Yishun Neighbourhood Park 31Oct18

From KH

1. 1 Pink-necked Pigeon
2. 1 Asian Koel - Heard
3. 5 dark swiftlet sp.
4. 8 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
5. 1 diurnal raptor sp.
6. 2 Rose-ringed Parakeet
7. 1 Brown Shrike
8. 1 Black-naped Oriole - Heard
9. 8 House Crow
10. 1 Yellow-vented Bulbul - Heard
11. 1 Asian Brown Flycatcher - Heard
12. 8 Asian Glossy Starling
13. 4 Javan Myna
14. 1 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker - Heard

Republic Crescent Oct18

From KH

Long-tailed Macaque

Silverfish eggs and spider being neighbourly.

1. 1 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
2. 10 Spotted Dove
3. 5 Zebra Dove
4. 2 Pink-necked Pigeon
5. 1 Asian Koel
6. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
7. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle
8. 1 Brahminy Kite
9. 1 White-bellied Sea-Eagle - Heard
10. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
11. 2 Collared Kingfisher
12. 2 Blue-throated Bee-eater
13. 5 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
14. 3 Dollarbird
15. 2 Sunda Woodpecker
16. 2 Commoon Flameback
17. 1 Banded Woodpecker - Heard
18. 1 Laced Woodpecker
19. 5 Red-breasted Parakeet
20. 5 Long-tailed Parakeet
21. 1 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot - Heard
22. 2 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
23. 2 Common Iora
24. 2 Pied Triller
25. 1 Tiger Shrike
26. 1 Brown Shrike
27. 2 Long-tailed Shrike
28. 3 Black-naped Oriole
29. 1 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo - Heard
30. 10 House Crow
31. 3 Barn Swallow
32. 3 Pacific Swallow
33. 4 Yellow-vented Bulbul
34. 1 Arctic Warbler - Heard
35. 2 Common Tailorbird
36. 1 Dark-necked Tailorbird - Heard
37. 5 Oriental White-eye
38. 2 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler - Heard
39. 5 Asian Brown Flycatcher
40. 1 Oriental Magpie-Robin - Heard
41. 10 Asian Glossy Starling
42. 10 Daurian Starling
43. 1 Common Hill Myna
44. 4 Common Myna
45. 20 Javan Myna
46. 3 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
47. 1 Plain-throated Sunbird
48. 4 Olive-backed Sunbird
49. 1 Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Serangoon Reservoir 28Oct18

From KH

The highlight for today's Fall-Migration Bird Census at Serangoon Reservoir (Hougang to Sengkang) is a Blue-winged Pitta at Punggol Park (handphone shot).

1. 2 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
2. 4 Spotted Dove
3. 7 Zebra Dove
4. 2 Asian Koel - Heard
5. 1 Little Bronze-Cuckoo - Heard
6. 5 dark swiftlet sp.
7. 6 White-breasted Waterhen
8. 7 Common Sandpiper
9. 2 Little Egret
10. 5 Striated Heron
11. 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron - Adult
12. 2 White-throated Kingfisher
13. 3 Collared Kingfisher
14. 5 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
15. 3 Dollarbird
16. 4 Sunda Woodpecker
17. 2 Rose-ringed Parakeet
18. 1 Blue-winged Pitta
19. 1 Brown Shrike
20. 5 Black-naped Oriole
21. 4 Malaysian Pied-Fantail
22. 1 House Crow
23. 3 Barn Swallow
24. 2 Pacific Swallow
25. 1 Red-rumped Swallow
26. 4 Sooty-headed Bulbul
27. 4 Yellow-vented Bulbul
28. 3 Arctic Warbler - Heard
29. 3 Common Tailorbird - Heard
30. 5 Ashy Tailorbird
31. 2 Yellow-bellied Prinia - Heard
32. 2 Oriental White-eye - Heard
33. 4 Asian Brown Flycatcher - Heard
34. 12 Asian Glossy Starling
35. 15 Javan Myna
36. 6 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
37. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
38. 6 Olive-backed Sunbird
39. 1 Eurasian Tree Sparrow
40. 1 Javan Munia
41. 10 Scaly-breasted Munia

