Kranji Marsh 26Jul20

From Con

7:10 AM - 11:14 AM

1. Lesser Whistling-Duck 4
2. Spotted Dove 4
3. Zebra Dove 2
4. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 2
5. Lesser Coucal 2
6. Little Bronze-Cuckoo 1
7. Banded Bay Cuckoo 1
8. Brush Cuckoo 1
9. dark swiftlet sp. 60
10. White-breasted Waterhen 6
11. Red-legged Crake 2
12. Red-wattled Lapwing 6
13. Wood Sandpiper 3
14. Asian Openbill 12
15. Purple Heron 1
16. Intermediate Egret 1
17. Oriental Honey-buzzard 1
18. Brahminy Kite 1
19. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 1
20. Gray-headed Fish-Eagle 1
21. Stork-billed Kingfisher 1
22. White-throated Kingfisher 3
23. Blue-throated Bee-eater 4
24. Coppersmith Barbet 1
25. Lineated Barbet 2
26. Common Flameback 1
27. Red-breasted Parakeet 10
28. Long-tailed Parakeet 6
29. Golden-bellied Gerygone 1
30. Pied Triller 4
31. Black-naped Oriole 6
32. Common Iora 2
33. Malaysian Pied-Fantail 2
34. House Crow 12
35. Common Tailorbird 2
36. Ashy Tailorbird 4
37. Yellow-bellied Prinia 4
38. Pacific Swallow 4
39. Straw-headed Bulbul 1
40. Yellow-vented Bulbul 8
41. White-crested Laughingthrush 1
42. Asian Glossy Starling 12
43. Javan Myna 8
44. Olive-backed Sunbird 2
45. Golden-backed Weaver 20
46. Common Waxbill 10
47. Javan Munia 1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S71880170

Serangoon 25Jul20

From KH

It's the Mid-Year Bird Census again and as usual I did Serangoon Reservoir between Hougang and Sengkang.

A pair of Sooty-headed Bulbuls and a Black-naped Oriole

Juvenile Malaysian Pied-fantail

White-breasted Waterhen and Grey Heron

1. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 5
2. Spotted Dove 4
3. Zebra Dove 3
4. Asian Koel 1
5. Little Bronze-Cuckoo 2
6. Banded Bay Cuckoo 1 - Heard
7. dark swiftlet sp. 20
8. White-breasted Waterhen 6 - 2 adults, 4 chicks
9. Gray Heron 1
10. Striated Heron 1
11. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 2
12. White-throated Kingfisher 2 - Heard
13. Collared Kingfisher 1 - Heard
14. Blue-throated Bee-eater 2
15. Dollarbird 2 - Heard
16. Sunda Woodpecker 4
17. Common Flameback 1 - Heard
18. Laced Woodpecker 1 - Heard
19. Rose-ringed Parakeet 6
20. Red-breasted Parakeet 10
21. Golden-bellied Gerygone 1 - Heard
22. Black-naped Oriole 6
23. Common Iora 6
24. Malaysian Pied-Fantail 6
25. Long-tailed Shrike 1 - Heard
26. House Crow 2
27. Common Tailorbird 2 - Heard
28. Ashy Tailorbird 8
29. Yellow-bellied Prinia 2 - Heard
30. Pacific Swallow 1
31. Sooty-headed Bulbul 3
32. Yellow-vented Bulbul 8
33. Asian Glossy Starling 10
34. Common Myna 2
35. Javan Myna 20
36. Oriental Magpie-Robin 2
37. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 3
38. Brown-throated Sunbird 3
39. Olive-backed Sunbird 6
40. Scaly-breasted Munia 2
41. Eurasian Tree Sparrow 10

But it's not all about birds.

A Batik Golden Web Spider and a Common Amberwing dragonfly.

An Antilochus bug and a Bactrocera fly.

Butterflies with fanciful names: Common Leopard, Striped Albatross and Grass Demon.

NTHL, Turut Track, LCK Lane 3 18Jul20

From KH

Danny, JS and I started off at Neo Tiew Harvest Lane for the Hummingbird Hawkmoths (Macroglossum sp.) and they were doing their rounds probing every African Coromandels in a circuit.

This branded swift (Pelopidas sp,) also like the same type of flower, African Coromandel.

On the other hand, Lesser Darts preferred to either hang out alone or be in copulation.

This caterpillar was getting ready to hide in its cocoon to pupate.

Dingy Bushbrown and Rufous-legged Grasshopper.

