SBWR 30Jun18

From KH

After Kranji Marsh, we went to Sungei Buloh for some late morning fun. The birds were not so active at this time of the day, but the dragonflies were. Purple, red, yellow, you name it.

Oriental Blue Dasher (Brachydiplax chalybea)


Common Redbolt (Rhodothemis rufa)


Yellow-barred Flutterer (Rhyothemis phyllis)

These Flat-tailed Geckos showed how varied their patterns can be.

While this Estuarine Crocodile was enjoying a good bask in the late morning sun.

Many of the Common Fruit Bats were nursing, like this one showing how you can drink milk upside-down!

Finally, what's a birding trip without any photo of birds, or a used bird nest in this case. Here's a used nest of the Copper-thoated Sunbird.

1. 1 Milky Stork
2. 2 Striated Heron
3. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Heard
4. 1 White-breasted Waterhen
5. 1 Zebra Dove
6. 1 Stork-billed Kingfisher - Heard
7. 2 Collared Kingfisher
8. 2 Common Iora
9. 2 Black-naped Oriole
10. 2 House Crow
11. 4 Yellow-vented Bulbul
12. 2 Ashy Tailorbird
13. 2 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler - Heard
14. 2 Abbott's Babbler
15. 5 Asian Glossy Starling
16. 5 Javan Myna
17. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
18. 0 Copper-throated Sunbird - Used nest

Kranji Marsh 30Jun18

From KH

Con, Danny and I went birding at Kranji Marsh today.

First, a Yellow-bellied Prinia with a ring was busy collecting nesting material.

Then at the Tower, this Paradise Tree Snake kept us on our toes. One moment, it was on the beam, next moment elsewhere!

The tree beside the tower harboured a huge Giant Honey Bee nest!

While a Large-tailed Nightjar slumbered on.

On the way out, a Green Crested Lizard showed us how long its tail was.

Beware the Red-wattled Lapwing bomber!

While the dark morph Changeable Hawk-eagle looked on from the safely of its shaded perch.

1. 3 Gray Heron
2. 6 white egret sp. - probably Intermediate
3. 1 Striated Heron
4. 1 Black-shouldered Kite
5. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Dark morph
6. 2 Brahminy Kite
7. 1 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
8. 3 White-breasted Waterhen
9. 2 Red-wattled Lapwing
10. 7 Little Tern
11. 3 Spotted Dove
12. 2 Zebra Dove
13. 10 Pink-necked Pigeon
14. 2 Lesser Coucal
15. 2 Asian Koel
16. 1 Banded Bay Cuckoo - Heard
17. 1 Plaintive Cuckoo - Heard
18. 1 Brush Cuckoo - Heard
19. 1 Large-tailed Nightjar
20. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
21. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
22. 2 Collared Kingfisher
23. 1 Blue-throated Bee-eater
24. 1 Dollarbird
25. 1 Laced Woodpecker - Heard
26. 1 Common Flameback
27. 1 Rufous Woodpecker - Heard
28. 2 Red-breasted Parakeet
29. 8 Long-tailed Parakeet
30. 1 Blue-winged Pitta - Heard
31. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
32. 4 Common Iora
33. 2 Pied Triller
34. 1 Long-tailed Shrike
35. 3 Black-naped Oriole
36. 2 Malaysian Pied-Fantail
37. 2 Large-billed Crow
38. 2 Pacific Swallow
39. 1 Straw-headed Bulbul - Heard
40. 2 Sooty-headed Bulbul
41. 4 Yellow-vented Bulbul
42. 2 Zitting Cisticola - Heard
43. 3 Common Tailorbird
44. 1 Ashy Tailorbird
45. 1 Rufous-tailed Tailorbird - Heard
46. 2 Yellow-bellied Prinia
47. 1 Oriental Magpie-Robin
48. 8 Asian Glossy Starling
49. 10 Javan Myna
50. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
51. 1 Plain-throated Sunbird
52. 0 Olive-backed Sunbird - 2 used nest seen
53. 2 Paddyfield Pipit
54. 2 Baya Weaver
55. 8 waxbill sp. - probably Common

Republic Crescent 25-29Jun18

From KH

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

Bukit Chandu 28Jun18

From KH

Katydid

1. 2 Pink-necked Pigeon
2. 5 dark swiftlet sp.
3. 1 Dollarbird
4. 1 Lineated Barbet - Heard
5. 1 Common Iora - Heard
6. 1 Black-naped Oriole
7. 2 Pacific Swallow
8. 2 Yellow-vented Bulbul
9. 2 Asian Glossy Starling
10. 1 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
11. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
12. 4 Plain-throated Sunbird
13. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird
14. 1 Crimson Sunbird - Female

Sembawang Park 25-27Jun18

From KH

Male Oriental Magpie-robin feasting on termite spawn.