Poyan 28Oct18

From Danny

1	Red Junglefowl	2
2	Crested Honey Buzzard	3
3	Changeable Hawk-Eagle	2
4	Chinese Sparrowhawk	1
5	White-bellied Sea Eagle	2
6	White-breasted Waterhen	1
7	Red-wattled Lapwing	2
8	Spotted Dove	25
9	Zebra Dove	15
10	Pink-necked Green Pigeon	30
11	Chestnut-bellied Malkoha	3
12	Banded Bay Cuckoo	1
13	Swiftlet ssp.	42
14	Oriental Dollarbird	1
15	White-throated Kingfisher	2
16	Collared Kingfisher	2
17	Blue-tailed Bee-eater	7
18	Lineated Barbet	3
19	Coppersmith Barbet	1
20	Banded Woodpecker	1
21	Common Flameback	3
22	Red-breasted Parakeet	33
23	Long-tailed Parakeet	10
24	Blue-winged Pitta	1
25	Golden-bellied Gerygone	3
26	Common Iora	8
27	Pied Triller	1
28	Brown Shrike	1
29	Black-naped Oriole	12
30	Greater Racket-tailed Drongo	2
31	Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher	1
32	Large-billed Crow	1
33	Straw-headed Bulbul	4
34	Yellow-vented Bulbul	14
35	Olive-winged Bulbul	2
36	Barn Swallow	2
37	Pacific Swallow	2
38	Common Tailorbird	2
39	Dark-necked Tailorbird	2
40	Pin-striped Tit-Babbler	6
41	White-crested Laughingthrush	7
42	Oriental White-eye	16
43	Asian Glossy Starling	53
44	Common Hill Myna	1
45	Javan Myna	6
46	Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker	2
47	Brown-throated Sunbird	1
48	Van Hasselt's Sunbird	1
49	Olive-backed Sunbird	7
50	Crimson Sunbird	1
51	Paddyfield Pipit	1
		352

Kranji Marshes 28Oct18

From Con

1	Eastern Cattle Egret	15
2	Intermediate Egret	25
3	Black-winged Kite	1
4	Changeable Hawk-Eagle	1
5	White-bellied Sea Eagle	2
6	Grey-headed Fish Eagle	1
7	Slaty-breasted Rail	1
8	White-breasted Waterhen	8
9	Red-wattled Lapwing	6
10	Common Sandpiper	1
11	Oriental Pratincole	1
12	Spotted Dove	15
13	Zebra Dove	10
14	Pink-necked Green Pigeon	4
15	Asian Koel	1
16	Swiftlet spp.	50
17	Oriental Dollarbird	6
18	White-throated Kingfisher	4
19	Common Kingfisher	1
20	Blue-throated Bee-eater	25
21	Laced Woodpecker	2
22	Common Flameback	2
23	Red-breasted Parakeet	12
24	Long-tailed Parakeet	2
25	Common Iora	4
26	Brown Shrike	4
27	Black-naped Oriole	10
28	Greater Racket-tailed Drongo	2
29	Malaysian Pied Fantail	6
30	House Crow	4
31	Straw-headed Bulbul	3
32	Yellow-vented Bulbul	20
33	Barn Swallow	12
34	Oriental Reed Warbler	1
35	Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler	4
36	Common Tailorbird	2
37	Dark-necked Tailorbird	1
38	Ashy Tailorbird	1
39	White-crested Laughingthrush	4
40	Asian Glossy Starling	40
41	Javan Myna	30
42	Olive-backed Sunbird	3
43	Javan Munia	1
	Number of birds	348

Rifle Range, Henderson Waves 27Oct18

From KH

Danny, JS and I started the day's birding at Jelutong Tower. The highlight was a vocal Malaysian Hawk-cuckoo on the way out.