Grass sp. and Neptunia plena.

It seemed like these Asian Openbills have decided to take up permanent residence in Singapore!

The star birds here are the cuckoos and their poor hosts. Here's a juvenile Rusty-breasted Cuckoo begging foster parent Malaysian Pied-fantail for food.

Juvenile Banded Bay Cuckoo calling out to its foster parents, Common Ioras. Here you can see this poor female Common Iora working very hard to feed its gigantic baby...

Interestingly, this adult Banded Bay Cuckoo was drawn in by the juvenile's incessant begging call. Perhaps its one of the real parents.

NTHL

1. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
2. Red Collared-Dove 2
3. Spotted Dove 5
4. Pied Imperial-Pigeon 5
5. Lesser Coucal 1
6. Banded Bay Cuckoo 1 - Fed by ioras
7. Brush Cuckoo (Rusty-breasted) 1
8. dark swiftlet sp. 10
9. White-breasted Waterhen 1
10. Red-wattled Lapwing 1
11. Asian Openbill 6
12. Purple Heron 1
13. Intermediate Egret 1
14. Little Egret 1
15. Changeable Hawk-Eagle 1 - Heard
16. Brahminy Kite 1
17. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 1
18. White-throated Kingfisher 1
19. Blue-throated Bee-eater 4
20. Sunda Woodpecker 1
21. Common Flameback 1
22. Rose-ringed Parakeet 4
23. Red-breasted Parakeet 6
24. Long-tailed Parakeet 5
25. Common Iora 4
26. Malaysian Pied-Fantail 1
27. House Crow 10
28. Large-billed Crow 2
29. Ashy Tailorbird 4
30. Zitting Cisticola 1 - Heard
31. Pacific Swallow 2
32. Sooty-headed Bulbul 1
33. Yellow-vented Bulbul 5
34. Asian Glossy Starling 10
35. Javan Myna 5
36. Brown-throated Sunbird 1
37. Olive-backed Sunbird 4
38. Golden-backed Weaver 10
39. Chestnut Munia 3

Next stop, Turut Track. Common Scarlet - female and male.

More Dingy Bushbrowns.

Turut Track

1. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
2. Spotted Dove 5
3. Zebra Dove 2
4. Lesser Coucal 3
5. White-breasted Waterhen 1
6. Asian Openbill 17
7. Black-winged Kite 1
8. Brahminy Kite 2
9. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 2
10. Common Flameback 2
11. House Crow 5
12. Ashy Tailorbird 2
13. Pacific Swallow 7
14. Yellow-vented Bulbul 2
15. Asian Glossy Starling 10
16. Javan Myna 5
17. Baya Weaver 2

At Lim Chu Kang Lane 3, House Crows above were agitated by the Large-billed Crow below, but did not dare attack it.

We were surprised to see 3 migrant Wood Sandpipers in the longkang. However, it's not an early date.

This migrant Australian Little Egret was also a surprise, but again probably not an early date either.

More Asian Openbills.

Finally, 2 Zebra Doves, 2 Spotted Doves and 3 Javan Mynas enjoying a late morning get-together.

LCK3

1. Spotted Dove 4
2. Zebra Dove 2
3. White-breasted Waterhen 4
4. Greater Painted-Snipe 1
5. Wood Sandpiper 3
6. Asian Openbill 8
7. Little Egret 1
8. Brahminy Kite 1
9. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 1
10. House Crow 10
11. Large-billed Crow 1
12. Pacific Swallow 1
13. Javan Myna 10
14. Javan Munia 2

Baker St 15Jul20

From KH

Asian Honey Bee collecting pollen from Little Ironweed (Cyanthillium cinereum).

This scoliid wasp, possibly Phalerimeris phalerata, was also busy going from flower to flower.

Red Weaver Ants hanging out.

This Asarkina hoverfly joined the flower party.

Common Parasols are the common dragonflies here: we have female (left), male (right), and young male (bottom) all showing.

Here's another female Common Parasol.

African Coromandel (Asystasia gangetica micrantha) and some type of flatsedge (Cyperus sp.).

This Short Banded Sailor was enjoying a sip on a Singapore Rhododendron.

A Common Grass Yellow (Eurema hecabe) was hiding under a leaf. Smart!

Lesser Darts are the more common skippers here.

Unlike this brown Pelopidas sp., which is less common.

Some of the birds here: adult and juvenile Scaly-breasted Munias, Long-tailed Shrike, female Pink-necked Green-pigeon, female Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker.