Clementi 05May24

From KH

Dr Frank Rheindt found a Two-barred Warbler, a first for SG, at Kent Vale, and this sent a whole horde of birders there, including Danny, JS and me.

Swinhoe's White-eye masquerading as the warbler, while tackling a queen Asian Weaver Ant.

Clementi Woods 20Mar21

From Con

Female Black-naped Monarch at Clementi Woods. Others have got better photos of the bluish colour of the head of the bird, and I got some incredible looks also, but missed those photos. However, I was an early arrival, only Frank was there when I arrived, and I got photos that others didn't. I also heard the bird sing a few times. According to Wells, the immatures look like females except adult female has a brown iris, immature has a grey iris. Try to see this difference in the field! ©Con Foley

From KH

I had to work in the morning, but glad that I made it in time to see this one day wonder at Clementi Woods. By this time, after noon time, she was higher up and hiding.

This male Brown-throated Sunbird was a distraction while we searched for the monarch.

Danny and JS were on Kusu Island. They only saw distant terns.

Clementi, SBWR, MacRitchie 02Feb09

From Danny

Morning birding at Clementi was relatively uneventful. After 2 hours of Con waiting by the log, no signs of either pitta (Hooded and BW spotted on Sun by Rey). Interesting birds observed were a pair of Red-breasted Parakeets preparing for nesting, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, 2 Black Baza, snipe, Common kf....

Went to MacRitchie late morning but no signs of our target kf. After lunch headed for Lower Peirce but again no signs of owl or kf. Took break and returned to MacRitchie after 5 pm.

Excitement started after 5.35 pm. There were two Siberian Blue Robins (adult male and female), Short-tailed Babblers kept us fully occupied. Both Con and Marcus took pics of the brilliant male Robin taking bath on a small puddle of water by the boardwalk. All this while two Abbott's Babblers were having a duet but we had no time for them.

After 6.30 pm, the BBKF started fishing at the edge of the reservoir and as per Marcus descriptions last evening the water level was lower hence this evening the kf was fishing further in the canopy. Only my scope could make out the location of the kf and both photographers were firing into the darkness but nevertheless all 3 got our bbkf.

At Sungei Buloh:

Spotted a Dog-faced Water Snake in SBWR on 2nd Feb during high tide at boardwalk.

Please help to id, thought the "orange tape" was sea worm! I estimated the tapeworm between 1 to 2 ft in length, difficult to gauge as it swam with flat body in zig-zag manner.

Changi, Clementi 31Jan09

From KH

CC today was quite interesting with 12 species of waders (13 if White-faced Plover is a distinct species). Most of the species were at the sandbar. There were also 7 species of raptors and a few other birds. Surprisingly, there was not a single tern.

We were quite lucky today, as we were allowed into this last coastal wader haven in Singapore by a single wave of Danny's hand to an extremely friendly guard. Our luck were to persist when a defender drove passed us without taking down our names and Con's car plate no.!! And then there are the 88 Grey Plovers to round it all up. We really should go buy toto.

Waders

1) Ruddy Turnstone: 5
2) Sanderling: 4
3) Common Greenshank: 1
4) Common Sandpiper: 2
5) Grey Plover: 10 at the sandbar and a flock of 88 circling and landing on red earth
6) PGP: 1
7) Malaysian Plover: 4 at sandbar, 1 at rocky beach
8) Kentish Plover: >10
9) White-faced Plover: 1
10) LSP: >20
11) GSP: 2
12) RW Lapwing: 2
13) Oriental Pratincole: 4 at red earth

Raptors

1) Common Kestrel 1
2) EMH female 1
3) Osprey 1
4) CHE pale juv 1
5) WBSE 1
6) Brahminy Kite >4
7) BWK >5

Others

1) Savanna Nightjar 1
2) Black Drongo 1
3) Red-rumped Swallow >5

After CC, went to Clementi (Faber Crest Condo). These were the migrants seen:

1) Pintial Snipe 3
2) Black Baza 4
3) Great Egret 1
4) Chinese Pond-heron 1
5) Yellow Bittern 1
6) Ashy Minivet >5

88 Grey Plovers for CNY!

1 White-faced Plover and 1 LSP amongst Kentish Plovers.

It was really difficult to approach these Horned-eyed Ghost Crabs.

House Swift

Danny took this family photo of mixed species

From Con

Kentish Plover with Lesser Sand-plover. Note the smaller size and white nuchal collar of the Kentish Plover.

Ruddy Turnstone with 2 Lesser Sand-plovers.

Red-rumped Swallow in flight.