Eclipse male Olive-backed Sunbird feeding.

Female Olive-backed Sunbird and male Brown-throated Sunbird, also feeding in the same bush.

Millipede Orthomorpha coarctata.

1. 1 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
2. 4 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
3. 5 Spotted Dove
4. 4 Zebra Dove
5. 5 Pink-necked Pigeon
6. 2 Asian Koel
7. 2 Little Bronze-Cuckoo - Heard
8. 10 dark swiftlet sp.
9. 5 Collared Kingfisher
10. 2 Coppersmith Barbet
11. 2 Common Flameback
12. 1 Red-breasted Parakeet
13. 1 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot - Heard
14. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
15. 4 Common Iora
16. 1 Pied Triller
17. 4 Black-naped Oriole
18. 1 House Crow
19. 5 Pacific Swallow
20. 2 Yellow-vented Bulbul
21. 2 Common Tailorbird
22. 10 Oriental White-eye
23. 2 Oriental Magpie-Robin
24. 3 Asian Glossy Starling
25. 2 Common Hill Myna - Heard
26. 2 Common Myna
27. 20 Javan Myna
28. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
29. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
30. 4 Olive-backed Sunbird

Punggol Waterway Park 24Jun18

From KH

Ants

1. 2 White-bellied Sea-Eagle - Heard
2. 1 Asian Koel - Heard
3. 1 Collared Kingfisher
4. 1 Red-breasted Parakeet - Heard
5. 1 Common Iora
6. 1 Black-naped Oriole - Heard
7. 5 Yellow-vented Bulbul
8. 1 Common Tailorbird - Heard
9. 1 Oriental Magpie-Robin - Heard
10. 3 Common Myna
11. 10 Javan Myna
12. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
13. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird

Panti 23Jun18

From KH

Today, Con, Danny, Rob Arnold and I went to Panti after a long hiatus. One of our targets today was the blue morph Rufous-winged Philentoma, and sure enough he was around, so was his mate.

A nearby tree seemed to be a woodpecker magnet. We had a couple of White-bellied Woodpeckers, a banded Woodpecker and a Buff-rumped Woodpecker, all visiting it!

At another spot, Checker-throated Woodpeckers showed well, so did a male Red-naped Trogon.

A couple of bulbuls - Black-headed Bulbul and juvenile Buff-vented Bulbul.

Can you tell this is a White-bellied Erpornis?

And this, a Moustached Babbler?

A faraway Dark-throated Oriole didn't make things easy either.

Luckily, the female Blue-winged Leafbird and male Orange-bellied Flowerpecker were more forthcoming, mainly due to the roadside fruit.

