Punggol Park 16-18Feb18

From KH

The highlight on the 18 Feb was this House Shrew.

It's not so common to see OHB here.

Yellow Bitterns are common though.

So are Striated Herons.

A juvenile Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker, begging for food?

1. 6 Yellow Bittern
2. 3 Striated Heron
3. 1 Oriental Honey-buzzard
4. 1 Brahminy Kite
5. 1 Common Sandpiper
6. 5 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
7. 8 Spotted Dove
8. 2 Zebra Dove
9. 2 Pink-necked Pigeon
10. 5 Asian Koel
11. 1 Little Bronze-Cuckoo - Male, singing away
12. 10 dark swiftlet sp.
13. 1 Common Kingfisher
14. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
15. 2 Collared Kingfisher
16. 3 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
17. 3 Sunda Woodpecker
18. 2 Rose-ringed Parakeet
19. 2 Golden-bellied Gerygone
20. 4 Common Iora
21. 1 Pied Triller - Male
22. 4 Black-naped Oriole
23. 6 House Crow
24. 3 Pacific Swallow
25. 1 Yellow-vented Bulbul
26. 2 Arctic Warbler
27. 1 Common Tailorbird
28. 4 Oriental White-eye
29. 2 Asian Glossy Starling
30. 20 Javan Myna
31. 5 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
32. 4 Plain-throated Sunbird
33. 5 Olive-backed Sunbird

Republic Crescent 12-15Feb18

From KH

Long-tailed Shrike

Earthworm

1. 1 Brahminy Kite - Adult
2. 6 Spotted Dove
3. 2 Zebra Dove - A pair
4. 6 Pink-necked Pigeon
5. 2 Asian Koel
6. 1 cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.) - Largish, no good view
7. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
8. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
9. 4 Collared Kingfisher
10. 2 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
11. 1 Dollarbird - Heard
12. 1 Common Flameback - Heard
13. 1 Laced Woodpecker
14. 2 Red-breasted Parakeet
15. 4 Long-tailed Parakeet
16. 10 Psittacula sp.
17. 1 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
18. 3 Common Iora
19. 2 Ashy Minivet - Heard
20. 1 Long-tailed Shrike
21. 5 Black-naped Oriole
22. 4 Pacific Swallow
23. 3 Yellow-vented Bulbul
24. 2 Oriental White-eye - Heard
25. 2 Asian Brown Flycatcher - Heard
26. 10 Asian Glossy Starling
27. 1 Common Hill Myna - Heard
28. 5 Common Myna
29. 15 Javan Myna
30. 3 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
31. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
32. 5 Olive-backed Sunbird
33. 2 Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Sembawang Park 14Feb18

From KH

Long-horned BeetleIndian Cuckoo taken using hp through bins!

1. 1 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
2. 10 Spotted Dove
3. 2 Zebra Dove - Heard
4. 10 Pink-necked Pigeon
5. 1 Asian Koel - Male
6. 1 Little Bronze-Cuckoo - Heard
7. 1 Indian Cuckoo
8. 10 dark swiftlet sp.
9. 2 Collared Kingfisher
10. 1 Coppersmith Barbet - Heard
11. 1 Common Flameback - Heard
12. 8 Long-tailed Parakeet
13. 3 Common Iora
14. 2 Ashy Minivet
15. 2 Pied Triller
16. 5 Black-naped Oriole
17. 1 House Crow - Heard
18. 1 Pacific Swallow
19. 3 Yellow-vented Bulbul
20. 2 Common Tailorbird
21. 5 Oriental White-eye
22. 1 Asian Brown Flycatcher
23. 2 Asian Glossy Starling
24. 3 Common Myna
25. 12 Javan Myna
26. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
27. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
28. 4 Olive-backed Sunbird

Goldhill Ave 12-13Feb18

From Con

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (bottom) with Tanimbar Corella for comparison.

The Crested Serpent-eagle around today. Not skittish. Full frame. Eye level perch!!!!

