Seletar East, Bidadari 12Dec19

From KH

I started today's birding at Seletar East. A migrant Yellow Bittern was busy feeding in the grass field.

Then, the residents came by to say hi - a juvenile White-bellied Sea-eagle circled overhead, a Long-tailed Shrike perched on a fence.

The Apple Snails were having a good time in this wet weather.

Here's a Fountain Grass patch thrown in for good measure.

Seletar East

1. Spotted Dove 2
2. Asian Koel 1 - heard
3. dark swiftlet sp. 10
4. Yellow Bittern 1
5. Intermediate Egret 10
6. Little Egret 1
7. Cattle Egret 1
8. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 1
9. White-throated Kingfisher 1
10. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 1
11. Black-naped Oriole 2
12. Long-tailed Shrike 2
13. Zitting Cisticola 1 - heard
14. Javan Myna 5
15. Paddyfield Pipit 2

Next, I dropped by Bidadari. It was rather quiet until a Tiger Shrike came by to greet me.

This Changeable Lizard was sunning itself in push-up position. Or was it working out in lizard style??

When I was leaving, an Eyebrowed Thrush flew across, a good migrant to end the day's birding.

Bidadari

1. Spotted Dove 5
2. Zebra Dove 2
3. Lesser Coucal 1 - heard
4. Asian Koel 1 - heard
5. dark swiftlet sp. 20
6. White-breasted Waterhen 1
7. Dollarbird 2
8. Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot 1
9. Pied Triller 2
10. Black-naped Oriole 2
11. Common Iora 2
12. Tiger Shrike 1
13. Brown Shrike 1
14. Common Tailorbird 1
15. Oriental Reed Warbler 1 - heard
16. Yellow-vented Bulbul 5
17. Swinhoe's White-eye 2 - heard
18. Asian Glossy Starling 20
19. Javan Myna 10
20. Eyebrowed Thrush 1
21. Asian Brown Flycatcher 2
22. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 1 - heard
23. Brown-throated Sunbird 2
24. Olive-backed Sunbird 2 - heard