Changi, Halus 01May14

Danny and I started the day at Changi. Both airshow and LP149 were accessible.  Three Monk Parakeets can still be found here.

The purported Short-eared Owl was nowhere to be found, but we did see another migrant - a Black Drongo.

While tracking the drongo, a Large-tailed Nightjar flushed about 1 m from my feet!

Only local raptors (WBSE, Brahminy Kite, CHE, BWK) were to be found, the migrants seem to be gone. The only munia we saw were Black-headed Munias. Baya Weavers were building nests. Other then these, the usual birds were present.

At carpark 7, a huge WBSE nest on casuarina was clearly visible together with its residents.

After lunch at the usual Punggol foodcourt, we headed to Halus. There were many Little Terns, as well as many calling Cuckoos (Rusty-breasted, Plaintive, Banded Bay, Little Bronze). Reed Warblers (Oriental, Black-browed) were still around. Sharp-eyed Danny spotted two nests - one belonging to Common Iora

and the other to Sooty-headed Bulbul.