Sungei Simpang Kiri 12-13Feb18

From KH

Evening walks

1. 5 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
2. 8 Spotted Dove
3. 1 Zebra Dove
4. 10 Pink-necked Pigeon
5. 10 dark swiftlet sp.
6. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
7. 1 Collared Kingfisher
8. 1 Sunda Woodpecker
9. 3 Psittacula sp.
10. 1 Common Iora
11. 1 Ashy Minivet - Heard
12. 3 Black-naped Oriole
13. 3 House Crow
14. 1 Yellow-vented Bulbul
15. 1 Common Tailorbird
16. 2 Asian Brown Flycatcher
17. 10 Asian Glossy Starling
18. 15 Daurian Starling - A flock
19. 11 Javan Myna
20. 1 Plain-throated Sunbird
21. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird

Henderson Waves, Telok Blangah 11Feb18

From KH

Some of the raptors at Henderson Waves.

Brahminy Kite

Crested Goshawk

Changeable Hawk-Eagle

Oriental Honey-buzzard

Henderson Waves

1. 1 Red Junglefowl (Domestic type) - Heard
2. 8 Oriental Honey-buzzard - Mostly flying NW, singles or doubles
3. 2 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - 1 pale, 1 dark
4. 1 Crested Goshawk
5. 2 Brahminy Kite - 1 adult, 1 juvenile
6. 1 White-bellied Sea-Eagle - Adult with fish
7. 4 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
8. 2 Asian Koel - Heard
9. 50 dark swiftlet sp.
10. 2 Collared Kingfisher
11. 4 Blue-throated Bee-eater
12. 3 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
13. 1 Common Flameback - Heard
14. 2 Rose-ringed Parakeet
15. 2 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
16. 3 Black-naped Oriole
17. 1 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo - Heard
18. 3 Yellow-vented Bulbul
19. 2 Olive-winged Bulbul - Heard
20. 1 Dark-necked Tailorbird - Heard
21. 2 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler - Heard
22. 1 Asian Brown Flycatcher - Heard
23. 10 Asian Glossy Starling
24. 1 Common Myna
25. 5 Javan Myna
26. 4 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
27. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
28. 3 Olive-backed Sunbird

Telok Blangah

1. 1 Red Junglefowl (Domestic type) - Heard
2. 1 Spotted Dove
3. 1 Pink-necked Pigeon - Female
4. 1 dark swiftlet sp.
5. 1 Dollarbird - Heard
6. 1 Lineated Barbet - Heard
7. 2 Rose-ringed Parakeet
8. 5 Black-naped Oriole
9. 2 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo - Heard
10. 2 Large-billed Crow
11. 4 Yellow-vented Bulbul
12. 1 Arctic Warbler
13. 2 Dark-necked Tailorbird
14. 2 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
15. 2 White-crested Laughingthrush - Heard
16. 30 Asian Glossy Starling
17. 2 Common Hill Myna
18. 10 Javan Myna
19. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
20. 1 Plain-throated Sunbird
21. 1 Olive-backed Sunbird - Heard
22. 3 Crimson Sunbird

SBG, Hindhede 10Feb18

From KH

Con, Danny and I started off at SBG. The Band-bellied Crake is less skittish now.

The other star birds here were the White-rumped Munias and a Chestnut-winged Cuckoo.

The star fish here are the huge exotic African Walking Catfish (Clarias gariepinus).

SBG

1. 3 Mute Swan
2. 2 Red Junglefowl (Domestic type)
3. 1 Striated Heron
4. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Heard
5. 1 Red-legged Crake
6. 4 White-breasted Waterhen
7. 1 Band-bellied Crake
8. 6 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
9. 3 Spotted Dove
10. 10 Pink-necked Pigeon
11. 1 Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
12. 1 Asian Koel - Heard
13. 1 Banded Bay Cuckoo
14. 1 Oriental Pied-Hornbill
15. 1 Common Kingfisher
16. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
17. 2 Collared Kingfisher
18. 1 Lineated Barbet
19. 1 Banded Woodpecker
20. 1 Common Flameback
21. 9 Rainbow Lorikeet (Coconut)
22. 4 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
23. 2 Common Iora
24. 4 Black-naped Oriole
25. 2 Pacific Swallow
26. 5 Yellow-vented Bulbul
27. 1 Dark-necked Tailorbird - Heard
28. 1 White-crested Laughingthrush
29. 1 Orange-headed Thrush
30. 15 Asian Glossy Starling
31. 1 Common Hill Myna
32. 15 Javan Myna
33. 1 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker - Male
34. 3 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
35. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
36. 5 Olive-backed Sunbird
37. 1 Eurasian Tree Sparrow
38. 5 White-rumped Munia

In the afternoon, we went to Hindhede Nature Park. Only 1 Brown Boobook was seen today, but lower.