1. 1 Crested Partridge - Heard
2. 1 Great Argus - Heard
3. 1 Red Junglefowl
4. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Pale
5. 3 Spotted Dove
6. 2 Asian Emerald Dove - Heard
7. 2 Little Green-Pigeon
8. 2 Chestnut-bellied Malkoha
9. 1 Violet Cuckoo
10. 1 Plaintive Cuckoo - Heard
11. 1 Blyth's Frogmouth - Heard
12. 10 dark swiftlet sp.
13. 2 Whiskered Treeswift
14. 1 Red-naped Trogon - Male
15. 1 Diard's Trogon - Male
16. 2 Scarlet-rumped Trogon - Heard
17. 1 Rufous-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher - Heard
18. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
19. 2 Rufous-collared Kingfisher
20. 1 Red-bearded Bee-eater - Heard
21. 1 Blue-throated Bee-eater
22. 5 Sooty Barbet
23. 2 Blue-eared Barbet
24. 3 Red-crowned Barbet
25. 2 Yellow-crowned Barbet - Heard
26. 2 White-bellied Woodpecker
27. 1 Banded Woodpecker
28. 5 Checker-throated Woodpecker
29. 2 Buff-rumped Woodpecker
30. 1 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
31. 1 Banded Broadbill - Heard
32. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
33. 2 Rufous-winged Philentoma
34. 1 Green Iora - Heard
35. 1 Lesser Cuckooshrike
36. 4 White-bellied Erpornis
37. 2 Dark-throated Oriole
38. 2 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
39. 1 Black-naped Monarch - Heard
40. 1 Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher
41. 1 Malaysian Rail-babbler - Heard
42. 5 Black-headed Bulbul
43. 2 Yellow-vented Bulbul
44. 1 Olive-winged Bulbul
45. 2 Red-eyed Bulbul
46. 1 Hairy-backed Bulbul
47. 1 Yellow-bellied Bulbul
48. 1 Buff-vented Bulbul
49. 1 Streaked Bulbul
50. 2 Dark-necked Tailorbird
51. 1 Yellow-bellied Prinia
52. 2 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
53. 1 Chestnut-rumped Babbler - Heard
54. 1 Gray-headed Babbler
55. 1 Moustached Babbler
56. 1 Sooty-capped Babbler - Heard
57. 1 Black-capped Babbler - Heard
58. 1 Horsfield's Babbler - Heard
59. 1 Asian Fairy-bluebird - Male
60. 2 Oriental Magpie-Robin
61. 2 White-rumped Shama
62. 1 White-crowned Forktail
63. 1 Common Hill Myna - Heard
64. 2 Javan Myna
65. 1 Greater Green Leafbird - Female
66. 1 Lesser Green Leafbird - Male
67. 1 Blue-winged Leafbird - Female
68. 1 Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker
69. 3 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
70. 2 Little Spiderhunter
71. 1 Paddyfield Pipit

Republic Crescent 18-22Jun18

From KH

1. 1 Brahminy Kite - chased by parakeets
2. 2 Spotted Dove
3. 2 Zebra Dove
4. 2 Pink-necked Pigeon
5. 1 Asian Koel - Heard
6. 1 Little Bronze-Cuckoo - Heard
7. 10 dark swiftlet sp.
8. 2 White-throated Kingfisher
9. 2 Collared Kingfisher
10. 1 Sunda Woodpecker - Heard
11. 2 Common Flameback - Heard
12. 2 Rufous Woodpecker - Heard
13. 10 Long-tailed Parakeet
14. 2 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
15. 2 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
16. 2 Common Iora
17. 3 Long-tailed Shrike
18. 2 Black-naped Oriole
19. 1 House Crow
20. 3 Yellow-vented Bulbul
21. 3 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler - Heard
22. 2 Common Tailorbird
23. 2 Oriental White-eye
24. 10 Asian Glossy Starling
25. 2 Common Hill Myna - Heard
26. 2 Common Myna
27. 10 Javan Myna
28. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
29. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
30. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird

Punggol Waterway Park 16-17Jun18

From KH

Beware of dwarf honey bees!

The African Land Snails are up to something.

Weaver Ants tending to scale insects.

1. 2 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
2. 1 Spotted Dove
3. 1 Zebra Dove - Heard
4. 2 Asian Koel - Heard
5. 5 dark swiftlet sp.
6. 1 Collared Kingfisher
7. 1 Blue-throated Bee-eater
8. 1 Sunda Woodpecker
9. 2 Common Iora
10. 2 House Crow
11. 1 pacific Swallow
12. 2 Sooty-headed Bulbul
13. 2 Yellow-vented Bulbul
14. 1 Common Tailorbird - Heard
15. 1 Common Hill Myna
16. 2 Common Myna
17. 5 Javan Myna
18. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird
19. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker

Punggol, Serangoon Tidal Gates 15Jun18

From KH

Danny and I started the day's birding at Punggol End as Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoos were seen here recently. No luck.

