Pulau Punggol, Punggol East 04Feb17

From KH

Danny and I started today's birding at Pulau Punggol.

Birds of note include a pair of Black Drongos, a Great-billed Heron along the coast, and a flock of Daurian Starlings which were failed to turn a single bird into Chestnut-cheeked.

Black Drongo ©Danny Lau

Great-billed Heron ©Tan KH

Daurian Starling ©Danny Lau

Daurian Starlings ©Tan KH

1. Great-billed heron 1
2. Grey heron 1
3. Little egret 1
4. Black-winged kite 1
5. Changeable hawk-eagle 1 pale morph seen and very vocal
6. Brahminy kite 1
7. White-bellied sea-eagle 4
8. Grey-headed fish-eagle 1
9. White-breasted waterhen 2
10. Ruddy-breasted crake 3
11. Red-wattled lapwing 1 heard only
12. Common sandpiper 1
13. Red collared-dove >10
14. Spotted dove >10
15. Zebra dove >10
16. Pink-necked green-pigeon >5
17. Lesser coucal 1 heard only
18. Asian koel 1 heard only
19. Little bronze-cuckoo 1 male
20. swiftlet spp. >50
21. Oriental dollarbird 2
22. White-throated kingfisher 2
23. Collared kingfisher 2
24. Blue-tailed bee-eater >5
25. Sunda woodpecker 2
26. Laced woodpecker 1 pair
27. Common flameback 2
28. Rose-ringed parakeet >5
29. Red-breasted parakeet >5
30. Golden-bellied gerygone 1 heard only
31. Common iora >5
32. Pied triller 1 female
33. Black-naped oriole >5
34. Black drongo 2
35. Malaysian pied fantail 2
36. Red-whiskered bulbul 2
37. Yellow-vented bulbul >5
38. Arctic warbler 2
39. Yellow-bellied prinia 2 heard only
40. Ashy tailorbird 2 heard only
41. Asian glossy starling >20
42. Daurian starling >30
43. Javan myna >10
44. Oriental magpie-robin 1 pair
45. Asian brown flycatcher 3
46. Scarlet-backed flowerpecker 1
47. Olive-backed sunbird >2
48. Baya weaver >10
49. Scaly-breasted munia 1
50. Common waxbill >10
51. Yellow-fronted canary 4

After lunch, we headed to Punggol East and found at least 5 Jerdon's bazas.

Jerdon's Bazas (left adult, right immature) ©Danny Lau

There were also other migrant raptors: Black Bazas and Oriental Honey-buzzards.

1. Grey heron 3
2. Jerdon's baza 1 flock of 5
3. Black baza 14 (1 flock of 5 + 1 flock of 9)
4. Oriental honey-buzzard 2
5. Changeable hawk-eagle 2
6. Brahminy kite 2
7. White-bellied sea-eagle 2
8. Spotted dove >5
9. Zebra dove >5
10. Little bronze-cuckoo 1 heard only
11. swiftlet spp. >50
12. White-throated kingfisher 1 heard only
13. Rose-ringed parakeet 2
14. Golden-bellied gerygone 1 heard only
15. Long-tailed shrike 1 hunting
16. Black-naped oriole 2
17. Sooty-headed bulbul 5
18. Yellow-vented bulbul 5
19. Barn swallow >5
20. Yellow-bellied prinia 1 heard only
21. Common tailorbird 2 heard only
22. Javan myna >5
23. Oriental magpie-robin 1 heard only
24. Olive-backed sunbird 2
25. Paddyfield pipit 2