Halus, Pasir Ris Farmway 08Jan23

From KH

Danny and I started off at Lorong Halus Wetland, no grebe, but got a rude and uncooperative Jerdon's Baza.

Also got a juvenile Oriental Honey-Buzzard.

Large-tailed Nightjar roosting in the bush about a foot off the ground.

Black-naped Oriole caught a Golden-armed Mantis.

This female Common Bluetail is safe.

Next Pasir Ris Farmway 3 before locating the Litte Grebe at Pasir Ris Farmway 1.

Also got Little Ringed Plover.

Another juvenile Oriental Honey-Buzzard.

Immature Scaly-breasted Munia feeding on Cenchrus.

Introduced Black-rumped Waxbill and Common Waxbills also feeding on Cenchrus.

Chek Jawa, Changi Bay Point 08May22

From KH

Last try with Danny for Black-and-white Bulbul at Chek Jawa, but no-show (last seen 6 May 2022). Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike was again present.

After lunch, I decided to drop by Changi Bay Point as I've not been there. It was escapee galore. The Light-vented Bulbul was still there. Then, there were the waxbills:

Common Waxbills feeding on grass seeds.

Crimson-rumped Waxbills feeding on another type of grass seeds.

Round it up with a local resident male Brown-throated Sunbird doing acrobatics.

Serangoon Tidal Gates 04Apr20

From KH

I spent a late morning hour birding here and got a bunch of introduced birds, like these Golden-backed Weavers.

Female feeding on grass seeds

Male showing off its colours

Acacia auriculiformis seed pod

More introduced birds, in the form of waxbills.

Common Waxbills all lined up

Black-rumped Waxbill looking on

Luckily, there were still many resident birds, like these Asian Glossy Starlings and Olive-backed Sunbird.

A flock of adult and juvenile Asian Glossy Starlings on a Casuarina tree

Female Olive-backed Sunbird collecting nesting material

1. Spotted Dove 10
2. Asian Koel 1 - Heard
3. Little Bronze-Cuckoo 1 - Heard
4. dark swiftlet sp. 20
5. Common Sandpiper 1 - Heard
6. Blue-throated Bee-eater 3
7. Golden-bellied Gerygone 1 - Heard
8. Black-naped Oriole 2
9. Common Iora 2
10. House Crow 2
11. Yellow-bellied Prinia 1 - Heard
12. Pacific Swallow 2
13. Yellow-vented Bulbul 8
14. Swinhoe's White-eye 2
15. Asian Glossy Starling 20
16. Javan Myna 20
17. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 1 - Heard
18. Olive-backed Sunbird 4
19. Golden-backed Weaver 28
20. Baya Weaver 4
21. Black-rumped Waxbill 2
22. Common Waxbill 10
23. Scaly-breasted Munia 4

Neo Tiew area 14Mar20

From KH

While Con tried for Chinese Blue Flycatcher (having failed 4 times!), and Danny and JS went to Tuas (they managed to get a Chestnut-winged Cuckoo), I started the day's birding at Lim Chu Kang Lane 3. But, guess what, I forgot to charge my batteries and after a few shots, I ran out of juice...

Managed to get this Common Waxbill before that happened though.

So had to use handphone to take these White-bellied Sea-eagles.

Civet poop, anyone?

Some Weaver Ants too.

Lim Chu Kang Lane 3

1. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
2. Spotted Dove 5
3. Zebra Dove 5
4. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 5
5. Lesser Coucal 1 - heard
6. Asian Koel 1 - heard
7. Brush Cuckoo 1
8. dark swiftlet sp. 20
9. White-breasted Waterhen 4
10. snipe sp. 1
11. Common Sandpiper 2
12. Wood Sandpiper 8
13. Asian Openbill 2
14. pond-heron sp. 1
15. Oriental Honey-buzzard 1
16. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 3
17. White-throated Kingfisher 2
18. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 1
19. Coppersmith Barbet 1 - heard
20. Rose-ringed Parakeet 1
21. Black-naped Oriole 2
22. Common Iora 2 - heard
23. Malaysian Pied-Fantail 1
24. Brown Shrike 1
25. House Crow 10
26. Common Tailorbird 3
27. Yellow-bellied Prinia 2 - heard
28. Pacific Swallow 5
29. Yellow-vented Bulbul 5
30. Asian Glossy Starling 10
31. Daurian Starling 4
32. Javan Myna 5
33. Asian Brown Flycatcher 1
34. Siberian Stonechat 1 - heard
35. Olive-backed Sunbird 1
36. Common Waxbill 3
37. Scaly-breasted Munia 3
38. White Wagtail 2

After LCK Lane 3, I went to Neo Tiew Harvest Lane, but there wasn't much, so I didn't stay long. Still some Asian Openbills though.

Neo Tiew Harvest Lane

1. Spotted Dove 2
2. Zebra Dove 2
3. Asian Openbill 15
4. Intermediate Egret 5
5. Little Egret 1
6. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 2
7. Brown Shrike 3
8. Barn Swallow 5
9. Yellow-vented Bulbul 4
10. Javan Myna 10
11. Paddyfield Pipit 1

At Sungei Buloh, I saw this dead skate/ray (?)

