Dairy Farm 12Mar22

From KH

Danny and I went to Singapore Quarry and Rufous-bellied Eagle was still around on a bare albizia.

Dark-necked Tailorbirds having a conversation: "Come with me!" "No, go away!"

Broad-handed Carpenter Bee was sipping nectar on Bengal Trumpet and getting pollened in the process, with ants hiding behind.

African Tulip in full bloom.

Next, we went to the other corner of Dairy Farm Nature Park, Wallace Education Centre. Got the male Green-backed Flycatcher.

Grey Nightjar sleeping on a tree.

Indian Cuckoo filling itself with Malayan Eggfly caterpillars.

More food behind on the host plant False Stinger (Pipturus argenteus).

Were those your babies??

Male Orange-bellied Flowerpecker also feeding on false stinger.

Can't eat those figs!

Common Palmfly also around.

Four-lined Tree Frog and its egg foam.

Sembawang Park 14Feb18

From KH

Long-horned BeetleIndian Cuckoo taken using hp through bins!

1. 1 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
2. 10 Spotted Dove
3. 2 Zebra Dove - Heard
4. 10 Pink-necked Pigeon
5. 1 Asian Koel - Male
6. 1 Little Bronze-Cuckoo - Heard
7. 1 Indian Cuckoo
8. 10 dark swiftlet sp.
9. 2 Collared Kingfisher
10. 1 Coppersmith Barbet - Heard
11. 1 Common Flameback - Heard
12. 8 Long-tailed Parakeet
13. 3 Common Iora
14. 2 Ashy Minivet
15. 2 Pied Triller
16. 5 Black-naped Oriole
17. 1 House Crow - Heard
18. 1 Pacific Swallow
19. 3 Yellow-vented Bulbul
20. 2 Common Tailorbird
21. 5 Oriental White-eye
22. 1 Asian Brown Flycatcher
23. 2 Asian Glossy Starling
24. 3 Common Myna
25. 12 Javan Myna
26. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
27. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
28. 4 Olive-backed Sunbird

Sembawang Park 06-09Feb18

From KH

During my evening walks here, I found a tussock moth caterpillar infestation on a Fig Tree not unlike the Siloso Skywalk one.

This mainly attracted Hodgson's Hawk-cuckoo and Indian Cuckoo, but not the Asian Emerald-cuckoos.

Indian Cuckoo

Zebra Doves also came to party.

1. 1 white egret sp. - Yellow bill, flying high
2. 2 Osprey on 7th
3. 3 Black Baza on 8th
4. 2 Brahminy Kite
5. 1 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
6. 15 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
7. 10 Spotted Dove
8. 8 Zebra Dove
9. 10 Pink-necked Pigeon
10. 1 Asian Koel
11. 1 Little Bronze-Cuckoo
12. 1 Banded Bay Cuckoo - Heard
13. 1 Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo - Adult on 6th and 8th
14. 1 Indian Cuckoo on 8th
15. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
16. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
17. 3 Collared Kingfisher
18. 2 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
19. 2 Coppersmith Barbet
20. 1 Sunda Woodpecker - Heard
21. 1 Common Flameback - Heard
22. 2 Peregrine Falcon - japonensis flying together on 9th
23. 5 Red-breasted Parakeet
24. 7 Long-tailed Parakeet
25. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone
26. 4 Common Iora
27. 14 Ashy Minivet - A flock
28. 2 Pied Triller - A pair
29. 5 Black-naped Oriole
30. 5 House Crow
31. 1 Barn Swallow
32. 1 Pacific Swallow
33. 1 Red-whiskered Bulbul
34. 5 Yellow-vented Bulbul
35. 2 Common Tailorbird
36. 3 Oriental White-eye
37. 2 Asian Brown Flycatcher
38. 1 Oriental Magpie-Robin
39. 3 Asian Glossy Starling
40. 4 Common Myna - 2 pairs
41. 15 Javan Myna
42. 4 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
43. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
44. 5 Olive-backed Sunbird

Telok Blangah Forest Walk 30-31Dec17

From KH

30 Dec

Indian Cuckoo.

31 Dec

OHB (left) and Roosters.

Red-breasted Parakeets: adults (left) and juvenile.

