Jurong Lake, Dairy Farm 29Feb20

From KH

Con, Danny, JS and I started the day's birding at Jurong Lake for the Brahminy Starling, and got it. What a confiding bird!

Jurong Lake Gardens

1. Spotted Dove 2
2. Zebra Dove 2
3. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 5
4. Pied Imperial-Pigeon 1
5. dark swiftlet sp. 10
6. Asian Palm-Swift 1
7. White-breasted Waterhen 1
8. Asian Openbill 2
9. Gray Heron 10
10. Intermediate Egret 1
11. Brahminy Kite 2
12. Buffy Fish-Owl 1
13. Collared Kingfisher 1
14. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 1
15. Black-naped Oriole 2
16. Brown Shrike 1
17. Yellow-vented Bulbul 4
18. Swinhoe's White-eye 2
19. Asian Glossy Starling 10
20. Brahminy Starling 1
21. Javan Myna 10
22. Asian Brown Flycatcher 2
23. Olive-backed Sunbird 2
24. Paddyfield Pipit 2
25. Coppersmith Barbet 1
26. Sunda Woodpecker 1
27. Laced Woodpecker 1
28. Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot 1
29. Common Iora 1
30. House Crow 5
31. Yellow-browed Warbler 2
32. Daurian Starling 2
33. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker 2

Next, at Wallace Education Centre, we got, not one, but 2 Orange-headed Thrushes, one innotata and one from the aurimacula group.

On the way out, I encountered another very confiding bird, this Asian Emerald Dove.

Dairy Farm Nature Park

1. Asian Emerald Dove 1
2. Banded Woodpecker 1 - heard
3. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo 1
4. Dark-necked Tailorbird 1 - heard
5. Rufous-tailed Tailorbird 1 - heard
6. Orange-headed Thrush 2
7. Crimson Sunbird 1
8. Little Spiderhunter 1 - heard
9. Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot 1
10. Arctic Warbler 1
11. Swinhoe's White-eye 3
12. Asian Brown Flycatcher 1

Serangoon Tidal Gates 22Feb20

From KH

After Coney Island, I went to Serangoon Tidal Gates.

Siamese twin Spotted Dove??

This White-throated Kingfisher was sunning itself.

While this female Common Kingfisher was looking for fish.

One of these Blue-tailed Bee-eaters got a moth in mouth.

Golden-backed Weavers male (left) and female feasting on seeds.

A Common Evening Brown Melanitis leda to end the walk.

Serangoon Tidal Gates

1. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
2. Spotted Dove 10
3. Zebra Dove 2
4. dark swiftlet sp. 10
5. Gray Heron 5
6. Brahminy Kite 1
7. Common Kingfisher 1
8. White-throated Kingfisher 1
9. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 2
10. Black-naped Oriole 3
11. Common Iora 2 - heard
12. Malaysian Pied-Fantail 1 - heard
13. House Crow 1 - heard
14. Ashy Tailorbird 1
15. Yellow-bellied Prinia 2
16. Pacific Swallow 5
17. Sooty-headed Bulbul 5
18. Yellow-vented Bulbul 5
19. Common Myna 10
20. Javan Myna 10
21. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 1 - heard
22. Olive-backed Sunbird 3
23. Golden-backed Weaver 20 - nesting
24. Paddyfield Pipit 2

Coney Island 22Feb20

From KH

I went to Coney Island for a morning walk.

Nice haul of raptors:

Jerdon's Baza

Peregrine Falcon

Black-winged Kite

Surprised find: an adult Hodgson's Hawk-cuckoo.

A flock of about 30 White-shouldered Starlings were found feeding in the casuarina trees.

So were these Red-breasted Parakeets.

A Common Tailorbird also like the casuarina trees.

This male Olive-backed Sunbird was displaying aggressively to the nearby female.

A huge Baya Weaver nest!

Here's a Common Caerulean

and an Asian Honey Bee.

