Turut Track, SBWR, Tuas 20Sep14

Attendees: Con, Danny, JS

From JS

Glad to be birding again after almost 2 months of non-birding.

We started the day at Turut Track and walked the distance to ponds at Neo Tiew Lane 2. The habitat looks good for migratory waterbirds. If we could have no human disturbances in the next few months, this could be a great place to start breaking the duck! Although the "many" cinnamon bitterns did not show, we saw a scaly Brown Shrike and a probable Fork-Tailed Swift. No violet cuckoo.

Next, we visited Sungei Buloh. No stints. However, it is still nice to know that the 8 juvenile Black-tailed Godwits and 1 adult Grey-Tailed Tattler are still around.

Our last birding site for the day was Tuas. We were informed of the presence of 8 accipiters (by Choon How) and saw another 7 individuals. In total, we (including Choon How and Kim Keang) had 14 unid accipiters and 1 adult Japanese Sparrowhawk. In case you want to verify how we are unable to id the accipiters, I have attached 2 photos of the 7 individuals. No Short-Toed Snake Eagle or Shikra.