Turf City, Seletar East 06Dec20

From KH

It's back to Turf City to try for cheeky starling, but it wasn't there.

There was a fruiting tree that attracted other birds though, such this Daurian Starling and this Straw-headed Bulbul.

And this Black-naped Oriole and this Coppersmith Barbet.

Why did the chicken cross the road with her brood?

1. Red Junglefowl (Domestic type) 5 - Adults with 3 juveniles
2. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
3. Spotted Dove 2
4. Zebra Dove 1
5. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 50
6. dark swiftlet sp. 20
7. White-breasted Waterhen 1 - Heard
8. White-throated Kingfisher 1
9. Coppersmith Barbet 1
10. Lineated Barbet 2 - Heard
11. Common Flameback 1 - Female
12. Rose-ringed Parakeet 2
13. Red-breasted Parakeet 1
14. Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot 1
15. Black-naped Oriole 2
16. Dark-necked Tailorbird 2
17. Straw-headed Bulbul 2
18. Yellow-vented Bulbul 5
19. Pin-striped Tit-Babbler 3 - Heard
20. Asian Glossy Starling 100
21. Common Hill Myna 1 - Heard
22. Daurian Starling 10
23. Javan Myna 2
24. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 2
25. Brown-throated Sunbird 1

Since the star bird was nowhere to be seen, I left for Hampstead Wetland to look-see.

Beware of this Ropalidia sumatrae nest!

How did this juvenile Oriental Honey-Buzzard miss it!

Blue-tailed Bee-eater looked on, while Coppersmith Barbet entered its nest.

Here're a couple of Buffy Fish-Owls.

Bamboo Orchid is a magnet for insects, such as this Malayan Eggfly and these ants.

1. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
2. Spotted Dove 1
3. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 2
4. Asian Koel 1
5. dark swiftlet sp. 20
6. Oriental Honey-buzzard 1
7. Gray-headed Fish-Eagle 1
8. Buffy Fish-Owl 2
9. White-throated Kingfisher 1
10. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 6
11. Coppersmith Barbet 2
12. Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker 1
13. Black-naped Oriole 1
14. Common Iora 1
15. Barn Swallow 1
16. Pacific Swallow 2
17. Yellow-vented Bulbul 2
18. Swinhoe's White-eye 5
19. Asian Glossy Starling 10
20. Javan Myna 5
21. Asian Brown Flycatcher 1
22. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 1
23. Olive-backed Sunbird 2