Seletar Park Connector 12Feb26

From KH

Lots of activities at Seletar Park Connector today.

First, Pink-necked Green-Pigeons gorging on figs.

Male. Female.

Then, Rose-ringed Parakeets feeding on Creeping Cucumbers on a White Leadtree. Skunk Vine growing on the same leadtree.

Lots of Asian Openbills, including this one showing off its deshelled snail.

Shy OHB.

Not-so-shy Sunda Woodpecker.

Not-at-all-shy Large-tailed Nightjar, showing itself in broad daylight on a railing!

In a tree just beside the toilet, a pair of Little Bronze-Cuckoos were harassed by sunbirds, both Ornate and Brown-throated.

Male Little Bronze-Cuckoo. Female harassed by immature male Brown-throated Sunbird.

Male (left) and female Ornate Sunbirds.

Tree in which all the commotion happened.

Asian Brown Flycatcher just came to see what the whole commotion was about.

Arctic Warbler in the tree.

And Oriental Reed-Warbler in the reeds.

Male Ashy Tailorbird hanging out in the reeds too.

Swinhoe's White-eye foraging on Sea Almond.

Other animals included this butterfly, Common Mormon .

This rhino beetle.

Other trees here included this Earpod Wattle Acacia auriculiformis.

Bidadari 22Nov25

From KH

Danny, JS & family, and I went to Bidadari Park today.

Resident Large-tailed Nightjar roosting.

Migrant Ruddy Kingfisher continuing in a well hidden spot.

Also got a migratory Mugimaki Flycatcher.

Bidadari 01Jan25

From KH

New Year Day, what to do? Let's go Bida! So Danny and I made this trip to Bidadari.

Migratory Tiger Shrike making itself comfy at the kingfisher pond.

Migratory adult male Japanese Sparrowhawk flew by.

Resident Large-tailed Nightjar snoozing at the nicely cordoned off area. Thanks NParks for making it obvious.

Variable Squirrel collecting nesting material. Looks like they will continue to thrive here.

Sengkang Riverside Park 22Dec24

From KH

I was attending to some matter near Sengkang Riverside Park and had some time to roam the park, but without my camera, only my smartphone. Initially, just the usual birds, such as this parent White-breasted Waterhen with its chicks.

Then, a distinctive bandit facial pattern at a tree fork caught my eyes. A Southern Palm Civet (Paradoxurus musanga) stirring from its snooze!

As the light faded, I saw a dark shadow flew up from the grass and back down. The characteristic chonk call sealed the ID, Large-tailed Nightjar. Not just one, but two of them.

In this phone video, the bird was flying around on the left of the screen.

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.

Lor Halus, Pasir Ris Farmway 3 16Dec18

From KH

Nothing much at Lorong Halus, but it was nice to see a Large-tailed Nightjar roosting here.

1. 1 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
2. 2 Spotted Dove
3. 2 Zebra Dove
4. 1 Asian Koel - Heard
5. 2 Large-tailed Nightjar
6. 1 Savanna Nightjar
7. 10 dark swiftlet sp.
8. 2 White-breasted Waterhen
9. 1 Common Sandpiper
10. 1 Yellow Bittern
11. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle
12. 1 White-bellied Sea-Eagle - Juvenile
13. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
14. 4 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
15. 1 Dollarbird
16. 1 Sunda Woodpecker
17. 1 Rufous Woodpecker - Heard
18. 3 Rose-ringed Parakeet
19. 8 Red-breasted Parakeet
20. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
21. 2 Long-tailed Shrike
22. 2 Black-naped Oriole
23. 1 Malaysian Pied-Fantail - Heard
24. 1 House Crow
25. 2 Pacific Swallow
26. 4 Sooty-headed Bulbul
27. 4 Yellow-vented Bulbul
28. 2 Lanceolated Warbler - Heard
29. 3 Ashy Tailorbird
30. 1 Yellow-bellied Prinia - Heard
31. 3 Oriental White-eye - Heard
32. 5 Javan Myna
33. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
34. 3 Olive-backed Sunbird

At Pasir Ris Farmway 3, a Common Sandpiper was displaying to another of its species. Not the first time I've seen this behaviour during this non-breeding season.