1. 30 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
2. 2 Spotted Dove
3. 1 Plaintive Cuckoo
4. 4 dark swiftlet sp.
5. 1 Collared Kingfisher
6. 1 Blue-throated Bee-eater
7. 1 Coppersmith Barbet - Heard
8. 2 Common Iora
9. 1 Black-naped Oriole
10. 2 Malaysian Pied-Fantail
11. 2 House Crow
12. 4 Pacific Swallow
13. 2 Yellow-vented Bulbul
14. 1 Common Tailorbird
15. 2 Ashy Tailorbird
16. 20 Javan Myna
17. 1 Olive-backed Sunbird
18. 5 Eurasian Tree Sparrow

No luck at Serangoon Tidal Gates either. But a Scaly-breasted Munia was carrying nesting material to make its nest.

The Little Terns were still in breeding plumage.

Here's a confiding Long-tailed Shrike.

1. 1 Gray Heron
2. 1 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
3. 2 White-breasted Waterhen
4. 2 Little Tern
5. 10 Spotted Dove
6. 5 Zebra Dove
7. 1 Lesser Coucal - Heard
8. 1 Asian Koel
9. 1 Little Bronze-Cuckoo - Heard
10. 1 Banded Bay Cuckoo - Heard
11. 1 Brush Cuckoo - Heard
12. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
13. 2 White-throated Kingfisher
14. 2 Collared Kingfisher
15. 2 Blue-throated Bee-eater
16. 1 Coppersmith Barbet - Heard
17. 5 Red-breasted Parakeet
18. 2 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
19. 4 Common Iora
20. 1 Long-tailed Shrike
21. 1 Black-naped Oriole
22. 5 House Crow
23. 5 Pacific Swallow
24. 5 Yellow-vented Bulbul
25. 1 Common Tailorbird - Heard
26. 1 Ashy Tailorbird
27. 2 Yellow-bellied Prinia - Heard
28. 2 Common Myna
29. 20 Javan Myna
30. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
31. 20 Golden-backed Weaver
32. 10 Baya Weaver
33. 2 Scaly-breasted Munia

Crocker Range 13Jun18

From KH

After some overnight driving, we reached Crocker Range in time for the sunrise.

First stop was Rafflesia Information Centre. Guess what, it's closed again. The first bird that got us excited were the endemic Bornean Bulbuls.

The Ashy Bulbuls were also here.

So were Chestnut-crested Yuhinas and a Grey-throated Babbler.

Then, an endemic Mountain Barbet showed up, but it was high and backlit...

An endemic Bornean Barbet also came, suddenly, but it also went suddenly, so no photos...

Here's a pretty spider.

And a pair of Little Cuckoo-doves (male left, female right).

Then, there were some commotions - some Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrikes (left) were attacking a male Black-and-crimson Oriole.

Some other birds also came.

Maroon Woodpecker. Indigo Flycatcher

Male Bornean Leafbird

Moving on to Gunong Alab Resort, we had our mee soup ayam and photographed the nesting swiftlets. Depending who you talk to, these would be Plume-toed Swiftlets or the endemic Bornean Swiftlets.

After mee soup, we drove up the 2-km track to the power substation. There wasn't much going on, but we did get intel that Whitehead's Spiderhunters visit the trees at the substation when they flower. This marked the end of our Sabah adventure and it was time to head to KK Airport.

1. 1 Red-breasted Partridge - Heard
2. 4 Little Cuckoo-Dove
3. 10 white-bellied swiftlet sp.
4. 1 Brown Barbet
5. 1 Bornean Barbet
6. 2 Mountain Barbet
7. 3 Maroon Woodpecker
8. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
9. 1 Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
10. 2 Bornean Whistler
11. 1 Blyth's Shrike-Babbler - Male
12. 1 Black-and-crimson Oriole
13. 2 Ashy Drongo
14. 5 Pacific Swallow
15. 2 Bornean Bulbul
16. 3 Ochraceous Bulbul
17. 2 Ashy Bulbul
18. 1 Mountain Tailorbird - Heard
19. 1 Sunda Bush Warbler
20. 1 Yellow-breasted Warbler - Heard
21. 20 Chestnut-crested Yuhina
22. 4 Black-capped White-eye
23. 1 Gray-throated Babbler
24. 5 Sunda Laughingthrush
25. 2 Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush - Heard
26. 3 Indigo Flycatcher
27. 3 Bornean Leafbird
28. 2 Black-sided Flowerpecker - Heard
29. 1 Olive-backed Sunbird - Male
30. 1 Temminck's Sunbird