Bukit Batok West 29Jul17

From KH

Con, Danny and I went to BBW today.

Blue-crowned Hanging-parrot feeding on African Tulip seed pod.

Used Changeable Hawk-eagle nest.

Pacific Swallows resting and preening.

Bukit Batok West 10Jun06

From Yamane

No track...

BBW landscape

Birders

1. Red junglefowl
2. Rufous woodpecker
3. Common flameback
4. Coppersmith barbet
5. Collared kingfisher
6. Lesser coucal
7. Long-tailed parakeet
8. Rainbow lorikeet
9. House swift
10. Zebra dove
11. Pink-necked green-pigeon
12. Purple heron
13. Black-naped oriole
14. Pied triller
15. Greater racquet-tailed drongo
16. Common iora
17. Javan myna
18. Pacific swallow
19. Yellow-vented bulbul
20. Common tailorbird
21. White-crested laughing-thrush
22. Paddyfield pipit
23. Baya weaver
23. Scaly-breasted munia
24. Black-headed munia
25. Yellow-bellied prinia (heard)
26. Golden-bellied gerygone
27. Sunda woodpecker
28. White-breasted waterhen
29. Asian glossy starling
30. Plaintive cuckoo (heard)
31. Banded bay cuckoo
32. Brahminy kite

Bukit Batok West 13May06

From PC, YY and Wing Chong

(1) Barred Buttonquails running across the path (only sharp-eyed Wing Chong saw them)
(2) Pied Fantails
(3) Common Iora in breeding plumage
(4) Pink-Necked Green Pigeon
(5) Zebra Doves aplenty
(6) Lesser Coucals aplenty. One has its tail cropped off. Wing Chong and Yamanesan took pictures
(7) Black-winged Kites a pair posing on the same tree from afar as if on guard duties
(8) Greater Racquet-tailed Drongos
(9) Mynas
(10) Black-headed Munias
(11) Paddyfield Pipits
(12) Black-naped Orioles
(13) Rusty-breasted Cuckoo calling
(14) Red Junglefowl, a pair. One flew across the big canal when we were on our return journey. What a sight! Too fast for the camera
(15) Yellow-bellied prinia
(16) Olive-backed sunbird
(17) Pacific swallows, a pair, posing on the rail
(18) Long-tailed Parakeet
(19) Asian Glossy Starling
(20) Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
(21) Common Flameback - have a glimpse at the very beginning of walk
(22) Scaly-breasted Munia, 1 in the canal with Mynas
(23) Lineated Barbet a few heard unfortunately no visual contact
(24) 2 Lorikeets, didn't have a good looked could be Rainbow Lorikeet
(25) Ashy Tailorbird - heard calls
(26) House Crow - Few flew pass
(27) Dollarbird
(28) White-throated Kingfisher
(29) Long-tailed Parakeet
(30) House Swift
(31) Spotted Dove
(32) White-breasted Waterhen
(33) Common Tailorbird
(34) White-crested Laughing Thrush
(35) Baya Weaver

Photos from Wing Chong

Yellow-bellied Prinia

Pacific Swallow

Photos from Yamane

"Tail-less" Lesser Coucal

Lesser Coucal basking in the sun

Nest of Baya Weaver

Changi, Punggol, Bt Batok West 25-26Mar06; Desaru

From Danny (Sat)

Last Sat did not spot any Owls at Changi Cove, as a matter of fact it was not sighted since last Thu. Met Ashley at Changi but did not spot any GK or RNS as reported last week. A very rare sight was two adult WBSE frolicking on the grassland, when we get off from the car to take picture, they flew off.

Sanderling ©Con Foley

1. House Crow
2. Large-billed Crow
3. Paddyfield Pipit
4. Zitting Cisticola
5. Collared Kingfisher
6. White-throated Kingfisher
7. Asian Glossy Starling
8. White-shouldered Starling
9. White-bellied Sea Eagle
10. Osprey
11. Black Kite
12. Black-winged Kite
13. Brown Shrike
14. Long-tailed Shrike
15. Yellow-vented Bulbul
16. Black-naped Oriole
17. Rock Pigeon
18. Pink-necked Green Pigeon
19. Spotted Dove
20. Zebra Dove
21. Common Sandpiper
22. Mongolian Plover
23. Sanderling
24. Grey Plover
25. Malaysian Plover
26. Brahminy Kite
27. Olive-backed Sunbird
28. Common Myna
29. Javan Myna
30. Scaly-breasted Munia
31. Blue-throated Bee-eater
32. Pacific Swallow

From Peck Chan (Sat)

My Rambling gang spotted more than 40 birds at Punggol grassland. 12 black bazas thermaling around LRT.

From Robert (Sun)

We had some interesting birding today at the old kampong areas of Bukit Batok West with Wing Chong. In addition to numerous beautiful male baya weavers (we saw about a dozen lovely nests) I had four lifers:

yellow-bellied prinia
long-tailed nightjar
lineated barbet
white myna (recessive gene?)

.....all in full view. Wish Con was there to take the photos..... The outing was capped by a sighting of (and hands-on encounter with) a beautiful Oriental Whip Snake.

Large-tailed nightjar eggs from Kong:

From Chee Wai

Attached red-wattled lapwing pic from my recent trip to Desaru. Spotted quite a few Oriental Pied hornbills and the BWKs are nesting too.