Dairy Farm Nature Park 29May18

From KH

Danny, JS, BJ and I went Wallace Education Centre today.

This immature Asian Fairy-bluebird refused to come down.

An adult Greater Racket-tailed Drongo was on a low perch.

This Little Spiderhunter was singing away.

This juvenile Orange-bellied Flowerpecker was enjoying the False Curry Leaf Tree fruits.

While this adult will take any fruits!

This adult Olive-winged Bulbul had a ring on it, but the juvenile did not.

This adult male Pink-necked Green-pigeon showing of his chestnut vent.

A flock of free-ranging storks were circling up high.

This Slender Squirrel was very active!

A forest snail Cyclophorus perdix.

Another one Hemiplecta humphreysiana.

Camponotus ants and their nest.

Other denizens here include this high-climbing Rusty Millipede and this Nephila kuhlii.

1. 4 Milky Stork - A free ranging flock of Painted and Milky Storks
2. 5 Painted Stork - A free ranging flock of Painted and Milky Storks
3. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Heard
4. 1 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
5. 10 Pink-necked Pigeon
6. 1 Banded Bay Cuckoo - Heard
7. 1 Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo - Heard
8. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
9. 1 Red-crowned Barbet
10. 1 Lineated Barbet - Heard
11. 1 Banded Woodpecker - Heard
12. 1 Common Iora - Heard
13. 4 Black-naped Oriole
14. 2 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
15. 1 Pacific Swallow
16. 1 Straw-headed Bulbul - Heard
17. 3 Yellow-vented Bulbul
18. 4 Olive-winged Bulbul
19. 1 Red-eyed Bulbul
20. 1 Common Tailorbird - Heard
21. 1 Dark-necked Tailorbird - Heard
22. 1 Rufous-tailed Tailorbird - Heard
23. 5 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
24. 2 Asian Fairy-bluebird
25. 10 Asian Glossy Starling
26. 1 Common Hill Myna - Heard
27. 5 Javan Myna
28. 1 Blue-winged Leafbird - Male
29. 2 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker - Male & Female
30. 1 Plain-throated Sunbird - Female
31. 1 Crimson Sunbird - Immature male
32. 1 Van Hasselt's Sunbird
33. 1 Olive-backed Sunbird
34. 2 Little Spiderhunter

Punggol Waterway Park 27-28May18

From KH

This adult Long-tailed Shrike was hunting for insects.

This Pink-necked Green-pigeon couple was rather confiding.

These noisy Red-breasted Parakeets perched high up.

Sooty-headed Bulbuls were doing well here. Adult and juveniles were seen feasting on fruits.

Common House Jumping Spider and Anoplodesmus saussurii millipedes shared a tree trunk.

1. 1 Gray Heron
2. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Heard
3. 1 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
4. 2 White-breasted Waterhen
5. 2 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
6. 6 Spotted Dove
7. 2 Zebra Dove
8. 1 Pink-necked Pigeon - Male
9. 40 dark swiftlet sp.
10. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
11. 2 Collared Kingfisher
12. 2 Blue-throated Bee-eater
13. 1 Sunda Woodpecker
14. 2 Rose-ringed Parakeet
15. 5 Red-breasted Parakeet
16. 2 Common Iora
17. 2 Pied Triller
18. 1 Long-tailed Shrike
19. 3 Black-naped Oriole
20. 1 House Crow
21. 5 Pacific Swallow
22. 8 Sooty-headed Bulbul
23. 6 Yellow-vented Bulbul
24. 2 Common Tailorbird
25. 1 Ashy Tailorbird - Heard
26. 1 Oriental Magpie-Robin
27. 3 Asian Glossy Starling
28. 8 Common Myna
29. 18 Javan Myna
30. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
31. 4 Plain-throated Sunbird
32. 4 Olive-backed Sunbird

Dairy Farm Nature Park 26May18

From KH

Today, Con, Danny and I covered both the Singapore Quarry side and the Wallace Education Centre side of Dairy Farm Nature Reserve. JS joined us after our walk around Sg Quarry.

