Friday, November 30, 2018

Punggol Waterway Park Nov18

From KH


Chinese Sparrowhawk migrating.


Juvenile pale Changeable Hawk-eagle. Immature White-bellied Sea-eagle.


Collared Kingfisher looking at me.


White-breasted Waterhen adult with juvenile.


Long-tailed Shrike looking for food.


Migrant Asian Brown Flycatcher and introduced resident Sooty-headed Bulbul.


Male Olive-backed Sunbird displaying.


Male Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker in brilliant colours.


Smooth Otter swimming.


Butterfly Peacock Bass with fries.

  1. 3 Red Junglefowl (Domestic type)
  2. 20 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
  3. 6 Spotted Dove
  4. 2 Zebra Dove
  5. 4 Pink-necked Pigeon
  6. 2 Asian Koel - Heard
  7. 1 Little Bronze-Cuckoo - Heard
  8. 30 dark swiftlet sp.
  9. 3 Large-tailed Nightjar
  10. 4 White-breasted Waterhen
  11. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Pale
  12. 1 Brahminy Kite
  13. 1 Chinese Sparrowhawk
  14. 3 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
  15. 2 White-throated Kingfisher
  16. 1 Collared Kingfisher
  17. 5 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
  18. 4 Coppersmith Barbet
  19. 1 Lineated Barbet - Heard
  20. 1 Sunda Woodpecker - Heard
  21. 1 Rufous Woodpecker - Heard
  22. 1 Commoon Flameback - Heard
  23. 1 Laced Woodpecker - Heard
  24. 2 Rose-ringed Parakeet
  25. 6 Red-breasted Parakeet
  26. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
  27. 2 Common Iora
  28. 5 Ashy Minivet
  29. 1 Brown Shrike
  30. 2 Long-tailed Shrike
  31. 2 Black-naped Oriole
  32. 20 House Crow
  33. 2 Barn Swallow
  34. 2 Pacific Swallow
  35. 5 Sooty-headed Bulbul
  36. 4 Yellow-vented Bulbul
  37. 1 Common Tailorbird - Heard
  38. 5 Oriental White-eye
  39. 4 Asian Brown Flycatcher
  40. 10 Asian Glossy Starling
  41. 4 Daurian Starling
  42. 1 Common Hill Myna - Heard
  43. 15 Common Myna
  44. 30 Javan Myna
  45. 3 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
  46. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
  47. 6 Olive-backed Sunbird
  48. 1 Paddyfield Pipit
  49. 2 Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Republic Crescent Nov18

From KH

Male Olive-backed Sunbird feeding.



Insects


Rhino beetle


Green midge


Wandering Glider

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

Sunday, November 25, 2018

Sengkang Riverside Park 25Nov18

From KH

A couple of brown jobs: Oriental Reed Warbler and Brown Shrike.


A "high-flyer": Oriental Honey-buzzard.


A female Pink-necked Green-pigeon feeding.


And then there are the insects and flowers.


Common Leopard


Asian Honey Bee. Canna Lily.

  1. 5 Spotted Dove
  2. 2 Zebra Dove
  3. 2 Pink-necked Pigeon
  4. 10 dark swiftlet sp.
  5. 2 White-breasted Waterhen
  6. 2 Yellow Bittern
  7. 1 Striated Heron
  8. 1 Oriental Honey-buzzard
  9. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
  10. 2 Collared Kingfisher
  11. 2 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
  12. 2 Sunda Woodpecker
  13. 1 Common Flameback
  14. 2 Red-breasted Parakeet
  15. 1 Brown Shrike
  16. 3 Black-naped Oriole
  17. 4 Pacific Swallow
  18. 3 Yellow-vented Bulbul
  19. 3 Black-browed Reed Warbler
  20. 2 Oriental Reed Warbler
  21. 1 Ashy Tailorbird
  22. 1 Asian Brown Flycatcher
  23. 2 Asian Glossy Starling
  24. 6 Common Myna
  25. 2 Javan Myna
  26. 1 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
  27. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
  28. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird

Telok Blangah Hill 25Nov18

From Danny

Japanese Paradise-flycatcher and Mugimaki Flycatcher on fig tree outside Alkaff Mansion, TBH. The fruiting fig tree is just opp the car park.

