Bt Batok, Bidadari, Pulau Punggol, Sengkang, Changi Village 27Dec15

From Con

An afternoon in a Global Big Year

Changi Village, SBG 10Dec10

From Con

I drove out to Changi Village to see Yamane this morning. The first barrier at LP149 was open, but the second barrier was locked. Still it looked like it would be possible to drive around the second barrier around the small trees. There was construction equipment at the canal entrance along the road to SAFYC, so that entrance was not possible today.

Late this afternoon I received a tip that the Black Bittern which has been posted on NPX and NPS is at Botanic Gardens, Ginger Garden in the largest of the two pools. I went over from about 5pm to 6pm this afternoon. The light was not very good, but the bittern was there.

The plumage of this bittern is a bit richer than the one in 2006, the guesses are that this one is an adult and the one in 2006 was a juvenile, or perhaps male versus female plumage. Will have to study this a bit further.
Anyway, this bird is something Yamane might want to see before he leaves. I may go tomorrow morning if the light is good. Anyway, the bird should be there all day. I see that it is not native to Japan, but is a rare or accidental summer visitor to Honshu.

Changi Village 04Jan10

From SY

Immature White-bellied Sea-eagle

Sunda Woodpecker

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Red-breasted Parakeets

Coppersmith Barbet

Collared Kingfisher

Zebra Doves

Pulau Ubin, Changi Village 25Apr09

From Danny

Chek Jawa

Crimson Sunbird nest, 2 ft above ground, below bird nest fern opposite Ranger station, Chek Jawa. One chick observed in nest. See pic on female feeding chick, notice the lower mandible at bill base flesh/pale color, distinguishing feature from similar looking female Purple-throated Sunbird. ©Danny Lau

Changi Village

Block 5, above chicken rice stall, #04-2021, eye level view of at least 2 nests of Tanimbar Corella and at least 2 nests of Red-breasted Parakeets. Take all the pictures you want. ©Tan KH

We also spotted a Grey-headed Fish-eagle way up overhead. ©Tan KH

Changi, Punggol 13Oct07

We visited Changi Cove yesterday and saw 3 Eurasian Curlews! These birds have exceptionally long bills. Also present were the typical migrant waders. The 6 Red-wattled Lapwings we saw more than a month ago seemed to have settled down pretty well. We also saw 100-ish Yellow Wagtails. All 3 species of shrikes were also present, similarly for the 3 species of swallows. The only dip was an unidentified harrier that flew pass us.

After lunch at Changi Village, Danny and I went to Punggol to recce for the bird race. The drain has partly overgrown and should attract the snipes and painted snipes back pretty soon. Moving on to Halus, we met with rain, hence we had to abort our recce operation. During evening, I dropped by Sungei Serangoon and saw the usual night herons flying in for their dinner.

A single Red-necked Stint among the larger Lesser Sand-plovers ©Danny Lau

Changi Cove
1 house crow
2 Javan myna
3 common myna
4 barn swallow
5 Pacific swallow
6 red-rumped swallow
7 paddyfield pipit
8 zitting cisticola
9 olive-backed sunbird
10 white-throated kingfisher
11 common kingfisher
12 blue-tailed bee-eater
13 striated heron
14 little egret
15 scaly-breasted munia
16 black-headed munia (mixed flock with previous species)
17 yellow wagtail ~100
18 lesser coucal
19 swiftlet spp.
20 ruddy-breasted crake
21 long-tailed shrike
22 brown shrike
23 tiger shrike
24 yellow-vented bulbul
25 red collared dove
26 spotted dove
27 brahminy kite
28 black-winged kite
29 white-bellied sea-eagle
30 harrier 1
31 common sandpiper
32 lesser sand-plover
33 wood sandpiper
34 Malaysian plover
35 red-wattled lapwing 6
36 rufous-necked stint
37 Pacific golden-plover
38 little tern
39 Eurasian curlew 3
40 ruddy turnstone
41 little ringed plover
42 barred buttonquail

Changi Village
43 Tanimbar cockatoo
44 red-breasted parakeet
45 common pigeon

Punggol
46 purple-backed starling
47 white-breasted waterhen
48 zebra dove
ruddy-breasted crake
brown shrike
lesser coucal
yellow-vented bulbul
spotted dove
common sandpiper
wood sandpiper

Sungei Serangoon
49 common greenshank
50 black-crowned night-heron
51 Asian koel