1. Spotted Dove 5
2. Zebra Dove 5
3. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 2
4. Asian Koel 1 - Heard
5. Plaintive Cuckoo 1 - Heard
6. Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo 1 - Rufous chest
7. dark swiftlet sp. 20
8. Red-wattled Lapwing 1 - Heard
9. Gray Heron 1
10. Black-winged Kite 1
11. Jerdon's Baza 5
12. Brahminy Kite 1
13. Gray-headed Fish-Eagle 1
14. Collared Kingfisher 4
15. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 10
16. Dollarbird 1
17. Sunda Woodpecker 1 - Heard
18. Common Flameback 2
19. Peregrine Falcon 1
20. Red-breasted Parakeet 10
21. Golden-bellied Gerygone 1 - Heard
22. Pied Triller 1
23. Black-naped Oriole 4
24. Common Iora 3 - Heard
25. House Crow 1
26. Common Tailorbird 3
27. Ashy Tailorbird 1
28. Yellow-bellied Prinia 4
29. Pacific Swallow 5
30. Sooty-headed Bulbul 2
31. Yellow-vented Bulbul 8
32. White-shouldered Starling 30
33. Javan Myna 20
34. Asian Brown Flycatcher 2 - Heard
35. Oriental Magpie-Robin 3 - 2 males, 1 female
36. Brown-throated Sunbird 2
37. Olive-backed Sunbird 8
38. Golden-backed Weaver 30
39. Baya Weaver 4
40. Scaly-breasted Munia 1

Jurong Lake 16Feb20

From KH

The Chinese Blackbird was seen by Sandra Chia today. So some of us rushed down to Jurong Lake, but it was gone, again...

The only consolation was 3 Black-winged Stilts reported earlier today.

1. Spotted Dove 2
2. Zebra Dove 2
3. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 10
4. Asian Koel 2
5. dark swiftlet sp. 10
6. White-breasted Waterhen 1
7. Black-winged Stilt 3
8. Common Sandpiper 1
9. Yellow Bittern 1
10. Gray Heron 20 - nesting
11. Little Egret 1
12. Oriental Honey-buzzard 1
13. Changeable Hawk-Eagle 1 - heard
14. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 1
15. Coppersmith Barbet 1 - heard
16. Black-naped Oriole 2
17. Common Iora 1 - heard
18. House Crow 2
19. swallow sp. 2
20. Yellow-vented Bulbul 5
21. Asian Glossy Starling 10
22. Daurian Starling 10
23. Javan Myna 10
24. Asian Brown Flycatcher 1 - heard
25. Oriental Magpie-Robin 1 - heard
26. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 1 - heard
27. Brown-throated Sunbird 1
28. Olive-backed Sunbird 1

Sengkang Riverside Park 15Feb20

From KH

An evening walk at Sengkang Riverside Park churned up 3 Large-tailed Nightjars actively feeding and a noisy Red-wattled Lapwing (heard-only).

Dairy Farm Nature Park 15Feb20

Con was at Dairy Farm Nature Park and he got the Green-backed Flycatcher.

Jurong Lake 15Feb20

From KH

Danny, JS, BJ and I went to Jurong Lake, the current hotspot, but no blackbird, nor rare starlings...

Just Daurian Starlings

And Asian Glossy Starlings.

This Watercock was still around.

A few Asian Openbills were still around, with one of them enjoying an apple snail.

While this Intermediate Egret was enjoying a froggie.

And this Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo was enjoying a caterpillar.

Meanwhile, this shy Malaysian Hawk-cuckoo played hide-and-seek with us.

Other migrants include this Asian Brown Flycatcher.

Resident Buffy Fish-owl and Coppersmith Barbet came to join in the fun.

While these Pied Imperial Pigeons were gorging on figs.

This Smooth Otter gate-crashed the avian party!

1. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 10
2. Spotted Dove 2
3. Zebra Dove 2
4. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 20
5. Asian Koel 4
6. Little Bronze-Cuckoo 1 - heard
7. Plaintive Cuckoo 1
8. Brush Cuckoo 1
9. Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo 1
10. Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo 1
11. dark swiftlet sp. 10
12. Watercock 1
13. Common Sandpiper 1
14. Asian Openbill 2
15. Yellow Bittern 1
16. Gray Heron 5
17. Intermediate Egret 1
18. Brahminy Kite 2
19. Common Kingfisher 1
20. Collared Kingfisher 2
21. Blue-throated Bee-eater 4
22. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 8
23. Dollarbird 1
24. Coppersmith Barbet 4
25. Lineated Barbet 1 - heard
26. Sunda Woodpecker 2
27. Rufous Woodpecker 1 - heard
28. Laced Woodpecker 1 - heard
29. Rose-ringed Parakeet 2
30. Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot 2
31. Black-naped Oriole 5
32. Common Iora 2
33. Malaysian Pied-Fantail 1
34. Tiger Shrike 1
35. Brown Shrike 2
36. House Crow 5
37. Ashy Tailorbird 1
38. Zitting Cisticola 1
39. Oriental Reed Warbler 2 - heard
40. Yellow-vented Bulbul 8
41. Swinhoe's White-eye 5
42. Asian Glossy Starling 30
43. Daurian Starling 30
44. Javan Myna 10
45. Asian Brown Flycatcher 2
46. Oriental Magpie-Robin 1
47. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 2
48. Brown-throated Sunbird 5
49. Olive-backed Sunbird 5
50. Scaly-breasted Munia 2
51. Paddyfield Pipit 2

