Sunday, April 28, 2019

Singapore Strait 28Apr19

From Con

A couple of Swinhoe's Storm-petrels, Short-tailed Shearwaters, Aleutian Terns, Bridled Terns and the usual terns. Numbers were rather low.

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Yishun Neighbourhood Park 25Apr19

From KH

Termite spawn.


Javan Myna enjoying the feast!

Saturday, April 20, 2019

Pulau Ubin 20Apr19

From KH

Con, Danny, JS, BJ and I went Pulau Ubin today. It was nice to see a couple of very vocal Mangrove Pittas.

Here's a Clouded Monitor up on a tree trunk.


And here's a hawkmoth caterpillar.


  1. Red Junglefowl 5
  2. Spotted Dove 4
  3. Asian Emerald Dove 2
  4. Zebra Dove 4
  5. Pink-necked Pigeon 5
  6. White-breasted Waterhen 2
  7. Little Tern 1
  8. Gray Heron 30
  9. Black-crowned Night-Heron 5
  10. Oriental Pied-Hornbill 5
  11. White-throated Kingfisher 2
  12. Collared Kingfisher 2
  13. Blue-throated Bee-eater 5
  14. Dollarbird 1
  15. Mangrove Pitta 2 - seen 1 and heard both
  16. Black-naped Oriole 4
  17. Pacific Swallow 2
  18. Straw-headed Bulbul 2 - heard
  19. Yellow-vented Bulbul 4
  20. Olive-winged Bulbul 4
  21. Ashy Tailorbird 2
  22. Oriental Magpie-Robin 2
  23. White-rumped Shama 4
  24. Asian Glossy Starling 5
  25. Javan Myna 5
  26. Plain-throated Sunbird 2
  27. Olive-backed Sunbird 2

Saturday, April 13, 2019

Pasir Ris Park 13Apr19

From KH

It was nice to see a Mugimaki Flycatcher.


Other interesting birds here: Juvenile Rusty-breasted Cuckoo (left) and Adult Plaintive Cuckoo (right).


Common migrants: Asian Brown Flycatcher (left) and Arctic Warbler (right).


Ashy Tailorbirds: adult (top) and juvenile with skipper in mouth (bottom).


Yellow-vented Bulbul gobbling down a big fruit.


The famous resident Spotted Wood-owl couple.


The not-as-famous resident Collared Kingfisher couple.


Cicada


  1. Red Junglefowl (Domestic type) 5
  2. Spotted Dove 2
  3. Zebra Dove 2
  4. Pink-necked Pigeon 10
  5. Asian Koel 1 - Heard
  6. Rusty-breasted Cuckoo 1 - juvenile
  7. Plaintive Cuckoo 1 - adult
  8. Spotted Wood-Owl 2
  9. Oriental Pied-Hornbill 1
  10. Stork-billed Kingfisher 1 - Heard
  11. White-throated Kingfisher 2
  12. Collared Kingfisher 4
  13. Blue-throated Bee-eater 1
  14. Sunda Woodpecker 1 - Heard
  15. Common Flameback 2
  16. Common Iora 1
  17. Pied Triller 1 - Male
  18. Black-naped Oriole 2
  19. House Crow 10
  20. Pacific Swallow 2
  21. Yellow-vented Bulbul 5
  22. Olive-winged Bulbul 3
  23. Arctic Warbler 8 - Many singing, some seen
  24. Ashy Tailorbird 6
  25. Asian Brown Flycatcher 3
  26. Oriental Magpie-Robin 2
  27. Mugimaki Flycatcher 1 - Female
  28. Asian Glossy Starling 8
  29. Javan Myna 8
  30. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 1 - Heard
  31. Plain-throated Sunbird 5
  32. Olive-backed Sunbird 8

Tanah Merah Coast Road 13Apr19

From KH

Danny and I started off at Tanah Merah Coast Road.

Here's a friendly Large-billed Crow to start the day off.


A couple of Pacific Swallows.


And some Crescent Perch in the river.


  1. Spotted Dove 2
  2. Zebra Dove 2
  3. Little Bronze-Cuckoo 1 - heard
  4. dark swiftlet sp. 20
  5. Common Sandpiper 1
  6. tern sp. 1 - too far to ID
  7. Brahminy Kite 1
  8. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 1
  9. White-throated Kingfisher 2
  10. Collared Kingfisher 2
  11. Blue-throated Bee-eater 5
  12. Sunda Woodpecker 1 - heard
  13. Common Flameback 1 - heard
  14. diurnal raptor sp. 1 - sharp winged, flying away
  15. Red-breasted Parakeet 5
  16. Golden-bellied Gerygone 2 - heard
  17. Common Iora 1
  18. Pied Triller 1
  19. Black-naped Oriole 4
  20. Malaysian Pied-Fantail 4
  21. Large-billed Crow 2
  22. Barn Swallow 1
  23. Pacific Swallow 5
  24. Red-whiskered Bulbul 4
  25. Yellow-vented Bulbul 8
  26. Ashy Tailorbird 1 - heard
  27. Yellow-bellied Prinia 1 - heard
  28. Zitting Cisticola 1 - heard
  29. Oriental Magpie-Robin 2
  30. Javan Myna 10
  31. Olive-backed Sunbird 5
  32. Paddyfield Pipit 1
  33. Baya Weaver 5
  34. Common Waxbill 5 - feral

Then, we moved on to Pasir Ris Park.

Pulau Ubin 13Apr19

From Con

We found the female Barred Eagle-owl. We couldn’t find the juvenile. Should be close but couldn’t find.


Not many shore birds though.

Sunday, April 7, 2019

Pulau Ubin 07Apr19

From Con

During the Ubin survey on Sunday, a juvenile Barred Eagle-owl was found.

Saturday, April 6, 2019

Pasir Ris Farmway 2, Bidadari 06Apr19

From KH

Danny, JS and I started at Pasir Ris Farmway

  1. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 30
  2. Spotted Dove 1
  3. Zebra Dove 2
  4. Asian Koel 1
  5. Little Bronze-Cuckoo 1
  6. Plaintive Cuckoo 1
  7. swiftlet sp. 10
  8. White-breasted Waterhen 1
  9. Common Sandpiper 1
  10. Gray Heron 2
  11. Great Egret 1
  12. Intermediate Egret 1
  13. Little Egret 1
  14. Cattle Egret 4
  15. Chinese Pond-Heron 2 - Breeding plumage
  16. pond-heron sp. 3 - Non-breeding
  17. Striated Heron 5
  18. Common Kingfisher 1
  19. Stork-billed Kingfisher 1
  20. Collared Kingfisher 1
  21. Blue-throated Bee-eater 3
  22. Rufous Woodpecker 1
  23. Common Flameback 1
  24. Rose-ringed Parakeet 2
  25. Common Iora 1
  26. Pied Triller 1
  27. Black-naped Oriole 2
  28. Malaysian Pied-Fantail 1
  29. House Crow 2
  30. Barn Swallow 2
  31. Pacific Swallow 2
  32. Yellow-vented Bulbul 4
  33. Common Tailorbird 1 - Heard
  34. Ashy Tailorbird 1 - Heard
  35. Oriental Magpie-Robin 3
  36. Asian Glossy Starling 10
  37. Javan Myna 10
  38. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 2
  39. Plain-throated Sunbird 2
  40. Olive-backed Sunbird 6
  41. Paddyfield Pipit 3

We then went to Bidadari, and was joined by Con. There wasn't much going on, but it was interesting to observe a female Brown-throated Sunbird collecting clothe fibre as nesting material.