Rifle Range, Tuas 18Oct14

Danny and I went to Rifle Range for the Asian House Martin reported by Francis Yap on 16-17 Oct, and sure enough the bird was still around. So are Grey-rumped Treeswift, swallows (Red-rumped, Barn, Pacific) and swiftlets. There were also 3 species of bulbuls (Red-eyed, Cream-vented, Olive-winged) and a juvenile Japanese Sparrowhawk.

Juvenile Japanese Sparrowhawk at Jelutong Tower

After that, we headed to Tuas for our usual raptor count.

Counters: Danny, Tan KH, Lee EL
Weather: slightly cloudy turning to overcast, PSI in 70+
Ground Wind: SW
1230-1615 Total 1 Booted Eagle, 18 OHB, 14 JSH, 2 CSH, 15 Pacific Swift, 1 Schrenck's Bittern, 10 White-shouldered Starling, 50 PGP

1230-1300 6 OHB, 1 JSH
1300-1400 2 OHB, 9 JSH, 2 CSH
1400-1500 1 Booted Eagle, 10 OHB, 4 JSH, 4 Pacific Swift
1500-1600 11 Fork-tailed Swift, 1 Schrenck's Bittern, 10 White-shouldered Starling
1600-1615 50 PGP

Collage of a single dark morph Booted Eagle

Juvenile Japanese Sparrowhawk hunted an Eurasian Tree Sparrow and tearing it up!

Pacific Swifts

Pacific Golden-plovers