. Black-naped Oriole
24. Common Iora
25. WBSE
26. BWK
27. Scaly-breasted Munia
28. Black-headed Munia
29. White-headed Munia
30. Baya Weaver
31. Common flameback Woodpecker
32. Pied Triller
33. Olive-backed Sunbird
34. Plain-throated Sunbird
35. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (male & female)
36. Pacific Swallow
37. Dollarbird
38. White-breasted Waterhen
39. Yellow Bittern
40. Ruddy-breasted Crake - perched on railing on drain along Tampines Road

Male Red Collared-dove

Sooty-headed Bulbul

White-headed Munia

From PC

Danny, Kong and I had a good time checking out the Tampines trail on Election Day that Joe Lim does his bird census. It is a nice scenic trail with streams running, a quarry, a sand dune at the end.

Kong has taken pictures of a rare toad that jumped out when he was about to sit on it. The fragrance from his rear is too much for the toad to bear.

We also seen some purple colored dragon flies. Last week, we saw a army green dragon fly at Poyan. I'm liasing with someone from Vertebrate Group to find out about these rare colored dragonflies.

The Tampines walk ended at 1.40 p.m. as we have started late at 10 a.m.

Toad from Kong