Saturday, November 24, 2018

Henderson Waves 24Nov18

From KH

  1. 3 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
  2. 5 Pink-necked Pigeon
  3. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
  4. 4 House Swift
  5. 60 Oriental Honey-buzzard
  6. 2 Black Baza
  7. 2 Changeable Hawk-Eagle
  8. 1 Crested Goshawk
  9. 1 Japanese Sparrowhawk
  10. 2 Accipiter sp.
  11. 1 Brahminy Kite
  12. 1 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
  13. 4 Blue-throated Bee-eater
  14. 3 Dollarbird
  15. 4 Tanimbar Corella
  16. 3 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
  17. 7 Ashy Minivet
  18. 2 Black-naped Oriole
  19. 2 Barn Swallow
  20. 2 Yellow-vented Bulbul
  21. 1 Common Tailorbird
  22. 2 Oriental White-eye
  23. 2 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
  24. 10 Asian Glossy Starling
  25. 1 Common Hill Myna - Heard
  26. 3 Javan Myna
  27. 1 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
  28. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker - Heard

Sunday, November 18, 2018

Neo Tiew Harvest Lane 18Nov18

From KH

Martin reported a Black-headed Bunting in Neptunia plena here. The primaries and tail are in really bad shape.


There were lots of egrets in the grass field.


Cattle Egrets


Intermediate (left) and Little Egrets

A few Oriental Honey-buzzards flew overhead.


So did a few Red-breasted Parakeets.


  1. 2 Spotted Dove
  2. 1 Zebra Dove - Heard
  3. 30 Pink-necked Pigeon
  4. 1 Lesser Coucal - Heard
  5. 1 Asian Koel - Heard
  6. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
  7. 1 White-breasted Waterhen - Heard
  8. 8 Red-wattled Lapwing - Heard
  9. 3 snipe sp.
  10. 2 Common Sandpiper
  11. 1 Yellow Bittern
  12. 15 Intermediate Egret
  13. 1 Little Egret
  14. 5 Cattle Egret
  15. 1 Black-winged Kite
  16. 6 Oriental Honey-buzzard
  17. 3 Black Baza
  18. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Heard
  19. 1 Accipiter sp.
  20. 1 Brahminy Kite - Heard
  21. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
  22. 1 Collared Kingfisher
  23. 10 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
  24. 1 Dollarbird
  25. 1 Lineated Barbet - Heard
  26. 2 Common Flameback
  27. 1 Laced Woodpecker - Heard
  28. 2 Rose-ringed Parakeet
  29. 10 Red-breasted Parakeet
  30. 10 Long-tailed Parakeet
  31. 1 Common Iora
  32. 1 Pied Triller - Male
  33. 1 Brown Shrike
  34. 2 Long-tailed Shrike
  35. 3 Black-naped Oriole
  36. 1 Black Drongo
  37. 1 Large-billed Crow
  38. 20 Barn Swallow
  39. 3 Yellow-vented Bulbul
  40. 2 Black-browed Reed Warbler - Heard
  41. 2 Oriental Reed Warbler - Heard
  42. 1 Ashy Tailorbird - Heard
  43. 1 Yellow-bellied Prinia - Heard
  44. 1 Zitting Cisticola
  45. 2 Asian Brown Flycatcher - Heard
  46. 1 Siberian Stonechat (Stejneger's)
  47. 20 Asian Glossy Starling
  48. 20 Javan Myna
  49. 2 Paddyfield Pipit
  50. 1 Black-headed Bunting - Primaries and tail in bad shape
  51. 3 Golden-backed Weaver

Saturday, November 17, 2018

Punggol Grassland 17Nov18

From KH

Surprised to see Grey-headed Fish-eagle nesting here.


While a pale adult Changeable Hawk-eagle perched nearby.


There are a few Oriental Reed Warblers chatting in the grassland. This one came out to look-see.


