Republic Crescent Feb19

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Javan Myna egg shell

Flattened juvenile Javan Myna near its nest at another location.

Oriental Mud-dauber Wasp (Chalybion bengalense). Javanese Grasshopper (Valanga nigricornis) nymph. Flatid planthopper

Lower Seletar 20Feb19

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After the poo comes the sniff...

Kranji Marsh, SBWR 16Feb19

From KH

Danny, JS and I started the day's birding at Kranji Marsh.

Common Kingfisher

It was snail/slug galore.

Tropical Leatherleaf. Unknown snail

Unknown snail

Kranji Marsh

1. Spotted Dove 2
2. Zebra Dove 2
3. Pink-necked Pigeon 5
4. Lesser Coucal 1 - heard
5. Asian Koel 2 - heard
6. Banded Bay Cuckoo 1 - heard
7. Plaintive Cuckoo 1 - heard
8. dark swiftlet sp. 20
9. Watercock 1
10. White-breasted Waterhen 2
11. Red-wattled Lapwing 1
12. snipe sp. 1
13. Common Sandpiper 2
14. Wood Sandpiper 1
15. Purple Heron 1
16. Intermediate Egret 1
17. Cattle Egret 3
18. Osprey 1
19. Black-winged Kite 1
20. Black Baza 1
21. Changeable Hawk-Eagle 1 - on nest and calling
22. Japanese Sparrowhawk 1 - male
23. Brahminy Kite 5
24. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 2
25. Common Kingfisher 1
26. White-throated Kingfisher 2
27. Blue-throated Bee-eater 3
28. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 1
29. Dollarbird 2
30. Lineated Barbet 1 - heard
31. Sunda Woodpecker 1
32. Rufous Woodpecker 1
33. Peregrine Falcon 1
34. Rose-ringed Parakeet 1
35. Red-breasted Parakeet 4
36. Long-tailed Parakeet 3
37. Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot 1
38. Golden-bellied Gerygone 1 - heard
39. Common Iora 5
40. Ashy Minivet 2
41. Pied Triller 4
42. Brown Shrike 2
43. Black-naped Oriole 1
44. Malaysian Pied-Fantail 2
45. House Crow 10
46. Large-billed Crow 2
47. Barn Swallow 1
48. Pacific Swallow 2
49. Straw-headed Bulbul 3
50. Sooty-headed Bulbul 3
51. Yellow-vented Bulbul 8
52. Oriental Reed Warbler 1
53. Pallas's Grasshopper-Warbler 1 - seen singing away
54. Common Tailorbird 1
55. Ashy Tailorbird 0 - heard
56. Yellow-bellied Prinia 1
57. White-crested Laughingthrush 0 - heard
58. Asian Brown Flycatcher 2
59. Oriental Magpie-Robin 1 - female
60. Asian Glossy Starling 5
61. Javan Myna 10
62. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker 1
63. Plain-throated Sunbird 2
64. Olive-backed Sunbird 8
65. Common Waxbill 1

At Sungei Buloh, a male Oriental Pied-hornbill caught a katydid to feed its young.

Painted Stork high up.

Male Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker feasting.

SBWR

1. Spotted Dove 1 - heard
2. Pink-necked Pigeon 1
3. White-breasted Waterhen 2
4. Whimbrel 15
5. Common Sandpiper 1
6. Common Redshank 25
7. Gray Heron 10
8. Little Egret 20
9. Cattle Egret 1
10. Striated Heron 1
11. Oriental Pied-Hornbill 3 - Adult pair with juvenile. Male seen feeding juvenile
12. Stork-billed Kingfisher 1
13. Collared Kingfisher 2 - heard
14. Coppersmith Barbet 1 - heard
15. Tiger Shrike 1
16. Ashy Tailorbird 2
17. Asian Brown Flycatcher 1
18. Asian Glossy Starling 2
19. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 1 - male feeding
20. Plain-throated Sunbird 2
21. Olive-backed Sunbird 3

Admiralty Park 08Feb19

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I went to Admiralty Park to twitch for the Slaty-legged Crake that apparently was reported here since Dec 2018! Others present included Lim KK, Veronica, Keita & friend, Martin & friend.

At about 6:20pm, the bird appeared out of nowhere to take a bath at a little pond along the trail. After a few minutes, it was gone, apparently for good, as people who subsequently looked for it could not find it.

1. dark swiftlet sp. 20
2. White-breasted Waterhen 2
3. Slaty-legged Crake 1
4. Changeable Hawk-Eagle 1 - heard
5. Pin-striped Tit-Babbler 2
6. Olive-backed Sunbird 1