Sungei Buloh 30Oct24

From KH

I went to Sungei Buloh today.

1 of 2 Lesser Adjutants.

Great-billed Heron resting on tree.

Purple Heron hiding in reeds.

Grey Heron and Great Egret in comparison.

Grey Heron and Little Egrets in comparison.

Hybrid storks.

Some of the 30 Common Redshanks.

Some of the 60 Eurasian Whimbrels.

Male Copper-throated Sunbird feeding on his favourite tree Orange Mangrove.

Lovey-dovey Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat.

Sungei Buloh 14Sep24

From KH

Danny and I went to Sungei Buloh today.

Terek Sandpiper with B5 Singapore flag (green on white) was back.

Tibetan Sand-Plover to Terek Sandpiper: what's the rush?

2 of 13 Common Greenshanks and 1 of 80 Common Redshanks.

Other waders included 91 Pacific Golden-Plovers, 20 Eurasian Whimbrels and 2 Common Sandpipers.

Female Copper-throated Sunbird just contemplating life.

The ever-present Mud Creeper Telescopium telescopium on the mudflat.

Mangrove Tree with propagules.

Sungei Buloh 18Feb23

From KH

Danny and I went to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve today. At where was the previous carpark, a male White-rumped Shama was serenading us.

A fruiting MacArthur Palm was attracting Lineated Barbet. Yumz.

Along the boardwalk to the bridge, a juvenile Black-crowned Night-Heron was dozing off.

In the wetland, we saw Terek Sandpiper B5 tagged in Singapore (green on white flag) among 220 Common Redshanks, many of which were also tagged in Singapore (at least 4 in this photo). Apparently, B5 was tagged in 2013, so it's at least 10 years old now.

Some of the 200 Pacific Golden-Plovers.

Some of the 54 Eurasian Whimbrels.

Along the main loop, a fruiting Burmese Fishtail-Palm was attracting Pink-necked Green-Pigeons. Double yumz.

Copper-throated Sunbird couple was hanging around.

Oriental Whip Snake had its belly full, but what's the "shell" in its mouth?

Asian Honey Bees nesting in tree hole.

Wasp doing its own thing.

Sungei Buloh, Lim Chu Kang Lane 9A 25Jun22

From KH

Danny and I went to Sungei Buloh and found another Copper-throated Sunbird nesting. This one was hanging from Golden Leather Fern at the visitor centre pond. Zoomed in photo, can just see the white eye ring and pale throat. The nest was just beside the window of the makan area! Interesting that one stretch of the fern has no leaves, making it very exposed. Not sure if any human intervention involved..

Ashy Tailorbird caught something? Swinhoe's White-eye caught something too?

Left to right: Great Egret, Milky Storks, Grey Heron.

Estuarine Crocodile: You can't see me. I'm a tree trunk. You can't see me.

Water Monitor scavenging a spiky catfish.

Dead Reticulated Python. What a shame. Oh well, at least it appeared to die on a full belly.

This wasp liked to hang from a long stalk.

While this spider liked to do upside-down tight rope walking.

After that, we went to Lim Chu Kang Lane 9A to recee. Nothing much here.

Sungei Buloh 21May22

From KH

It was back to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve with Danny for Black-and-red Broadbill. Alas, still no luck...

Male Oriental Pied Hornbill: you are jealous of my long lashes, right?

Juvenile White-breasted Waterhen following closely behind parent bird.

Male Pied Triller. Male Copper-throated Sunbird

Saltwater Crocodile snoozing.

Whitespots: left male, right female.

Damsel & Dragon: Blue Sprite. Water Monarch.

The wasp & the Asian Weaver Ants.

Pond skater doing its thing.

Plant wrapping around tree trunk.

Tree in the mangrove.