  1. 5 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
  2. 10 Spotted Dove
  3. 2 Zebra Dove
  4. 2 Asian Koel - Heard
  5. 30 dark swiftlet sp.
  6. 1 White-breasted Waterhen - Heard
  7. 1 Common Sandpiper
  8. 1 Gray Heron
  9. 5 Intermediate Egret
  10. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle
  11. 1 Brahminy Kite
  12. 2 White-bellied Sea-Eagle - Heard
  13. 1 Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
  14. 2 White-throated Kingfisher
  15. 5 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
  16. 2 Dollarbird
  17. 1 Common Flameback - Heard
  18. 4 Red-breasted Parakeet
  19. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
  20. 1 Common Iora
  21. 3 Ashy Minivet
  22. 1 Brown Shrike
  23. 3 Long-tailed Shrike
  24. 2 Black-naped Oriole
  25. 1 Malaysian Pied-Fantail - Heard
  26. 8 House Crow
  27. 3 Barn Swallow
  28. 2 Yellow-vented Bulbul
  29. 1 Oriental Reed Warbler
  30. 1 Common Tailorbird - Heard
  31. 1 Ashy Tailorbird - Heard
  32. 1 Yellow-bellied Prinia - Heard
  33. 1 Zitting Cisticola
  34. 2 Asian Brown Flycatcher
  35. 1 Oriental Magpie-Robin - Heard
  36. 10 Javan Myna
  37. 3 Paddyfield Pipit
  38. 15 Scaly-breasted Munia

Sunday, November 11, 2018

Singapore Bird Race 11Nov18

From JS

LKK, Alfred and Ju Lin got the most birds - 78 species.

We (Danny, JS and BJ) had 77 species.

Saturday, November 10, 2018

Henderson Waves 10Nov18

From KH

By the time I reached the bridge it was about 9:45am. Con also just reached. Seetoh, Adrian, Jerold, Zacc and others were already there.

By 2pm others have all left; I was the last man standing. From 2-3pm, more raptors came.

Oriental Honey-buzzards


Black Bazas


Japanese Sparrowhawks


But the biggest surprise was a single Greater Spotted-eagle.


Near the toilet, a flock of White-crested Laughingthrushes was foraging with a pair of Greater Racket-tailed Drongos looking on.


  1. 1 Red Junglefowl (Domestic type) - Heard
  2. 1 Spotted Dove
  3. 2 Pink-necked Pigeon
  4. 1 Asian Koel - Heard
  5. 1 Indian Cuckoo
  6. 10 dark swiftlet sp.
  7. 2 House Swift
  8. 1 Osprey
  9. 121 Oriental Honey-buzzard
  10. 134 Black Baza
  11. 2 Changeable Hawk-Eagle
  12. 1 Greater Spotted Eagle
  13. 3 Chinese Sparrowhawk
  14. 16 Japanese Sparrowhawk
  15. 12 Accipiter sp.
  16. 2 Brahminy Kite
  17. 1 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
  18. 1 Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
  19. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
  20. 1 Collared Kingfisher - Heard
  21. 4 Blue-throated Bee-eater
  22. 1 Dollarbird
  23. 1 Lineated Barbet - Heard
  24. 1 Tanimbar Corella
  25. 2 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
  26. 56 Ashy Minivet
  27. 2 Black-naped Oriole
  28. 2 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
  29. 30 Barn Swallow
  30. 3 Red-rumped Swallow
  31. 2 Yellow-vented Bulbul
  32. 1 Dark-necked Tailorbird - Heard
  33. 4 Oriental White-eye
  34. 2 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
  35. 6 White-crested Laughingthrush
  36. 1 Asian Brown Flycatcher - Heard
  37. 2 Asian Glossy Starling
  38. 2 Common Hill Myna
  39. 4 Javan Myna
  40. 1 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker - Juvenile
  41. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker - Heard
  42. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird
  43. 1 Crimson Sunbird

Tuas 10Nov18

From JS

Black-backed Kingfisher at Tuas.

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Henderson Waves 06Nov18

From KH

After Sungei Pandan, I went to Henderson Waves, where Con has been staking out.


Dark morph Changeable Hawk-eagle


Chinese Sparrowhawk


Japanese Sparrowhawk

  1. 1 Asian Koel - Heard
  2. 50 dark swiftlet sp.
  3. 2 House Swift
  4. 1 Black-winged Kite
  5. 13 Oriental Honey-buzzard
  6. 10 Black Baza
  7. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle
  8. 1 Gray-faced Buzzard
  9. 4 Chinese Sparrowhawk
  10. 7 Japanese Sparrowhawk
  11. 3 Accipiter sp.
  12. 2 Brahminy Kite
  13. 2 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
  14. 1 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
  15. 1 Dollarbird
  16. 2 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot - Heard
  17. 5 Barn Swallow
  18. 5 Pacific Swallow
  19. 1 Yellow-vented Bulbul
  20. 1 Common Tailorbird - Heard
  21. 2 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler - Heard
  22. 6 Asian Glossy Starling
  23. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
  24. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird