This blog records birding adventures of a not-so-secret group of Singapore birders. The main cast is Con Foley, Danny Lau, Lau Jia Sheng and Tan Kok Hui. We mainly bird in Singapore. We also occasionally bird around the world.
Coppersmith Barbet was nesting. Here, an adult was feeding a chick.
While waiting for the feeding moment, a Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot came to forage on a Rain Tree.
White-breasted Waterhen chicks already fledged and following the parents around.
This adult showing off its qing gong, walking on lotus leaves.
Slaty-breasted Rail were out in full force. I counted 3 of them.
Pink-necked Green-Pigeon still building nest. Here, the male brought a stick and flew into the bush below it.
Yellow-vented Bulbul was foraging on this Combretum tree.
Another one was nesting (2 eggs). The story goes that someone shifted the leaves, making the nest more exposed.
Red-whiskered Bulbul didn't even want to look at me.
Javan Myna whacking a gecko!
Black-naped Oriole just chillaxing.
Juvenile Oriental Honey-Buzzard also chillaxing.
Asian Honey Bees nesting in a Pandanus tree.
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Bidadari 07Feb26
From KH
Danny and I went to Bidadari Park today. Finlayson's Squirrel doing well here.
A lone Black Baza circling.
1 of 5 Asian Openbills at the lake.
Nice to see a couple of immature Crow-billed Drongos, this one more heavily spotted.
Blue-throated Bee-eaters were out in full force,15 on a bare tree at one point. Managed to capture 13 in a frame.
These 3 were closer.
Resident-wise, Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot doing what else, but hanging.
Dollarbird just looking on.
Pretty Anomalabeetle walking on tight rope.
One of the common trees here, Earpod Wattle (Acacia auriculiformis).
Sunday, June 7, 2026
Jurong Lake 20Sep25
From KH
Danny and I went to Jurong Lake Gardens today.
Female Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot came low to feed in a young Rain Tree.
Blur shot showing the colourful upperparts, including yellow lower back and red rump and uppertail coverts.
Lineated Barbet inspecting nest hole(?) in Yellow Flame Tree with Dragon Scale Ferns.
Friday, May 22, 2026
Sungei Serangoon 22Mar25
From KH
Today, I did the Annual Bird Census at Sungei Serangoon as usual. Got 7 more species compared to 3 days ago.
Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot couple checking out a Yellow Flame Tree nest hole. The male looks like a young one.
Male Ornate Sunbird sipping nectar from Red Button Ginger flower.
Long-tailed Shrike chilling in the rain.
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Jambol Place 07Dec21
From KH
When news of a Black Redstart broke at Jambol Place, the whole birding community made a mad rush to tick off this new species on the Singapore checklist. It was apparently first seen on 28 Nov 2021 and mistaken as Daurian Redstart. According to ebird records, it stayed until 2 Feb 2022!
Nice to see Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot here.
And Red-whiskered Bulbul too.
Friday, June 8, 2018
Kinabatangan 08Jun18
From KH
We reached Myne Resort in time for lunch with our guides Robert Chong and John Nair.
The first birds we saw here were munias, both Dusky and Chestnut. Here's a Chestnut Munia.
After a nice lunch, we had a siesta and then tea break! Only then did you get our first boat ride. The first mammals were saw were Orangutans - a mother and her young - feeding on figs.
Next, Silvered Leaf Monkeys.
Other monkeys seen included these macaques.
A thirsty Long-tailed Macaque
A couple of playful Southern Pig-tailed Macaques
We got a few flybys.
Slender-billed Crow
Green Imperial-pigeon
Male Black Hornbill
Immature White-bellied Sea-eagle
A pair of Rhinoceros Hornbills (female left, male right) came close.
Blue-eared and Stork-billed Kingfishers are common here. Here's a photo of the latter.
An adult Lesser Fish-eagle (left) and a male Blue-crowned Hanging-parrot wraps up the birds on the river.
An Estuarine Crocodile was stealthily keeping its eyes on us.
Then, the guides got news of Pygmy Elephants showing along the main river, so off we went.
So we ended out first boat ride with a few key mammals under our belt. No sign of our target bird, Bornean Ground Cuckoo, though.
Back at the restaurant, it was about time for dinner, and to our surprise, a Black-and-red Broadbill was roosting on the eaves of the restaurant! We saw it earlier hanging out at the restaurant, but we didn't know it intended to roost here for the night. None of the locals knew either. Amazing.
After dinner, we realized that Bearded Pigs were showing up at the carpark area!
