Jurong Lake 15Feb20

From KH

Danny, JS, BJ and I went to Jurong Lake, the current hotspot, but no blackbird, nor rare starlings...

Just Daurian Starlings

And Asian Glossy Starlings.

This Watercock was still around.

A few Asian Openbills were still around, with one of them enjoying an apple snail.

While this Intermediate Egret was enjoying a froggie.

And this Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo was enjoying a caterpillar.

Meanwhile, this shy Malaysian Hawk-cuckoo played hide-and-seek with us.

Other migrants include this Asian Brown Flycatcher.

Resident Buffy Fish-owl and Coppersmith Barbet came to join in the fun.

While these Pied Imperial Pigeons were gorging on figs.

This Smooth Otter gate-crashed the avian party!

1. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 10
2. Spotted Dove 2
3. Zebra Dove 2
4. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 20
5. Asian Koel 4
6. Little Bronze-Cuckoo 1 - heard
7. Plaintive Cuckoo 1
8. Brush Cuckoo 1
9. Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo 1
10. Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo 1
11. dark swiftlet sp. 10
12. Watercock 1
13. Common Sandpiper 1
14. Asian Openbill 2
15. Yellow Bittern 1
16. Gray Heron 5
17. Intermediate Egret 1
18. Brahminy Kite 2
19. Common Kingfisher 1
20. Collared Kingfisher 2
21. Blue-throated Bee-eater 4
22. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 8
23. Dollarbird 1
24. Coppersmith Barbet 4
25. Lineated Barbet 1 - heard
26. Sunda Woodpecker 2
27. Rufous Woodpecker 1 - heard
28. Laced Woodpecker 1 - heard
29. Rose-ringed Parakeet 2
30. Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot 2
31. Black-naped Oriole 5
32. Common Iora 2
33. Malaysian Pied-Fantail 1
34. Tiger Shrike 1
35. Brown Shrike 2
36. House Crow 5
37. Ashy Tailorbird 1
38. Zitting Cisticola 1
39. Oriental Reed Warbler 2 - heard
40. Yellow-vented Bulbul 8
41. Swinhoe's White-eye 5
42. Asian Glossy Starling 30
43. Daurian Starling 30
44. Javan Myna 10
45. Asian Brown Flycatcher 2
46. Oriental Magpie-Robin 1
47. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 2
48. Brown-throated Sunbird 5
49. Olive-backed Sunbird 5
50. Scaly-breasted Munia 2
51. Paddyfield Pipit 2

Bidadari 1Oct13

From Con

http://confoley.com/photo-guide-hawk-cuckoos

Serangoon, Poyan 20Mar11

From KH

It was another great day of census. The weather was good and the birdlife was rich. Sungei Serangoon is no longer a "sungei" or river; it is now a reservoir. Nevertheless, some waders (Common Sandpipers and Common Greenshanks) still showed up. There was 3 migrant raptors (Osprey, Black Baza and Chinese Goshawk), 3 migrant Egrets (Great, Little and Cattle), as well as some migrant songbirds (Brown Shrike, Ashy Minivets, ABFC, Barn Swallow and Arctic Warbler). The surprise migrant was a single Black-browed Reed-warbler close to the Halus end. Resident-wise, the introduced Sooty-headed Bulbul continue to be sighted in this part of Singapore and another introduced bird, a Rose-ringed Parakeet, was at a nest hole.

At Poyan, migrant Blue-tailed Bee-eaters were still around, although at Serangoon they have been replaced by our only migrant breeder Blue-throated Bee-eater. Other migrants were a Black Baza and some Ashy Minivets. The migrant highlight was a Malaysian Hawk-cuckoo. Resident highlights were a Chestnut-bellied Malkoha and 5 Straw-headed Bulbuls.

Malaysian Hawk-cuckoo ©Danny

		Serangoon	Poyan
1	Red Junglefowl	-	6
2	Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker	3	2
3	Banded Woodpecker	-	1
4	Laced Woodpecker	2	1
5	Common Goldenback	2	2
6	Lineated Barbet	-	3
7	Coppersmith Barbet	-	2
8	Oriental Dollarbird	1	3
9	White-Throated Kingfisher	4	-
10	Collared Kingfisher	6	5
11	Blue-Throated Bee-Eater	7	-
12	Blue-Tailed Bee-Eater	-	4
13	Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo	-	1
14	Little Bronze-Cuckoo	2	1
15	Violet Cuckoo	-	2
16	Asian Koel	3	2
17	Chestnut-Bellied Malkoha	-	1
18	Lesser Coucal	-	3
19	Rose-Ringed Parakeet	1	2
20	Red-Breasted Parakeet	-	10
21	Long-Tailed Parakeet	2	-
22	Swiftlet Spp	17	-
23	Common Pigeon	2	-
24	Spotted Dove	8	7
25	Zebra Dove	4	2
26	Pink-Necked Green Pigeon	11	11
27	White-Breasted Waterhen	5	3
28	Common Greenshank	9	-
29	Common Sandpiper	7	-
30	Osprey	1	-
31	Black Baza	1	1
32	Brahminy Kite	3	-
33	White-Bellied Sea Eagle	-	1
34	Chinese Sparrowhawk	1	-
35	Changeable Hawk-Eagle	-	1
36	Little Egret	28	-
37	Grey Heron	7	-
38	Purple Heron	1	-
39	Great Egret	1	-
40	Cattle Egret	3	-
41	Striated Heron	3	-
42	Black-Crowned Night Heron	3	-
43	Golden-Bellied Gerygone	3	3
44	Brown Shrike	1	-
45	House Crow	7	-
46	Black-Naped Oriole	7	9
47	Pied Triller	-	2
48	Ashy Minivet	20	7
49	Pied Fantail	6	-
50	Greater Racket-Tailed Drongo	-	3
51	Common Iora	8	8
52	Asian Brown Flycatcher	1	-
53	Asian Glossy Starling	14	50
54	White-Vented Myna	16	22
55	Barn Swallow	1	-
56	Pacific Swallow	3	5
57	Straw-Headed Bulbul	-	5
58	Sooty-Headed Bulbul	1	-
59	Yellow-Vented Bulbul	14	15
60	Olive-Winged Bulbul	1	-
61	Yellow-Bellied Prinia	8	-
62	Black-Browed Reed-Warbler	1	-
63	Common Tailorbird	7	4
64	Ashy Tailorbird	4	1
65	Arctic Warbler	1	-
66	White-Crested Laughingthrush	-	8
67	Striped Tit-Babbler	-	1
68	Scarlet-Backed Flowerpecker	1	-
69	Brown-Throated Sunbird	6	-
70	Olive-Backed Sunbird	10	3
71	Crimson Sunbird	-	1
72	Eurasian Tree Sparrow	6	6
73	Paddyfield Pipit	1	-
74	Baya Weaver	-	5
	Total Species	55	44
	Total No.	296	235