1. 5 Pink-necked Pigeon
2. 1 Chestnut-bellied Malkoha
3. 1 Asian Koel - Heard
4. 1 Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo
5. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
6. 2 Gray-rumped Treeswift
7. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Dark
8. 2 Chinese Sparrowhawk - Juvenile
9. 2 Brahminy Kite
10. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
11. 1 Blue-throated Bee-eater
12. 4 Dollarbird
13. 1 Common Flameback
14. 1 Banded Woodpecker
15. 8 Long-tailed Parakeet
16. 1 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
17. 5 Ashy Minivet - A flock
18. 1 Black-naped Oriole
19. 2 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
20. 5 Barn Swallow
21. 2 Yellow-vented Bulbul
22. 4 Olive-winged Bulbul
23. 2 Red-eyed Bulbul
24. 1 Eastern Crowned Warbler
25. 1 Arctic Warbler - Heard
26. 4 Dark-necked Tailorbird
27. 1 Rufous-tailed Tailorbird - Heard
28. 4 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
29. 1 Abbott's Babbler - Heard
30. 1 Asian Fairy-bluebird
31. 1 Asian Brown Flycatcher
32. 5 Asian Glossy Starling
33. 11 Common Hill Myna
34. 1 Greater Green Leafbird - Heard
35. 1 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
36. 1 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
37. 1 Crimson Sunbird
38. 1 Lonchura sp.

After Jelutong Tower, we met up with Con at Henderson Waves for the raptors and needletails.

1. 1 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
2. 1 Asian Koel - Heard
3. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
4. 3 Oriental Honey-buzzard
5. 1 Black Baza
6. 2 Changeable Hawk-Eagle
7. 2 Gray-faced Buzzard
8. 10 Japanese Sparrowhawk
9. 5 Accipiter sp.
10. 2 Brahminy Kite
11. 1 Common Buzzard
12. 5 Blue-throated Bee-eater
13. 5 Barn Swallow
14. 1 Yellow-vented Bulbul
15. 1 Olive-winged Bulbul - Heard
16. 1 Dark-necked Tailorbird - Heard
17. 1 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler - Heard
18. 1 Asian Brown Flycatcher - Heard
19. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
20. 1 Plain-throated Sunbird

Punggol Park 25Oct18

From KH

I took a short walk around Punggol Park late afternoon. Glad to see the Yellow Bitterns back here.

1. 2 Asian Koel - Heard
2. 2 Yellow Bittern
3. 1 Striated Heron
4. 1 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
5. 1 Black-naped Oriole
6. 1 Yellow-vented Bulbul
7. 3 Asian Glossy Starling
8. 5 Javan Myna
9. 1 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker

Punggol Waterway Park Oct18

From KH

Some wild birds here.

Japanese Sparrowhawk

White-bellied Sea-eagles (immature left, adult right)

White-breasted waterhens (chick left, adult right)

Bumped into a group of "parrot-flyers". They brought their macaws, grey parrots and sun conures out for "flight drills". Amazingly, these birds (or most of them) will fly back to the owners after their drills! I was told some enjoy their freedom so much that they refused to return, but the owners just have to try the next day to get it back, usually with success. So if you happened to see huge parrots flying around in Singapore, this is the reason.

"Parrot-flyers"

African Grey Parrot

Blue-and-gold Macaw. Red-and-green Macaw

Sun Conure

Scarlet and Blue-and-gold free flying

Sun Conure dwarfed by Scarlet Macaw (front) and Red-and-green Macaw

A couple of duckies thrown in for good measure.

1. 1 Red Junglefowl (Domestic type) - Male
2. 10 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
3. 8 Spotted Dove
4. 3 Zebra Dove
5. 1 Pink-necked Pigeon
6. 2 Asian Koel
7. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
8. 4 White-breasted Waterhen - Pair with chicks
9. 1 Schrenck's Bittern - Female/juvenile
10. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Pale
11. 1 Japanese Sparrowhawk
12. 2 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
13. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
14. 1 Collared Kingfisher
15. 5 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
16. 1 Dollarbird
17. 1 Lineated Barbet - Heard
18. 1 Sunda Woodpecker - Heard
19. 1 Commoon Flameback
20. 2 Rose-ringed Parakeet
21. 10 Red-breasted Parakeet
22. 2 Long-tailed Parakeet
23. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
24. 1 Common Iora
25. 2 Long-tailed Shrike
26. 3 Black-naped Oriole
27. 1 House Crow
28. 5 Barn Swallow
29. 2 Pacific Swallow
30. 2 Sooty-headed Bulbul
31. 5 Yellow-vented Bulbul
32. 1 Common Tailorbird - Heard
33. 3 Oriental White-eye
34. 3 Asian Brown Flycatcher
35. 1 Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
36. 1 Oriental Magpie-Robin - Female
37. 3 Asian Glossy Starling
38. 1 Common Hill Myna - Heard
39. 10 Common Myna
40. 15 Javan Myna
41. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
42. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
43. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird
44. 3 Paddyfield Pipit
45. 1 Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Henderson Waves 20Oct18

