Tuas 09Nov13

From GC

An awesome day for raptor migration at Tuas it was.

We had an incredible 713 OHBs on migration!

Plus 2 rarities - The extremely scarce SHORT-TOED SNAKE EAGLE (look at the size difference compared to the Brahminy Kite that was mobbing it)

and a rare juvenile Greater Spotted Eagle (also mobbed by a resident - a Black-winged Kite). Thanks to Lau Jia Sheng for sounding the alert on both counts!

Keeping vigil from 8am+ till 1.35pm were a great bunch of raptor watchers. Thanks for the company ! And for helping to count!

The weather was fine. The wind was still before 11am and then a gentle breeze from the West to Southwest. That seemed to be when the migration started to get going.

Totals
713 OHB (over a 2-hr period from 11:35 am to 1:35pm). We had various groups of 60+, 70+ and one group of 99.

There were also:
19 Japanese Sparrowhawks
11 Chinese Sparrowhawks
7 Black Baza in a flock
7 UNid accipiters