Hindhede, Mandai Mudflat, SBWR 16Sep06
From JS
At the look-out of Hindhede, a female
yellow-rumped
flycatcher was sighted at 8 am by my father. Apparently, 8 am is also the start of
a small bird activity, consisting of a family of
pied fantails, 3 duetting
straw-headed bulbuls, 3
striped tit babblers, a pair of
olive-winged bulbuls, a
pair of
orange-bellied flowerpeckers, a
dark-necked tailorbird, a
yellow-vented
bulbul and of course, the female yellow-rumped flycatcher. As we were heading
back to the carpark, a
red-eyed bulbul,
emerald dove and the call of the
chestnut-winged babbler slowed us down. Nevertheless, we still reached the cars
after a half-and-hour delay.
Hoping for an encore of last Sunday's hundreds of terns, my father, me and
Robert, took a detour to Mandai Mudflat. From afar, we sighted two
kingfishers,
collared and a lonely
common which later, we discovered that two photographers
were seeking the bird at SBWR for few hours. In addition, there were three
ospreys present, a flock of
whimbrels, two
marsh sandpipers,
pgp,
little herons,
redshanks,
greenshanks,
grey herons and 4
terns. The photo attached shows two of
the terns and a larger whimbrel. After some vigorous scanning, there was no
beach thick-knee but only a coast littered with white standing tissue papers.
Whimbrels and Little Terns ©Lau JS
On our way to Mandai Mudflat, I saw an
ashy minivet hopping on a low hanging
tree trunk. At SBWR, we were surprised to find the
Asian dowitcher still around, otherwise
the thrilling trip ended with suspense and a sighting of a rare birder, Bing
Wen. Sadly, he wasn't rare enough to create any huge sighting.
Common Redshanks and Marsh Sandpipers ©Con Foley
Hindhede
1) Pink-necked Green-pigeon (>5)
2) Emerald Dove (1)
3) Glossy Starling (>10)
4) Red-eyed Bulbul (1)
5) Olive-winged Bulbul (2)
6) Yellow-vented Bulbul (>2)
7) Straw-headed bulbul (3)
8) Banded Woodpecker (1h)
9) Common Flameback (h)
10) Laced Woodpecker (1)
11) Stork-billed Kingfisher
12) Collared Kingfisher (1)
13) Chestnut-winged Babbler (h)
14) Striped Tit-babbler (3)
15) Greater Green Leafbird (h)
16) Orange-bellied Flowerpecker (2 and 1h)
17) Plain-throated Sunbird (1)
18) Rufous-tailed Tailorbird (1)
19) Dark-necked Tailorbird (1)
20) Pied Fantail (3)
21) Pacific Swallow (3)
22) White-bellied Sea Eagle (2 juvenile)
23) Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (1 female)
24) Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (2)
On the way to Mandai Mudflat
25) Ashy Minivet
Mandai Mudflat
26) Whimbrel (>10)
27) Marsh Sandpiper (2)
28) Common Sandpiper (>2)
29) Pacific Golden Plover (>10)
30) Common Redshank (>5)
31) Common Greenshank (>5)
32) Striated Heron (>3)
33) Grey Heron (>5)
34) Osprey (3)
35) Javan Myna (>7)
36) House Crow (>2)
37) Common Kingfisher (1)
38) Little Tern (4)
SBWR
39) White-breasted Waterhen (>5)
40) Oriental Magpie Robin (3)
41) Curlew Sandpiper (2)
42) Asian Dowitcher (1)
43) Brahminy Kite (1)
44) Mongolian Plover (2)
45) Ashy Tailorbird (>4)
46) Little Bronze Cuckoo (1)
From Sree
Actually I got to see the flycatcher there that morning
as he seems to like to make a late appearance, 9.30 am onwards. As it turned out
I just missed the rest as I had come along the side trail and not the main path
that they took to go down. Alan OwYong told me he met them as he was coming up.
There were a lot of activities with
orange-bellied and
scarlet-backed
flowerpeckers,
crimson sunbird,
common and
dark-necked tailorbirds,
pied fantail,
straw-headed,
olive-winged and
red-eyed bulbuls and the star
yellow-rumped
flycatcher. Alan mentioned that there were two
white-rumped shamas further down
(closer to the first hut) but I preferred to get a better view of the
flycatcher.
My call at 12.10 was in relation to the possible spotted redshank as I
thought all of you were at SB. Bing Wen was there at Hindhede Quarry with me and
we proceeded to SB but it looks like there was no spotted redshank, at least
among the birds I got to see.
