Halus, Tuas, Chinese Garden 29Mar14

From KH

Con, Danny, JS and I started the day at Halus for some sniping. There were a few of them, but none fanning their tail for ID confirmation. When we were about to leave, half a dozen Japanese Sparrowhawks were found thermalling over the Old Grebe Pond area.

With hope that the spring raptor migration at Tuas is on-going, we headed there only to find local raptors: WBSE, Brahminy Kite and BWK.

The other bird that kept JS busy was a pipit, which turned out to be a Paddyfield Pipit after all.

After lunch, we headed to Chinese Garden for more sniping. The two snipes were still at the pond and we spent some time trying for fanned-tail moments, but to not much avail. Con took this photo for one of the birds.