Male Asian Koel

Yellow-vented Bulbuls

30 Dec

1. 1 Indian Cuckoo
2. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
3. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
4. 2 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
5. 2 Black-naped Oriole
6. 2 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
7. 1 swallow sp.
8. 4 Yellow-vented Bulbul
9. 1 Common Tailorbird
10. 1 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
11. 15 Asian Glossy Starling
12. 2 Common Hill Myna
13. 10 Javan Myna
14. 1 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
15. 1 Olive-backed Sunbird
16. 1 Crimson Sunbird

31 Dec

1. 2 Red Junglefowl - Male
2. 1 Oriental Honey-buzzard
3. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Heard
4. 1 White-breasted Waterhen - Heard
5. 10 Pink-necked Pigeon
6. 1 Greater Coucal - Heard
7. 1 Asian Koel
8. 1 Little Bronze-Cuckoo - Heard
9. 1 Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
10. 2 dark swiftlet sp.
11. 2 Collared Kingfisher - Heard
12. 2 Blue-throated Bee-eater
13. 1 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
14. 1 Dollarbird
15. 2 Lineated Barbet - Heard
16. 1 Banded Woodpecker - Heard
17. 1 Common Flameback - Heard
18. 2 Rose-ringed Parakeet
19. 4 Red-breasted Parakeet
20. 4 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
21. 2 Black-naped Oriole
22. 2 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
23. 8 Yellow-vented Bulbul
24. 1 Arctic Warbler
25. 1 Common Tailorbird - Heard
26. 2 Dark-necked Tailorbird - Heard
27. 9 Oriental White-eye
28. 4 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler - Heard
29. 1 White-crested Laughingthrush - Heard
30. 1 Asian Brown Flycatcher
31. 30 Asian Glossy Starling
32. 1 Common Hill Myna - Heard
33. 10 Javan Myna
34. 2 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
35. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
36. 1 Plain-throated Sunbird
37. 1 Olive-backed Sunbird
38. 2 Crimson Sunbird

Fort Siloso 24Dec17

From KH

Following the report of an Asian Emerald Cuckoo at Fort Siloso on 23 Dec, I went here and the bird was still there!

When we first saw it, it was high up. Then, it came a little lower.


This one shows its emerald wings. A flight shot before it went into hiding.

Other cuckoos include this adult Large Hawk-cuckoo.

This immature.

And these adult (left) and immature Indian Cuckoo.

The reason for the gathering of cuckoos: an outbreak of tussock moth caterpillars on a bare Ficus superba tree.

At times, the cuckoos were chased off by the nesting Crested Goshawks.

The juvenile from the previous session also came back to take a look.

A Chinese (top) and a Japanese Sparrowhawk came by, as well.

Other migrants include a Yellow-browed (left) and an Arctic Warbler.

Other birds include the following residents, which were taken at the Skywalk.

"Why do they get to stay in the house, honey??" said the female Oriental Pied Hornbill (right) to the male.


Oriental White-eye


Red-whiskered Bulbuls


Asian Glossy Starlings

Finally, some free-ranging Indian Peafowls (male left, female right) to round up the list.

From Con

Asian Emerald Cuckoo

1. 8 Indian Peafowl (Domestic type) - 2 m, 6 f
2. 1 white egret sp.
3. 2 Crested Goshawk
4. 1 Chinese Sparrowhawk
5. 1 Japanese Sparrowhawk
6. 1 Brahminy Kite
7. 1 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
8. 1 Spotted Dove
9. 1 Asian Emerald Cuckoo
10. 2 Large Hawk-Cuckoo - 1 adult, 1 immature
11. 2 Indian Cuckoo - 1 adult, 1 immature
12. 5 dark swiftlet sp.
13. 2 Oriental Pied-Hornbill
14. 4 Black-naped Oriole
15. 1 Crow-billed Drongo
16. 2 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
17. 2 House Crow
18. 2 Red-whiskered Bulbul
19. 5 Yellow-vented Bulbul
20. 1 Yellow-browed Warbler
21. 3 Arctic Warbler
22. 1 Dark-necked Tailorbird
23. 4 Oriental White-eye
24. 2 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
25. 1 Chinese Hwamei
26. 1 Asian Brown Flycatcher
27. 50 Asian Glossy Starling
28. 50 Daurian Starling
29. 10 Javan Myna
30. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
31. 4 Olive-backed Sunbird