Tyersall, Nee Soon Swamp 02Sep06

From Danny

Met Con & Pat @ Car Park, drove over to Tyersall Road, parked our vehicles & squeezed into Old Sultanate ground - see bird list. Around 8.50 am drove over to Nee Soon Swamp to continue hunt for sign of migrant birds.

High Point was the forest wagtail which eventually led us out all the way to the canal near the entrance. Maybe follow Con car to Orchard Road? The rambutan season on, please watch out for hanging parrot.

Forest Wagtail ©Con Foley

Tyersall Road
1) Laced Woodpeckers (1 pair)
2) Asian Glossy Starlings
3) Pink-necked Green-pigeons
4-5) Bulbuls (Yellow-vented & Olive-winged)
6) Dollarbird
7-8) Mynas (Javan & common)
9) Munias, Scaly-breasted
10) Drongo Cuckoo (heard)
11) Long-tailed Parakeets
12) Juv. WBSE (heard/one nest seen)
13) BN Orioles
14) Pacific Swallows
15) Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot (found on rambutan tree)
16-17) Sunbirds (Olive-backed & Plain-throated)
18-19) Tailorbirds (Common & Dark-throated)
20) Common Ioras
21) Red-breasted Parakeet

Nee Soon Swamp
22) Banded Woodpecker
23) Crimson Sunbird
24) Hill Mynas (heard)
25) Bulbuls (Cream-vented & Olive-winged)
26) GRT Drongo
27) Forest Wagtail
28) Tailorbirds (Common, Ashy & Dark-necked)
29) Flowerpecker, Orange-bellied
30) Red-crowned Barbet (heard)

From PC

We saw a pair of Common Tree Nymphs floating across the path. For a moment, we were quite stunned as if this pair of ghostly butterflies were like recarnations of a suicided couple from Tampines.

There was also a loud thrush on the branches of a tree while Danny and I were tailing far behind Con. We did not see any Leaf Monkey however. At this juncture, Danny dropped his bino with one string snapped off..

The Forest Wagtail escorted us all the way out from the moment we spotted it. It was the same one..probably we were disturbing some peace of the unknown..nobody around except 3 of us..spooky

Common Tree Nymphs are common medium-sized butterflies which are white with black spots all over.