Turut Track, CCK Cemeteries, JEG, Tuas 10Jan15

From KH

Today's raptors:

1) Turut Track: 4 Black Bazas, 1 adult GHFE, 1 WBSE, 1 Brahminy Kite
2) Choa Chu Kang Cemeteries: 1 juv male pale OHB, 1 adult GHFE, 1 BWK, 1 adult Brahminy Kite
3) Jurong Eco Garden: 1 pair of adult GHFE, 1 Black Baza
4) Tuas: 3 BWK, 1 adult WBSE

Other notables:

1) Turut Track: 1 Lanceolated Warbler (heard), 3 Black-browed Reed-warblers
2) Choa Chu Kang Cemeteries: 1 Ruddy-breasted Crake, 1 Red-wattled Lapwing
3) Jurong Eco Garden: 1 Drongo Cuckoo
4) Tuas: 1 adult Barn Owl

With Con and Danny.

Black Baza at Turut Track

Juvenile pale male Oriental Honey-buzzard at CCK Cemeteries

Adult Brahminy Kite with something in talons at CCK Cemeteries

Grey-headed Fish-eagles interacting at Jurong Eco Garden

Turut Track, SBWR, Tuas 03Jan15

From KH

With Con, Danny, Low CH.

Raptors:

1. 1) Turut Track: 2 adult Peregrine Falcons (1 feeding on a Javan Myna), 1 Osprey (feeding on fish), 3 WBSE, 1 Brahminy Kite, 1 BWK
2. 2) (new) Sungei Buloh: 1 Osprey, 1 pale CHE
3. 3) Tuas: 1 immature pale CHE, 4 BWK, 2 Brahminy Kites

Other notables:

1. Turut Track: 1 Black-capped Kingfisher, 1 Rusty-rumped Warbler, 5 Black-browed Reed Warblers
2. (new) Sungei Buloh: 1 Stork-billed Kingfisher (heard)
3. Tuas: 2 Barn Owls (1 adult, 1 juv), 1 immature Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo, 1 Black Bittern (reported by Low CH), 2 White-shouldered Starlings, 3 Wood Sandpipers.

Barn Owls - adult left, juvenile right

Immature Hodgson's Hawk-cuckoo

Tawny Coster - three's a crowd

Wallace Centre 30Dec14

After See Toh's report of the rare bulbuls (Streaked and Cinereous) and Eyebrowed Thrush, Con and Danny went to Wallace Centre and got a female Siberian Thrush. The next day, Kim Keang got a Scaly-breasted Bulbul there! It is uncertain whether it is a wild bird.