Jurong Lake 11Feb20

From KH

Jurong Lake is really the main hotspot this couple of weeks. First, the Brahminy Starling reported late Jan. Then, a Chestnut-cheeked Starling reported by Sandra Chia on 9 Feb. Now, a Chinese Blackbird (first for Singapore) was reported by Oliver Tan on 11 Feb!

With this mega find, there is only one thing to do: chiong immediately after work!

Alas, all the folks who turned up for the blackbird went home empty handed, except Keita who reached in time to tick it off...

1. Spotted Dove 2
2. Zebra Dove 2
3. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 10
4. Asian Koel 1
5. Brush Cuckoo 1 - heard
6. dark swiftlet sp. 10
7. Watercock 1
8. White-breasted Waterhen 2
9. Asian Openbill 3
10. pond-heron sp. 1
11. Oriental Honey-buzzard 2
12. Brahminy Kite 2
13. Oriental Pied-Hornbill 1 - heard
14. Collared Kingfisher 1 - heard
15. bee-eater sp. 2
16. Dollarbird 1
17. Coppersmith Barbet 1 - heard
18. Sunda Woodpecker 1 - heard
19. Black-naped Oriole 2
20. House Crow 8
21. Zitting Cisticola 1 - heard
22. Yellow-vented Bulbul 5
23. Asian Glossy Starling 10
24. Daurian Starling 10
25. Javan Myna 10
26. Asian Brown Flycatcher 1
27. Olive-backed Sunbird 2
28. Paddyfield Pipit 1

NUS, Hindhede 08Feb20

From KH

A male Daurian Redstart was reported at the NUS Education Research Centre for more than a week now. Danny and I decided to drop by to look-see early in the morning. Sure enough, the bird was there. He mostly perched on the railings, but occasionally flew down to the grass patch to catch insects. Here's he showing off his front and his back.

The Tembusu trees were flowering and fruiting, with fruits of varying ripeness.

It was attracting various frugivores, such as this Red-whiskered Bulbul.

A pair of Sunda Woodpeckers came to join in the fun too.

While a pair of Black-naped Orioles were busy bringing nesting material to their nest.

UTown

1. Spotted Dove 2
2. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 5
3. dark swiftlet sp. 10
4. White-throated Kingfisher 1 - heard
5. Lineated Barbet 1 - heard
6. Sunda Woodpecker 2
7. Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot 1 - heard
8. Black-naped Oriole 2
9. Brown Shrike 1
10. Red-whiskered Bulbul 2 - feeding on Tembusu fruits
11. Yellow-vented Bulbul 5
12. Asian Glossy Starling 5
13. Javan Myna 10
14. Daurian Redstart 1
15. Olive-backed Sunbird 1 - heard
16. Scaly-breasted Munia 3
17. Eurasian Tree Sparrow 5

After a couple of hours, we had enough of the redstart and the tembusu, and went for morning snack. We were surprised to find a male Pink-necked Pigeon sitting on his nest near the canteen.

Next, Hindhede.

The Oriental Darter was still around. It's been here for a few months now!

It has a Stork-billed Kingfisher for company.

Another Pink-necked Pigeon.

I spotted a couple of Sunda Colugos on different trees, and one of them was grooming.

While these Common Fruit Bats were just hanging out.

And this released Florida Softshell Turtle (Apalone ferox) was lazing around.

Finally, an immature male Common Blue Skimmer (Orthetrum glaucum) to round it all up.

Hindhede

1. Red Junglefowl 1
2. Asian Emerald Dove 1
3. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 1
4. dark swiftlet sp. 20
5. Oriental Darter 1
6. Stork-billed Kingfisher 1
7. Lineated Barbet 2 - heard
8. Banded Woodpecker 1 - heard
9. Black-naped Oriole 2
10. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo 4
11. Common Tailorbird 1 - heard
12. Straw-headed Bulbul 1 - heard
13. Yellow-vented Bulbul 2
14. Olive-winged Bulbul 1 - heard
15. Pin-striped Tit-Babbler 1 - heard
16. White-crested Laughingthrush 1 - heard
17. Javan Myna 5
18. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker 1 - heard
19. Olive-backed Sunbird 1 - heard