Sungei Serangoon 22Mar25

From KH

Today, I did the Annual Bird Census at Sungei Serangoon as usual. Got 7 more species compared to 3 days ago.

Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot couple checking out a Yellow Flame Tree nest hole. The male looks like a young one.

Male Ornate Sunbird sipping nectar from Red Button Ginger flower.

Long-tailed Shrike chilling in the rain.

Sungei Serangoon 09Jul23

From KH

It's Fall Migration Bird Census and I covered Sungei Serangoon as usual. The river, or what used to be a river before they dam it, is still good for waterbirds, like adult Black-crowned Night-Heron and juvenile Purple Heron.

Here are a couple of pied birds: Malaysian Pied-Fantail, male Oriental Magpie-Robin.

Adult Long-tailed Shrike.

Shy Common Tailorbird. Shyer male Common Iora.

Male Brown-throated Sunbird and male Ornate Sunbird sipping nectar from Brackishwater Mangrove Barringtonia racemosa flowers.

Ornate Sunbird nest.

Male Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker sipping nectar from?

White-spotted Slug Snake, usually found as roadkills, why? Here the foot-long body was scavenged by Carebara ants.

Common Snakehead with a cichlid.

Lots of other cichlids as well.

Nile Tilapias. Mozambique Tilapia

Mayan Cichlid

The canal was full of Hydrilla. Good hiding place for the fish?

Seletar East, Halus 20Dec20

From KH

After having fun with Mandarin Duck at Hougang, I had my lunch and then headed to Hampstead Wetland.

Crested Goshawk - my first time seeing it here!

White-breasted Waterhen - the "lily-trotter" of Hampstead

Blue-tailed Bee-eater - the model for BIF and FIM shots here

1. White-breasted Waterhen 1
2. Crested Goshawk 1
3. Brahminy Kite 1
4. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 5
5. Pied Triller 1
6. Large-billed Crow 2 - A pair
7. Yellow-vented Bulbul 1 - Heard
8. Asian Glossy Starling 5
9. Javan Myna 2
10. Oriental Magpie-Robin 1 - Heard
11. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 1
12. Olive-backed Sunbird 1

Last stop for today: Lorong Halus Wetland.

Long-tailed Shrike. Sooty-headed Bulbul

1. Spotted Dove 2
2. Zebra Dove 6
3. Savanna Nightjar 1 - Heard
4. dark swiftlet sp. 2
5. White-breasted Waterhen 1 - Heard
6. Ardea sp. 1 - Intermediate or great
7. Black Baza 3
8. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 2
9. Dollarbird 2
10. Rose-ringed Parakeet 2
11. Red-breasted Parakeet 2
12. Long-tailed Parakeet 4
13. Black-naped Oriole 2
14. Long-tailed Shrike 2
15. House Crow 3
16. Barn Swallow 2
17. Sooty-headed Bulbul 1
18. Asian Glossy Starling 30
19. Javan Myna 5

Halus 19Dec20

From KH

Today, Danny, JS and I went to Lorong Halus.

First up, a couple of migrant raptor species:

Juvenile Chinese Sparrowhawk with tattered wing

A couple of juvenile Oriental Honey-Buzzards

A pair of resident Long-tailed Shrikes.

Swintail snipe, typically seen flying away...

A couple of White-barred Duskhawks.

And finally, some flies: hoverfly sp. and Ligyra sp.

1. Lesser Whistling-Duck 2
2. Spotted Dove 3
3. Zebra Dove 2
4. Lesser Coucal 1
5. Savanna Nightjar 2
6. White-breasted Waterhen 1
7. Greater Painted-Snipe 2
8. snipe sp. 7
9. Yellow Bittern 2
10. Gray Heron 11
11. pond-heron sp. 1
12. Striated Heron 1
13. Oriental Honey-buzzard 4
14. Changeable Hawk-Eagle 1
15. Chinese Sparrowhawk 1
16. Brahminy Kite 1
17. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 1
18. Gray-headed Fish-Eagle 2
19. White-throated Kingfisher 1
20. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 4
21. Dollarbird 2
22. Coppersmith Barbet 1
23. Rose-ringed Parakeet 2
24. Red-breasted Parakeet 36
25. Long-tailed Parakeet 1
26. Ashy Minivet 3
27. Pied Triller 2
28. Black-naped Oriole 3
29. Common Iora 2
30. Malaysian Pied-Fantail 1
31. Long-tailed Shrike 3
32. House Crow 10
33. Pacific Swallow 2
34. Sooty-headed Bulbul 6
35. Yellow-vented Bulbul 7
36. Swinhoe's White-eye 10
37. Asian Glossy Starling 50
38. Javan Myna 2
39. Brown-throated Sunbird 2
40. Javan Munia 6

Seletar East 13Sep20

From KH

After Punggol Waterway Park, I went to Seletar East for a short walk. Nothing much but got some grass yellows and Lesser Grass Blues sucking nectar from Bidens alba.

A Hübner's Wasp Moth showed nicely.

So did the pair of Blue Perchers.

Finally, a bird, Long-tailed Shrike, to finish the walk.

1. Asian Koel 1 - Heard
2. dark swiftlet sp. 1
3. Wood Sandpiper 1
4. Red-breasted Parakeet 2 - Heard
5. Black-naped Oriole 1
6. Long-tailed Shrike 2
7. Zitting Cisticola 2 - Heard
8. Yellow-vented Bulbul 1 - Heard
9. Asian Glossy Starling - 1
10. Javan Myna - 2
11. Paddyfield Pipit4

Sengkang Riverside Park 02Aug20

From KH

This tiny Oriental House Rat first caught my attention when it ran in front of me on the pathway.

Then, out of nowhere, this Long-tailed Shrike dived at the rat but missed it! Look how small the rat is compared to the shrike!

The shrike tried looking but perhaps couldn't find the rat in the grass. It eventually flew off when a cyclist rode by. What a lucky mini rat!

After the short drama, I went around the park. This Common Iora nearly got away.

This Sunda Woodpecker didn't, but nor did it looked at me.

This Collared Kingfisher was more obliging.

Chocolate Pansy with tattered wing sipping nectar.

Are these its eggs?

Super blurry shot of Heavy-bodied Jumper Hyllus semicupreus...

1. Spotted Dove 2
2. Zebra Dove 3
3. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 2
4. Little Bronze-Cuckoo 1 - Heard
5. dark swiftlet sp. 1
6. White-breasted Waterhen 2
7. Collared Kingfisher 2
8. Blue-throated Bee-eater 2
9. Sunda Woodpecker 1
10. Laced Woodpecker 1 - Heard
11. Rose-ringed Parakeet 8
12. Black-naped Oriole 2
13. Common Iora 2
14. Malaysian Pied-Fantail 1 - Heard
15. Long-tailed Shrike 1
16. Common Tailorbird 1 - Heard
17. Ashy Tailorbird 1 - Heard
18. Yellow-bellied Prinia 2 - Heard
19. Pacific Swallow 1
20. Sooty-headed Bulbul 3
21. Yellow-vented Bulbul 1
22. Swinhoe's White-eye 5
23. Asian Glossy Starling 2
24. Common Myna 8
25. Javan Myna 4
26. Brown-throated Sunbird 3
27. Olive-backed Sunbird 2
28. Scaly-breasted Munia 6