A dark morph Changeable Hawk-eagle was much higher.

Hindhede

1. 1 Red Junglefowl (Domestic type)
2. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Dark morph
3. 1 Brown Boobook
4. 30 dark swiftlet sp.
5. 2 Lineated Barbet
6. 1 Blue-winged Pitta - Heard
7. 1 Black-naped Oriole
8. 1 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
9. 1 Yellow-vented Bulbul - Heard
10. 1 Rufous-tailed Tailorbird - Heard
11. 3 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
12. 10 Asian Glossy Starling
13. 1 Common Hill Myna
14. 2 Javan Myna
15. 1 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
16. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird

Sembawang Park 06-09Feb18

From KH

During my evening walks here, I found a tussock moth caterpillar infestation on a Fig Tree not unlike the Siloso Skywalk one.

This mainly attracted Hodgson's Hawk-cuckoo and Indian Cuckoo, but not the Asian Emerald-cuckoos.

Indian Cuckoo

Zebra Doves also came to party.

1. 1 white egret sp. - Yellow bill, flying high
2. 2 Osprey on 7th
3. 3 Black Baza on 8th
4. 2 Brahminy Kite
5. 1 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
6. 15 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
7. 10 Spotted Dove
8. 8 Zebra Dove
9. 10 Pink-necked Pigeon
10. 1 Asian Koel
11. 1 Little Bronze-Cuckoo
12. 1 Banded Bay Cuckoo - Heard
13. 1 Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo - Adult on 6th and 8th
14. 1 Indian Cuckoo on 8th
15. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
16. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
17. 3 Collared Kingfisher
18. 2 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
19. 2 Coppersmith Barbet
20. 1 Sunda Woodpecker - Heard
21. 1 Common Flameback - Heard
22. 2 Peregrine Falcon - japonensis flying together on 9th
23. 5 Red-breasted Parakeet
24. 7 Long-tailed Parakeet
25. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone
26. 4 Common Iora
27. 14 Ashy Minivet - A flock
28. 2 Pied Triller - A pair
29. 5 Black-naped Oriole
30. 5 House Crow
31. 1 Barn Swallow
32. 1 Pacific Swallow
33. 1 Red-whiskered Bulbul
34. 5 Yellow-vented Bulbul
35. 2 Common Tailorbird
36. 3 Oriental White-eye
37. 2 Asian Brown Flycatcher
38. 1 Oriental Magpie-Robin
39. 3 Asian Glossy Starling
40. 4 Common Myna - 2 pairs
41. 15 Javan Myna
42. 4 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
43. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
44. 5 Olive-backed Sunbird

Republic Crescent 05-09Feb18

From KH

Long-horned Beetle

1. 3 Black Baza
2. 1 Brahminy Kite
3. 2 Spotted Dove
4. 2 Pink-necked Pigeon
5. 2 Asian Koel
6. 1 cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.) - Largish, flying away
7. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
8. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
9. 3 Collared Kingfisher
10. 1 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
11. 1 Dollarbird
12. 1 Sunda Woodpecker
13. 1 Laced Woodpecker
14. 1 Common Flameback
15. 5 Rose-ringed Parakeet - Heard
16. 5 Red-breasted Parakeet
17. 2 Long-tailed Parakeet
18. 1 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot - Heard
19. 2 Common Iora
20. 1 Pied Triller - Male
21. 3 Black-naped Oriole
22. 2 House Crow
23. 1 Pacific Swallow
24. 4 Yellow-vented Bulbul
25. 1 Asian Brown Flycatcher
26. 1 Korean Flycatcher - Female
27. 1 Ashy Tailorbird - Heard
28. 1 Common Tailorbird
29. 5 Oriental White-eye
30. 5 Asian Glossy Starling
31. 2 Common Myna
32. 15 Javan Myna
33. 4 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
34. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
35. 4 Olive-backed Sunbird
36. 1 Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Pasir Ris Park 04Feb18

From KH

Asian Brown Flycatcher perched high.

