Coney Island 07Mar20

From KH

While Con and Danny did their Panti survey, and JS did his Kranji Marsh guiding, I spent the morning on Coney Island and was rewarded with these raptors:

Adult Grey-headed Fish-eagle

Black Baza

This male Oriental Magpie-robin was singing his lungs out.

While this Swinhoe's White-eye was doing some gymnastics.

These adult Scaly-breasted Munias were enjoying a buffet of grasses, like Guinea Grass (Megathyrsus maximus) and Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum).

This juvenile Scaly-breasted Munia was munching on Fountain Grass.

These escaped/released African birds - Crimson-rumped Waxbill and Orange-cheeked Waxbill - were hanging out with the munias and feasting on the grass buffet too.

A Common Tiger to round up the day's birding.

1. Spotted Dove 3
2. Zebra Dove 3
3. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 3
4. Asian Koel 1 - heard
5. Little Bronze-Cuckoo 1 - heard
6. Plaintive Cuckoo 1 - heard
7. Brush Cuckoo 1 - heard
8. dark swiftlet sp. 20
9. white egret sp. 1
10. Black Baza 1
11. Brahminy Kite 1
12. Gray-headed Fish-Eagle 1
13. White-throated Kingfisher 2
14. Collared Kingfisher 4
15. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 10
16. Dollarbird 2
17. Sunda Woodpecker 1 - heard
18. Common Flameback 1 - heard
19. Red-breasted Parakeet 10
20. Golden-bellied Gerygone 1 - heard
21. Black-naped Oriole 4
22. Common Iora 2
23. Malaysian Pied-Fantail 2
24. Brown Shrike 1 - heard
25. House Crow 1
26. Common Tailorbird 2 - heard
27. Yellow-bellied Prinia 2
28. Pacific Swallow 5
29. Yellow-vented Bulbul 8
30. Javan Myna 10
31. Oriental Magpie-Robin 1
32. Olive-backed Sunbird 8
33. Golden-backed Weaver 4
34. Baya Weaver 4
35. Orange-cheeked Waxbill 2
36. Crimson-rumped Waxbill 5 - 2+3
37. Scaly-breasted Munia 20
38. Chestnut Munia 4
39. White-headed Munia 1