Dawson 28Oct23

From KH

Danny, JS and I switched to Dawson today, got 3 Grey-faced Buzzards.

1 of the 3

All 3

Dawson 23Oct22

From KH

It's back to Dawson Skyville again with Danny. Good haul today.

1 juvenile Grey-faced Buzzard

1 of 10 Japanese Sparrowhawks; this one a juvenile

1 of 2 Oriental Honey Buzzards; this one a juvenile

1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle, an immature pale morph

1 Rufous-bellied Eagle, an immature

2 of 8 migrating Pacific Swifts.

Lots of dark swiftlets sp. (Aerodramus sp.)

1 of 18 migrating Eastern Red-rumped Swallows.

Large-billed Crow carrying lunch, a signal for us to break for lunch.

Henderson Waves 04Nov21

From KH

Today's raptor watch was at Henderson Waves. Good number of migrant raptors today.

Grey-faced Buzzards

Oriental Honey-Buzzards

Black Baza

Chinese Sparrowhawk

Japanese Sparrowhawk

Here are a couple of resident raptors.

Crested Goshawk

Juvenile pale morph Changeable Hawk-Eagle

Time to wrap up and on the way down, a male Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker showed nicely.

Henderson Waves, Telok Blangah Hill 01Nov21

From KH

I started the day's raptor watch at Henderson Waves. Only Oriental Honey-Buzzards and an accipiter.

Can't resist taking a shot of the Javan Myna that can to perch beside me.

What tree is this?

Moved on to Telok Blangah Hill. First, a Grey-faced Buzzard.

Then, came the resident juvenile Crested Goshawk.

Migrant Japanese Sparrowhawk.

And then the Oriental Honey-Buzzards.

Telok Blangah Hill Park 28Oct21

From KH

Raptor watch at Telok Blangah Hill today. Great to see a couple of migrant raptors: Chinese Sparrowhawk and a Grey-faced Buzzard.

Also a migrating Pacific Swift.

When there were no migrants, residents kept the day going, such as these Black-naped Oriole, and not just 1 Dollarbird, but 4!

Pink-necked Green-Pigeons and this lone Thick-billed Green-Pigeon favoured the flowering tree.

Common Tailorbird and Yellow-vented Bulbul preferred the low Bougainvillea bush.

Javan Munias also came to join the fun.

Tuas 02Nov19

From KH

CH, Danny, JS and I were back to Tuas for raptor watch.

We had our first Grey-faced Buzzard of the session too.

We had some accipiters, including this Japanese Sparrowhawk.

We had the highest count of 259 OHBs this session so far. Here's a sampling of different morphs at different distances.

Here's a local Grey-headed Fish-eagle thrown in for good measure.

Other supporting cast of migrants.

Barn Swallow

Blue-tailed Bee-eater

1. Intermediate Egret 1
2. Pacific Reef-Heron 1 - Dark Morph
3. Oriental Honey-buzzard 259
4. Gray-faced Buzzard 1
5. Chinese Sparrowhawk 2
6. Japanese Sparrowhawk 10
7. Accipiter sp. 15
8. Brahminy Kite 4
9. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 1
10. Gray-headed Fish-Eagle 1