These are some of the fishes in the Singapore Quarry: Whitespot and Tilapia.

This Long-tailed Macaque was preening its young and ignoring us.

Some of the birds at the quarry included this White-crested Laughingthrush and this Little Spiderhunter.

This juicy caterpillar was at the Wallace Educuation Centre side.

Besides the fig trees, the False Curry Leaf Trees were attracting birds, like this Olive-winged Bulbul, to this area.

Female and immature male Crimson Sunbirds also come to the tree.

Pin-striped Tit-babblers were busy collecting nesting materials for a well hidden nest.

1. 1 Red Junglefowl (Domestic type)
2. 2 Changeable Hawk-Eagle
3. 1 Oriental Honey-buzzard
4. 2 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
5. 6 Spotted Dove
6. 14 Pink-necked Pigeon
7. 1 Violet Cuckoo - Heard
8. 2 Banded Bay Cuckoo
9. 1 Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo - Heard
10. 25 dark swiftlet sp.
11. 1 Stork-billed Kingfisher
12. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
13. 1 Collared Kingfisher
14. 2 Dollarbird
15. 1 Lineated Barbet
16. 2 Banded Woodpecker
17. 1 Laced Woodpecker
18. 2 Common Flameback - Heard
19. 1 Rufous Woodpecker
20. 5 Long-tailed Parakeet
21. 1 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
22. 2 Common Iora
23. 5 Black-naped Oriole
24. 6 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
25. 5 Pacific Swallow
26. 3 Straw-headed Bulbul
27. 5 Yellow-vented Bulbul
28. 6 Olive-winged Bulbul
29. 1 Red-eyed Bulbul
30. 1 Common Tailorbird - Heard
31. 4 Dark-necked Tailorbird
32. 4 Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
33. 8 Oriental White-eye
34. 9 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler - Nesting
35. 4 White-crested Laughingthrush
36. 1 Oriental Magpie-Robin - Heard
37. 1 Asian Fairy-bluebird - Male
38. 30 Asian Glossy Starling
39. 1 Common Hill Myna - Heard
40. 8 Javan Myna
41. 1 Lesser Green Leafbird
42. 1 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker - Heard
43. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
44. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
45. 1 Van Hasselt's Sunbird
46. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird
47. 4 Crimson Sunbird
48. 2 Little Spiderhunter
49. 1 Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Panti 25May18

From Con

Chestnut-backed Scimitar-babbler near corner or Bunker and Temple Trail. It was calling and we picked it up fairly quickly. My first on Bunker. There was one on 270 years ago but I didn’t really see it.

Republic Crescent 21-25May18

From KH

Long-tailed Shrike

1. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle
2. 5 Spotted Dove
3. 1 Asian Emerald Dove
4. 7 Zebra Dove
5. 3 Pink-necked Pigeon
6. 1 Asian Koel - Heard
7. 1 Little Bronze-Cuckoo - Heard
8. 10 dark swiftlet sp.
9. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
10. 4 Collared Kingfisher
11. 1 Sunda Woodpecker - Heard
12. 1 Banded Woodpecker - Heard
13. 1 Laced Woodpecker - Heard
14. 1 Common Flameback - Heard
15. 8 Long-tailed Parakeet
16. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
17. 3 Common Iora
18. 1 Long-tailed Shrike
19. 3 Black-naped Oriole
20. 2 House Crow
21. 1 Pacific Swallow
22. 5 Yellow-vented Bulbul
23. 2 Common Tailorbird
24. 1 Dark-necked Tailorbird - Heard
25. 8 Oriental White-eye
26. 1 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler - Heard
27. 1 Oriental Magpie-Robin - Heard
28. 10 Asian Glossy Starling
29. 4 Common Myna
30. 20 Javan Myna
31. 1 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
32. 4 Olive-backed Sunbird
33. 2 Baya Weaver - Nesting