The male Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker, on the other hand, was busy feeding.

1. 1 Red Junglefowl (Domestic type) - Heard
2. 6 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
3. 4 Spotted Dove
4. 2 Asian Koel - Heard
5. 5 dark swiftlet sp.
6. 2 White-breasted Waterhen
7. 2 Common Sandpiper
8. 1 Yellow Bittern
9. 1 Intermediate Egret
10. 3 Little Egret
11. 3 Cattle Egret
12. 4 pond-heron sp. - Non-breeding
13. 1 Striated Heron
14. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
15. 1 Collared Kingfisher
16. 1 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
17. 1 Sunda Woodpecker - Heard
18. 6 Rose-ringed Parakeet
19. 1 Common Iora - Heard
20. 1 Long-tailed Shrike
21. 2 Black-naped Oriole
22. 1 Malaysian Pied-Fantail
23. 1 House Crow
24. 3 Barn Swallow
25. 3 Yellow-vented Bulbul
26. 1 Ashy Tailorbird
27. 2 Yellow-bellied Prinia - Heard
28. 4 Common Myna
29. 20 Javan Myna
30. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
31. 1 Plain-throated Sunbird
32. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird

Kranji Marsh 30Jun18

From KH

Con, Danny and I went birding at Kranji Marsh today.

First, a Yellow-bellied Prinia with a ring was busy collecting nesting material.

Then at the Tower, this Paradise Tree Snake kept us on our toes. One moment, it was on the beam, next moment elsewhere!

The tree beside the tower harboured a huge Giant Honey Bee nest!

While a Large-tailed Nightjar slumbered on.

On the way out, a Green Crested Lizard showed us how long its tail was.

Beware the Red-wattled Lapwing bomber!

While the dark morph Changeable Hawk-eagle looked on from the safely of its shaded perch.

1. 3 Gray Heron
2. 6 white egret sp. - probably Intermediate
3. 1 Striated Heron
4. 1 Black-shouldered Kite
5. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Dark morph
6. 2 Brahminy Kite
7. 1 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
8. 3 White-breasted Waterhen
9. 2 Red-wattled Lapwing
10. 7 Little Tern
11. 3 Spotted Dove
12. 2 Zebra Dove
13. 10 Pink-necked Pigeon
14. 2 Lesser Coucal
15. 2 Asian Koel
16. 1 Banded Bay Cuckoo - Heard
17. 1 Plaintive Cuckoo - Heard
18. 1 Brush Cuckoo - Heard
19. 1 Large-tailed Nightjar
20. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
21. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
22. 2 Collared Kingfisher
23. 1 Blue-throated Bee-eater
24. 1 Dollarbird
25. 1 Laced Woodpecker - Heard
26. 1 Common Flameback
27. 1 Rufous Woodpecker - Heard
28. 2 Red-breasted Parakeet
29. 8 Long-tailed Parakeet
30. 1 Blue-winged Pitta - Heard
31. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
32. 4 Common Iora
33. 2 Pied Triller
34. 1 Long-tailed Shrike
35. 3 Black-naped Oriole
36. 2 Malaysian Pied-Fantail
37. 2 Large-billed Crow
38. 2 Pacific Swallow
39. 1 Straw-headed Bulbul - Heard
40. 2 Sooty-headed Bulbul
41. 4 Yellow-vented Bulbul
42. 2 Zitting Cisticola - Heard
43. 3 Common Tailorbird
44. 1 Ashy Tailorbird
45. 1 Rufous-tailed Tailorbird - Heard
46. 2 Yellow-bellied Prinia
47. 1 Oriental Magpie-Robin
48. 8 Asian Glossy Starling
49. 10 Javan Myna
50. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
51. 1 Plain-throated Sunbird
52. 0 Olive-backed Sunbird - 2 used nest seen
53. 2 Paddyfield Pipit
54. 2 Baya Weaver
55. 8 waxbill sp. - probably Common