Sungei Buloh

1. Spotted Dove 2
2. Zebra Dove 2
3. White-breasted Waterhen 3
4. Pacific Golden-Plover 7
5. Common Sandpiper 1
6. Common Redshank 4
7. Great-billed Heron 1 - immature
8. Great Egret 30
9. Intermediate Egret 1
10. Little Egret 30
11. Striated Heron 1
12. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 1 - heard
13. Stork-billed Kingfisher 1
14. Collared Kingfisher 2
15. Black-naped Oriole 2
16. House Crow 10
17. Ashy Tailorbird 3
18. Arctic Warbler 1
19. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 1 - heard

Lorong Halus 04Aug18

From KH

Con, Danny and I went Halus for today's birding.

It was nice to see a trio of Lesser Whistling-ducks flew by. 100% crop of two of them.

It was even nicer to know the Little Grebes are hanging on to their "stronghold" here, as can be seen by this breeding pair.

To our surprise, three pairs of introduced Asian Golden Weavers were nesting at the Old Grebe Pond.

Other introduced species here included:

Common Waxbill. Red-backed Munia


Golden-backed Weavers nesting at the New Grebe Pond

Glad that the local Baya Weavers are not too affected by all the alien species, as can be seen here in breeding plumage.

Other birds around included:

Oriental White-eye. Pied Triller


Red-breasted Parakeets


Slaty-breasted Rail

1. 3 Lesser Whistling-Duck
2. 2 Little Grebe - Breeding pair
3. 8 Spotted Dove
4. 8 Zebra Dove
5. 5 Pink-necked Pigeon
6. 2 Asian Koel - Heard
7. 2 Little Bronze-Cuckoo
8. 1 Banded Bay Cuckoo - Heard
9. 1 Brush Cuckoo (Rusty-breasted)
10. 1 Savanna Nightjar
11. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
12. 1 Slaty-breasted Rail
13. 5 White-breasted Waterhen
14. 11 Greater Painted-Snipe
15. 1 Common Sandpiper
16. 5 Little Tern
17. 1 Gray Heron
18. 1 Purple Heron
19. 1 Striated Heron
20. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Dark
21. 2 White-throated Kingfisher
22. 3 Collared Kingfisher
23. 3 Blue-throated Bee-eater
24. 2 Sunda Woodpecker
25. 2 Rufous Woodpecker - Heard
26. 2 Common Flameback
27. 3 Rose-ringed Parakeet
28. 10 Red-breasted Parakeet
29. 3 Long-tailed Parakeet
30. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
31. 8 Common Iora
32. 2 Pied Triller
33. 2 Long-tailed Shrike
34. 4 Black-naped Oriole
35. 2 Malaysian Pied-Fantail
36. 3 House Crow
37. 2 Large-billed Crow
38. 1 Barn Swallow
39. 1 Sooty-headed Bulbul
40. 10 Yellow-vented Bulbul
41. 2 Common Tailorbird
42. 4 Ashy Tailorbird
43. 4 Yellow-bellied Prinia
44. 8 Oriental White-eye
45. 1 Oriental Magpie-Robin - Heard
46. 20 Asian Glossy Starling
47. 8 Common Myna
48. 15 Javan Myna
49. 3 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
50. 1 Plain-throated Sunbird
51. 5 Olive-backed Sunbird
52. 1 Paddyfield Pipit
53. 30 Golden-backed Weaver - 30 nests
54. 10 Baya Weaver - Nesting
55. 6 Asian Golden Weaver - At least 3 pairs nesting
56. 10 Common Waxbill
57. 4 Black-and-white Mannikin (Red-backed) - 2 adults, 2 juvenile
58. 2 Scaly-breasted Munia
59. 1 Chestnut Munia

Serangoon Reservoir 15Jul18

From KH

Today was the Mid-Year Bird Census. Just the common birds, 263 of them.

Nevertheless, it was nice to see a mixed flock of Javan Munias and Scaly-breasted Munias.

The couple of introduced Common Waxbill were paired up.

Mr and Mrs Brown-throated Sunbird feeding.

Mr Common Iora singing and Mrs Oriental Magpie-robin foraging.

Common Tailorbirds.

Malaysian Pied-fantail, Spotted Doves, and White-breasted Waterhens.

Lastly, some bee wax to end the census.

1. 8 Striated Heron
2. 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron - Adult
3. 10 White-breasted Waterhen
4. 3 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
5. 12 Spotted Dove
6. 12 Zebra Dove
7. 8 Pink-necked Pigeon
8. 2 Lesser Coucal - Heard
9. 1 Asian Koel - Heard
10. 30 dark swiftlet sp.
11. 2 White-throated Kingfisher
12. 2 Collared Kingfisher
13. 2 Blue-throated Bee-eater
14. 4 Sunda Woodpecker
15. 1 Common Flameback - Heard
16. 2 Red-breasted Parakeet
17. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
18. 12 Common Iora
19. 9 Black-naped Oriole
20. 6 Malaysian Pied-Fantail
21. 1 House Crow - Heard
22. 4 Pacific Swallow
23. 4 Yellow-vented Bulbul
24. 4 Common Tailorbird
25. 8 Ashy Tailorbird
26. 5 Yellow-bellied Prinia - Heard
27. 3 Oriental Magpie-Robin
28. 1 Asian Glossy Starling
29. 40 Javan Myna
30. 4 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
31. 8 Plain-throated Sunbird
32. 10 Olive-backed Sunbird
33. 25 Eurasian Tree Sparrow
34. 2 Common Waxbill
35. 8 Javan Munia
36. 8 Scaly-breasted Munia