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.

Malayan night heron ©Danny Lau

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