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