Halus, Marina Barrage 07Jul12

From KH

Danny and I went to Halus hoping to see the Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo and Streaked Weaver. We dipped at the cuckoo, but got the weaver.

Male Streaked Weaver feeding juvenile in the foreground.

Female Streaked Weaver on the right appears smaller than the female Baya Weavers.

Other birds of note at Halus are the escapees: Yellow-fronted Canary, Bronze Munia, Golden-backed Weaver, Sooty-headed Bulbul and the residents: Little Tern, Little Bronze Cuckoo, Little Grebe, Greater Coucal, Long-tailed Shrike, Pied Triller, Changeable Hawk Eagle (2 pale, 1 dark).

After lunch, we went to Marina Barrage and Bay East Garden. Barn Owl was nowhere to be found. But there were tons of Olive-backed Sunbirds. Then we came to a tree bustling with activities.

Besides the ever-present sunbirds, there were also three Javan Munias

and a family of Common Ioras. The female is feeding the juvenile, while the male was minding its own business.

Other birds of note at Marina are Oriental White-eye, Little Bronze-cuckoo (heard), Long-tailed Shrike. We ended the walk with a surprising dark morph Pacific Reef-egret at the Barrage.