Male Oriental Magpie-robin came low.

Male Rufous Woodpecker hunting.

Grey Herons parading.

Little Egret caught a big fish!

Yellow-vented Bulbul got a caterpillar.

Javan Myna made do with a gecko tail.

Common and Javan Mynas lined up for comparison.

Common Chaser (Potamarcha congener) on a tight rope.

1. 15 Red Junglefowl (Domestic type)
2. 10 Gray Heron
3. 1 Striated Heron
4. 2 White-breasted Waterhen
5. 8 Spotted Dove
6. 1 Zebra Dove
7. 2 Pink-necked Pigeon
8. 3 Asian Koel
9. 1 Oriental Pied-Hornbill
10. 4 Collared Kingfisher
11. 3 Sunda Woodpecker
12. 1 Rufous Woodpecker
13. 4 Red-breasted Parakeet
14. 2 Long-tailed Parakeet
15. 3 Common Iora
16. 1 Brown Shrike
17. 3 Black-naped Oriole
18. 2 House Crow
19. 3 Pacific Swallow
20. 4 Yellow-vented Bulbul
21. 1 Common Tailorbird
22. 2 Ashy Tailorbird
23. 4 Asian Brown Flycatcher
24. 2 Oriental Magpie-Robin
25. 15 Asian Glossy Starling
26. 4 Common Myna
27. 20 Javan Myna
28. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
29. 3 Plain-throated Sunbird
30. 3 Olive-backed Sunbird

Rifle Range, BTNR, Hindhede 03Feb18

From KH

Danny, JS and I started at Rifle Range today.

Dark-sided Flycatcher

Male Greater Green Leafbird

Red-crowned Barbet singing away

Male Thick-billed Pigeon with Asian Glossy Starling

Rifle Range
1. 7 Pink-necked Pigeon
2. 1 Thick-billed Pigeon
3. 1 Chestnut-bellied Malkoha
4. 1 Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
5. 15 dark swiftlet sp.
6. 1 Gray-rumped Treeswift
7. 2 Blue-throated Bee-eater
8. 1 Dollarbird
9. 1 Red-crowned Barbet
10. 1 Banded Woodpecker
11. 7 Blue-rumped Parrot
12. 1 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
13. 3 Long-tailed Parakeet
14. 3 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
15. 1 Amur/Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher
16. 1 Yellow-vented Bulbul
17. 3 Olive-winged Bulbul
18. 1 Red-eyed Bulbul
19. 1 Eastern Crowned Warbler
20. 1 Dark-necked Tailorbird
21. 1 Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
22. 6 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
23. 1 Chestnut-winged Babbler - Heard
24. 1 Dark-sided Flycatcher
25. 2 Asian Brown Flycatcher
26. 1 Siberian Blue Robin - Female
27. 25 Asian Glossy Starling
28. 2 Common Hill Myna
29. 10 Javan Myna
30. 2 Greater Green Leafbird - A pair
31. 3 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
32. 3 Van Hasselt's Sunbird
33. 2 Crimson Sunbird
34. 1 sunbird sp. - A female gathering nesting material

Next, we moved on to Bukit Timah Cave Trail and found a Spiny Terrapin feeding on jackfruit-like fruit, as well as a stingless bee Tetrigona apicalis Hive.

Bukit Timah Cave Trail
1. 1 Red Junglefowl - Heard
2. 1 Blue-tailed Bee-eater - Heard
3. 1 Lineated Barbet - Heard
4. 1 Banded Woodpecker - Heard
5. 2 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo - Heard
6. 1 Straw-headed Bulbul - Heard
7. 1 Arctic Warbler - Heard
8. 1 Dark-necked Tailorbird - Heard
9. 2 Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
10. 2 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler - Heard
11. 2 Asian Glossy Starling
12. 1 Common Hill Myna - Heard

Con joined us for lunch and we then adjourn to Hindhede Nature Park.

