Seletar Park Connector 12Feb26

From KH

Lots of activities at Seletar Park Connector today.

First, Pink-necked Green-Pigeons gorging on figs.

Male. Female.

Then, Rose-ringed Parakeets feeding on Creeping Cucumbers on a White Leadtree. Skunk Vine growing on the same leadtree.

Lots of Asian Openbills, including this one showing off its deshelled snail.

Shy OHB.

Not-so-shy Sunda Woodpecker.

Not-at-all-shy Large-tailed Nightjar, showing itself in broad daylight on a railing!

In a tree just beside the toilet, a pair of Little Bronze-Cuckoos were harassed by sunbirds, both Ornate and Brown-throated.

Male Little Bronze-Cuckoo. Female harassed by immature male Brown-throated Sunbird.

Male (left) and female Ornate Sunbirds.

Tree in which all the commotion happened.

Asian Brown Flycatcher just came to see what the whole commotion was about.

Arctic Warbler in the tree.

And Oriental Reed-Warbler in the reeds.

Male Ashy Tailorbird hanging out in the reeds too.

Swinhoe's White-eye foraging on Sea Almond.

Other animals included this butterfly, Common Mormon .

This rhino beetle.

Other trees here included this Earpod Wattle Acacia auriculiformis.

Seletar Dam, Hampstead Wetland 12Mar23

From KH

It was low tide, so Danny and I went to Seletar Dam. Wader-wise, there were only 1 Tibetan Sand-Plover, 1 Common Greenshank and 1 Common Sandpiper. Here's the plover.

Next, Hampstead Wetland. The most interesting sighting here was a pair Common Flamebacks both partaking in nest-building.

Male: "Last pile!" "I huff and I puff!"

Male: "Honey, our BTO is ready!". Female: "Let me inspect. What is this??"

Some other birds:

Arctic Warbler

Oriental Honey-Buzzard

Serangoon 27Mar22

From KH

Today is the Annual Bird Census. As usual, I covered Sungei Serangoon.

Observed two Brahminy Kites flying around in front of the whole stretch of White Leadtrees, then one of them grabbed a vine/vegetation, not sure for what purpose.

Arctic Warbler: let me hop instead of fly.

Chinese Pond-Heron assuming breeding plumage. Adult Black-crowned Night-Heron.

Smooth Otter: I can use a towel!

Red Dwarf Honey Bee nest.

Marina East, Labrador Park 29Jan22

From KH

Danny and I went to Marina East again. Baillon's Crakes and Watercock continued at the marsh; joined by Eurasian Moorhen and Ruddy-breasted Crakes.

Got a lifer butterfly, a Two Spotted Line Blue, albeit likely an introduced species.

Moving on to Labrador Park, it was domestic bird galore.

Spalding Peacock.

Male chicken.

Got Arctic Warbler too.

Pasir Ris Park 19Dec21

From KH

An afternoon nature walk at Pasir Ris Park turned up a whole host of animals, from birds to bees (wasp actually)!

It was nesting session for the Crested Goshawks. Besides the obvious chick on the left, that fluff on the right was a second chick!

Sentry duty can be boring, let me rest one of my legs and stretch my wing.

This Grey Heron was also in breeding mood, spotting breeding colours.

Other residents include this male Oriental Pied-Hornbill taking flight.

Collared Scops-Owl at its usual spot.

Collared Kingfisher and Stork-billed Kingfisher.

Male Pied Triller and male Common Iora.

Male Ornate Sunbird. Why so many males??

Brown-throated Sunbird, male left, female right. At last, a female!

Migrant-wise, there was this Common Sandpiper.

And these passerines, Asian Brown Flycatcher and Arctic Warbler.

Spotted this Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat under some palm leaf.

Oriental Whip Snake: can you see me?

Yummy rat for this Common Water Monitor.

Here are some crabs. Epixanthus dentatus: see my orange spots and my bigger right arm.

 

Parasesarma sp.

 

What's this snail?

Some grasshoppers: Oxya japonica and Oxya sp.

 

Here are some butterflies: Chocolate Grass Yellow feeding on African Coromandel, and Short-banded Sailor.

Last but not least, such a pretty wasp.