This blog records birding adventures of a not-so-secret group of Singapore birders. The main cast is Con Foley, Danny Lau, Lau Jia Sheng and Tan Kok Hui. We mainly bird in Singapore. We also occasionally bird around the world.
Sunday, January 31, 2016
BTNR 12Jan16
From GC
BEO @ BTNR, 12/1/2016. Back view taken at 7.16pm, 1 minute after official sunset time. 1/40s, f/5.6, ISO 6400, handheld with VR.
From Danny
Thru the scope of Martin K.
Pulau Punggol, Halus, Tuas 02Jan16
From KH
Danny, JS and I started the day's birding at Pulau Punggol, while Con was at Tuas continuing his quest for the almost invisible Lanceolated warbler.
Besides a small flock of White-shouldered starlings with their Daurian cousins, the other interesting bird here was a weaver, likely of African origin, which we are unsure of its identity.
At Halus, we flushed some Savanna nightjars and Pintail/Swinhoe's snipes from the reed beds. Then, when we were about to drive off, 3 Jerdon's bazas showed up in the old grebe pond vicinity.
Turut Track, CCK Park, Tuas 01Jan16
From Danny
No goose at Turut Track, usual birds, reed warblers and a far away Black-capped kingfisher.
Late morning, there was a Yellow-browed warbler at CCK Park.
From Con
LCH found a somewhat friendlier Lanceolated warbler at Tuas today. I went over this afternoon. It did pop out once briefly and I got nice view but no photo.
Bt Batok, Bidadari, Pulau Punggol, Sengkang, Changi Village 27Dec15
From Con
An afternoon in a Global Big Year
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Bidadari, Saddle Club, Duxton 26Dec15
From KH
Started early at Bidadari with Danny. We saw an adult Malayan Night-heron. Very skittish, kept flushing as we got closer.
After Con joined us, we got an adult White-rumped Shama and a roosting Grey Nightjar.
We surveyed Saddle Club at Bt Timah for Straw-headed Bulbul for Noah Strycker's World Big Year, but it wasn't there.
After lunch, Danny and I went to Duxton for the Blue Rock-thrush philippensis subspecies. I saw it at about 4 pm. It was very skittish. Danny missed it, but he has ticked this species before.
Raptors for the day:
- 1 OHB pale immature orientalis, 1 Black Baza at Bidadari
- 1 OHB pale male orientalis over Saddle Club
- 1 OHB dark orientalis over Duxton
Bidadari 21Dec15
From GC
2 Black bazas, 1 Chinese sparrowhawk (juvenile with falconry jesses).
Rounding a bend, I came into the blind spot of this Black baza on a dead branch. Then it turned its head, thought for a few seconds and decided to fly into the foliage of the next tree.
Black baza front view. This BB was on another dead branch. Slowly stepping 3 feet to the right of the foliage that acted as a screen between us, the bird remained there as i snapped away, having the luxury of time to try different +/- EV combinations to compensate for the bright clouds behind. When the bird decided to fly, it flew towards and over me, not away!
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