From KH

Con, Danny and I went to Henderson Waves. Here's the whole crew of raptor watchers. ©Con Foley

The highlights were a couple of Asian House Martins, spotted by none other than Martin himself! ©Con Foley

This adult pale Changeable Hawk-eagle came close. ©Tan KH

But this dark Changeable Hawk-eagle was far far away. ©Tan KH

This male Oriental Honey-buzzard of the orientalis subspecies wasn't close, but enough to see the prominent tail bands. ©Tan KH

This Japanese Sparrowhawk was close enough to shown its 5 fingers with long outer P5. ©Tan KH

An Aberrant Oakblue (Arhopala abseus abseus) thrown in for good measure.

Martin was the main counter here today. The list below is from him.

1. 1 Red Junglefowl
2. 12 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
3. 20 Pink-necked Pigeon
4. 1 Asian Koel
5. 80 dark swiftlet sp.
6. 8 Pacific Swift
7. 4 House Swift
8. 1 Gray-rumped Treeswift
9. 2 Purple Heron
10. 11 Oriental Honey-buzzard
11. 4 Changeable Hawk-Eagle
12. 2 Crested Goshawk
13. 2 Chinese Sparrowhawk
14. 7 Japanese Sparrowhawk
15. 4 Brahminy Kite
16. 3 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
17. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
18. 9 Blue-throated Bee-eater
19. 15 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
20. 1 Dollarbird
21. 1 Lineated Barbet
22. 2 Tanimbar Corella
23. 2 Rose-ringed Parakeet
24. 3 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
25. 4 Black-naped Oriole
26. 40 Barn Swallow
27. 12 Pacific Swallow
28. 12 Red-rumped Swallow
29. 2 Asian House-Martin
30. 2 Yellow-vented Bulbul
31. 2 Common Tailorbird
32. 1 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
33. 1 Asian Brown Flycatcher
34. 40 Asian Glossy Starling
35. 12 Daurian Starling
36. 6 Javan Myna
37. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
38. 6 Olive-backed Sunbird
39. 2 Eastern Yellow Wagtail
40. 1 Paddyfield Pipit

Kranji Nature Trail 20Oct18

From JS

Did my nparks census today. Nothing much. Just the usual migrants. Arctic and eastern crowned warblers. Asian brown and yellow-rumped flycatchers.

We did see an immature Chinese sparrowhawk.

Singapore Strait 13Oct18

From KH

Danny, JS and I joined this pelagic trip organised by Martin. The tern numbers were still good, but the storm-petrel numbers have dropped significantly.

We counted 24 Aleutian Terns! Here are some of them:

Bridled Tern swallowing fish while in flight.

The one and only Common Tern on this trip - of the longipennis subspecies.

Yellow for Great Crested Tern and orange for Lesser Crested Tern.

Swinhoe's Storm-petrel resting on the sea.

1. 24 dark swiftlet sp.
2. 116 Bridled Tern
3. 24 Aleutian Tern
4. 1 Little Tern
5. 1 Common Tern
6. 54 Great Crested Tern
7. 20 Lesser Crested Tern
8. 16 Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel
9. 1 Little Egret
10. 15 white egret sp.
11. 1 Gray Heron
12. 2 Brahminy Kite
13. 2 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
14. 13 Barn Swallow

Sungei Buloh 06Oct18

From KH

After lunch, I went to old Sungei Buloh.

The Marsh Sandpipers were around.

So were Common Greenshanks.

And Common Redshanks.

These Whimbrels were mindful of the Water Monitor.

Little Egrets were flying away.

And then standing out the rain with a Great Egret.

A Grey Heron.

