Rifle Range, Hindhede, Seletar East 27May17

From KH

Today, we have a guest, JS's gf. The five of us had fun with a pair of released Helmeted Guineafowls at the carpark before heading to Jelutong Tower. ©Con Foley

At Jelutong Tower, Mr and Mrs Brown-throated Sunbirds showed well. ©Tan KH

So did Mr Crimson Sunbird. ©Tan KH

Mr and Mrs Pink-necked Green-pigeon also came close due to the fruiting trees. ©Tan KH

List at Rifle Range from JS:

1. Pink-necked Pigeon 10
2. Thick-billed Pigeon 5 - Pairs seen flying in the distant.
3. Banded Bay Cuckoo 1
4. Plaintive Cuckoo 1 - heard only
5. Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo 1 - heard only
6. dark swiftlet sp. 20
7. Blue-throated Bee-eater 2
8. Dollarbird 1
9. Common Flameback 1 - heard only
10. Blue-rumped Parrot 7 - A flock of 7 seen flying in the distant. Identified by call, robust head and short tail.
11. Long-tailed Parakeet 1
12. Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot 2
13. Black-naped Oriole 2
14. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo 2
15. Pacific Swallow 1
16. Olive-winged Bulbul 6
17. Cream-vented Bulbul 2
18. Common Tailorbird 1
19. Dark-necked Tailorbird 1 - heard only
20. Pin-striped Tit-Babbler 1
21. Short-tailed Babbler 1 - heard only
22. Oriental Magpie-Robin 2
23. Asian Glossy Starling 20
24. Common Hill Myna 11 - Predominant species calling in the forest with pairs and small groups seen.
25. Javan Myna 2
26. Greater Green Leafbird 1
27. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker 1
28. Plain-throated Sunbird 2
29. Olive-backed Sunbird 2
30. Crimson Sunbird 3

Con left after lunch and the four of us went to Hindhede.

A Sunda Scops-owl was still around. ©Tan KH

This Olive-winged Bulbul came down low. ©Tan KH

Olive-winged Bulbul ©Tan KH

Peek-a-boo! Sunda Colugos ©Tan KH

Other animals here included this Common House Gecko and this Common Bluebottle. ©Tan KH

Next, we went to Pulau Punggol for the Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo, but it started raining, so I left. The three of them proceeded to Seletar East and together with Low CH, who was there, managed to see one far away.