Seletar East, Serangoon Tidal Gates 19Dec19

From KH

I dropped by Seletar East to look-see. The pratincole was gone, but the Yellow Bittern was still around. This Intermediate Egret seemed to prefer the company of the bittern than its own kind.

Here's a resident Long-tailed Shrike.

And a migrant Brown Shrike.

This "yellow mimosa" is actually called Neptunia plena.

Seletar East

1. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 10
2. Spotted Dove 2
3. Common Sandpiper 1
4. Yellow Bittern 1
5. Intermediate Egret 10
6. Cattle Egret 30
7. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 3
8. Rose-ringed Parakeet 5
9. Brown Shrike 1
10. Long-tailed Shrike 2
11. Zitting Cisticola 1 - heard
12. Barn Swallow 2
13. Yellow-vented Bulbul 2
14. Javan Myna 5
15. Olive-backed Sunbird 2
16. Paddyfield Pipit 4

At Serangoon Tidal Gates, this Scaly-breasted Munia stayed close enough for almost full frame photo.

This tiny butterfly is called Lesser Grass Blue (Zizina otis lampa). It has a brilliant blue patch on the upperparts.

Tawny Coster in both adult and caterpillar forms also showed well.

Serangoon Tidal Gates

1. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
2. Spotted Dove 5
3. Zebra Dove 5
4. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 1 - heard
5. dark swiftlet sp. 10
6. White-breasted Waterhen 1
7. Common Sandpiper 2
8. Gray Heron 1
9. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 1
10. Common Kingfisher 1
11. Collared Kingfisher 2
12. Sunda Woodpecker 1 - heard
13. Rose-ringed Parakeet 1
14. Pied Triller 1 - heard
15. Black-naped Oriole 2
16. House Crow 10
17. Common Tailorbird 1 - heard
18. Yellow-bellied Prinia 1 - heard
19. Pacific Swallow 1
20. Sooty-headed Bulbul 2
21. Yellow-vented Bulbul 2
22. Javan Myna 5
23. Scaly-breasted Munia 4