Sleepy pair of Brown Boobook

Straw-headed Bulbuls taking a bath in broad daylight

"Kiss me, mummy!" said the Red-eared Slider

Hindhede Nature Park
1. 1 Red Junglefowl - Heard
2. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Heard
3. 1 Red-legged Crake
4. 2 Brown Boobook - A pair
5. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
6. 2 Blue-tailed Bee-eater - Heard
7. 1 Dollarbird
8. 2 Lineated Barbet - Heard
9. 1 Common Iora - Heard
10. 1 Black-naped Oriole - Heard
11. 1 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo - Heard
12. 4 Straw-headed BulbulSensitive
13. 1 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
14. 5 Asian Glossy Starling
15. 1 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker - Heard

Subic Bay 29Jan-02Feb18

From Con

Search for Subic in http://www.pbase.com/con_foley/philippines&page=all

Republic Crescent 31Jan-02Feb18

From KH

1. 2 White-bellied Sea-Eagle - Adults
2. 1 Brahminy Kite
3. 1 Spotted Dove
4. 2 Zebra Dove
5. 2 Asian Koel - Heard
6. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
7. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
8. 4 Collared Kingfisher
9. 2 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
10. 1 Laced Woodpecker
11. 1 Sunda Woodpecker
12. 1 Long-tailed Parakeet
13. 1 Psittacula sp.
14. 2 Common Iora - Heard
15. 1 Black-naped Oriole
16. 4 House Crow
17. 1 Pacific Swallow
18. 2 Yellow-vented Bulbul
19. 1 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler - Heard
20. 1 Asian Brown Flycatcher
21. 20 Asian Glossy Starling
22. 1 Common Myna
23. 15 Javan Myna
24. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
25. 1 Plain-throated Sunbird
26. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird

Sengkang Floating Wetland 30Jan18

From KH

Evening walk

Black-browed Reed Warbler

Juvenile pale orientalis Oriental Honey Buzzard

1. 2 Yellow Bittern
2. 1 Purple Heron
3. 1 Oriental Honey-buzzard
4. 1 Brahminy Kite
5. 3 White-breasted Waterhen
6. 2 Pacific Swallow
7. 1 Arctic Warbler
8. 3 Black-browed Reed Warbler
9. 2 Asian Glossy Starling
10. 2 Common Myna
11. 5 Javan Myna
12. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird

Jurong West 29Jan18

From KH

Barn Swallow

1. 12 Intermediate Egret
2. 2 Brahminy Kite
3. 1 Long-tailed Shrike
4. 5 Barn Swallow
5. 30 Javan Myna
6. 5 Paddyfield Pipit

Telok Blangah Forest Walk 28Jan18

From KH

Long-tailed Parakeets - one of them showing off its long tail.

Can't decide to focus on female (front) or male Laced Woodpecker!

Pink-necked Green-pigeons - why all male??

Straw-headed Bulbul (left) and Oriental White-eye.

White-crested Laughingthrushes - another feral species.

Lineated Barbet - another feral species.

Javan Myna - adults and juveniles.

1. 15 Pink-necked Pigeon
2. 10 dark swiftlet sp.
3. 1 Collared Kingfisher
4. 1 Dollarbird
5. 4 Lineated Barbet
6. 2 Laced Woodpecker - A pair
7. 12 Long-tailed Parakeet
8. 1 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
9. 1 Common Iora
10. 6 Black-naped Oriole
11. 1 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
12. 1 House Crow
13. 1 Straw-headed Bulbul
14. 4 Yellow-vented Bulbul
15. 1 Common Tailorbird
16. 2 Dark-necked Tailorbird
17. 10 Oriental White-eye
18. 1 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
19. 2 White-crested Laughingthrush
20. 1 Asian Brown Flycatcher
21. 1 Asian Glossy Starling
22. 2 Common Hill Myna
23. 10 Javan Myna
24. 1 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
25. 1 Plain-throated Sunbird
26. 4 Crimson Sunbird - A pair