And some free-ranging Milky Storks (left) and Painted Storks (right).

This male Banded Skimmer (Pseudothemis jorina) is a very distinctive dragonfly.

1. 26 Pink-necked Pigeon
2. 1 dark swiftlet sp.
3. 1 White-breasted Waterhen
4. 20 Pacific Golden-Plover
5. 55 Whimbrel
6. 1 Common Sandpiper
7. 5 Common Greenshank
8. 5 Marsh Sandpiper
9. 45 Common Redshank
10. 10 Milky Stork
11. 10 Painted Stork
12. 5 Milky x Painted Stork (hybrid)
13. 4 Gray Heron
14. 2 Great Egret
15. 20 Little Egret
16. 1 Collared Kingfisher
17. 1 Common Iora
18. 2 Black-naped Oriole
19. 20 House Crow
20. 1 Yellow-vented Bulbul
21. 7 Asian Glossy Starling

Kranji Marsh 06Oct18

From KH

Danny, JS and wife, and I were at Kranji Marsh in the morning, and we bumped into Martin there.

The highlight today was a single Lesser Adjutant flying southwest as we were heading out, and so JS finally got his SG tick.

A female Yellow-rumped Flycatcher was showing us why it is so called.

Then a struggling Mayfly caught our attention.

This dead Red-tailed Pipe Snake was pointed out to us by Martin.

1. 5 Spotted Dove
2. 1 Asian Emerald Dove
3. 2 Zebra Dove
4. 3 Pink-necked Pigeon
5. 2 Lesser Coucal
6. 2 Asian Koel
7. 1 Little Bronze-Cuckoo - Heard
8. 50 dark swiftlet sp.
9. 1 Slaty-breasted Rail - Heard
10. 2 White-breasted Waterhen
11. 40 Pacific Golden-Plover
12. 31 Red-wattled Lapwing
13. 4 White-winged Tern
14. 3 Whiskered Tern
15. 1 Lesser Adjutant - flying SW
16. 1 Purple Heron
17. 1 Intermediate Egret
18. 5 Cattle Egret
19. 1 Osprey
20. 1 Black-winged Kite
21. 4 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - 3 pale, 1 dark
22. 2 Brahminy Kite
23. 3 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
24. 1 Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
25. 1 Common Kingfisher
26. 2 Stork-billed Kingfisher
27. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
28. 1 Collared Kingfisher - Heard
29. 4 Blue-throated Bee-eater
30. 5 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
31. 2 Dollarbird
32. 1 Lineated Barbet
33. 2 Sunda Woodpecker
34. 1 Rufous Woodpecker
35. 1 Common Flameback - Heard
36. 1 Laced Woodpecker - Heard
37. 5 Red-breasted Parakeet
38. 2 Long-tailed Parakeet
39. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone
40. 5 Common Iora
41. 5 Pied Triller
42. 6 Brown Shrike
43. 1 Long-tailed Shrike
44. 4 Black-naped Oriole
45. 1 Malaysian Pied-Fantail
46. 1 Amur Paradise-Flycatcher
47. 3 House Crow
48. 2 Large-billed Crow
49. 2 Barn Swallow
50. 2 Pacific Swallow
51. 1 Red-rumped Swallow
52. 1 Straw-headed Bulbul - Heard
53. 2 Red-whiskered Bulbul
54. 6 Yellow-vented Bulbul
55. 1 Black-browed Reed Warbler - Heard
56. 1 Common Tailorbird
57. 3 Ashy Tailorbird
58. 1 Yellow-bellied Prinia - Heard
59. 1 Zitting Cisticola
60. 2 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
61. 2 White-crested Laughingthrush - Heard
62. 2 Asian Brown Flycatcher
63. 4 Oriental Magpie-Robin
64. 1 Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
65. 20 Asian Glossy Starling
66. 15 Daurian Starling
67. 20 Javan Myna
68. 3 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
69. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
70. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird
71. 1 Crimson Sunbird
72. 1 Eastern Yellow Wagtail
73. 1 Paddyfield Pipit
74. 1 Golden-backed Weaver
75. 1 Common Waxbill
76. 10 Scaly-breasted Munia
77. 2 Chestnut Munia