Sembawang Park 21May18

From KH

1. 3 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
2. 3 Spotted Dove
3. 3 Zebra Dove
4. 5 Pink-necked Pigeon
5. 1 Asian Koel
6. 4 Little Bronze-Cuckoo
7. 5 dark swiftlet sp.
8. 3 Collared Kingfisher
9. 1 Coppersmith Barbet - Heard
10. 1 Banded Woodpecker - Heard
11. 1 Common Flameback - Heard
12. 1 Tanimbar Corella - Heard
13. 2 Common Iora
14. 3 Black-naped Oriole
15. 2 Large-billed Crow
16. 1 Pacific Swallow
17. 4 Yellow-vented Bulbul
18. 1 Common Tailorbird - Heard
19. 1 Ashy Tailorbird - Heard
20. 2 Oriental Magpie-Robin
21. 8 Asian Glossy Starling
22. 10 Javan Myna
23. 4 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
24. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird
25. 3 Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Rifle Range, Dairy Farm 19May18

From KH

Con was at Jelutong Tower, when Danny, JS, BJ and I went looking for the Great Slaty Woodpecker, which wasn't around today.

We did have a couple of nice forest birds coming to check us out though, such as this lovely male Asian Fairy-bluebird and this inquisitive adult Little Spiderhunter.

In the stream were small fishes, like these Saddle Barbs, while in the trees above the stream were a pair of mating Sumatran Gems.

1. 1 Asian Emerald Dove - Heard
2. 6 Pink-necked Pigeon
3. 1 Banded Bay Cuckoo
4. 1 Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo - Heard
5. 2 Dollarbird
6. 2 Red-crowned Barbet - Heard
7. 2 Banded Woodpecker - Heard
8. 10 Long-tailed Parakeet
9. 2 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
10. 2 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo - Heard
11. 1 House Crow - Heard
12. 3 Olive-winged Bulbul
13. 2 Dark-necked Tailorbird
14. 1 Rufous-tailed Tailorbird - Heard
15. 4 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
16. 1 Short-tailed Babbler - Heard
17. 1 Abbott's Babbler - Heard
18. 1 Asian Fairy-bluebird - Male
19. 1 Oriental Magpie-Robin - Heard
20. 4 Asian Glossy Starling
21. 2 Common Hill Myna
22. 1 Javan Myna
23. 1 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
24. 2 Crimson Sunbird
25. 1 Little Spiderhunter

After Jelutong Tower, we went to Dairy Farm Nature Park.

This female Asian Emerald-dove was going about not taking much notice of me.

While this adult Asian Glossy Starling was feasting on the fruits of the False Curry Leaf Tree.

Overhead, a pale juvenile Changeable Hawk-eagle was thermaling.

While this Greater Racket-tailed Drongo enjoyed watching people going by from its perch.

This Common Sun Skink caught a huge cricket!

Nisitus vittatus is a common grasshopper in Singapore.

No prize for guessing why this Autumn Leaf is so named.

1. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Pale juvenile
2. 1 Spotted Dove
3. 1 Asian Emerald Dove
4. 10 Pink-necked Pigeon
5. 1 Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo - Heard
6. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
7. 1 Banded Woodpecker - Heard
8. 3 Black-naped Oriole
9. 3 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
10. 1 Straw-headed Bulbul - Heard
11. 2 Yellow-vented Bulbul
12. 2 Olive-winged Bulbul
13. 1 Red-eyed Bulbul
14. 2 Dark-necked Tailorbird - Heard
15. 1 Rufous-tailed Tailorbird - Heard
16. 1 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
17. 2 Asian Fairy-bluebird - A pair
18. 20 Asian Glossy Starling
19. 3 Javan Myna
20. 1 Crimson Sunbird