Pasir Ris Park 26Dec20

From KH

Boxing Day birding at Pasir Ris Park.

It was nice to see Crested Goshawk nesting.

Female Red-breasted Parakeet was also nesting.

Male Oriental Pied-Hornbill caught something.

Black-naped Oriole just looked pretty.

Introduced Monk Parakeets were doing well.

A nice Mangrove Pit Viper at the boardwalk.

Stripe-nosed Halfbeaks and some other fish.

Pink-fingered Vinegar Crab and Singapore Vinegar Crab for comparison. Both have red pincers, but the former has red bumps on the pincers, while the latter have pale bumps.

1. Red Junglefowl (Domestic type) 8
2. Spotted Dove 5
3. Zebra Dove 8
4. Asian Koel 1 - Heard
5. dark swiftlet sp. 5
6. White-breasted Waterhen 1 - Heard
7. Gray Heron 15
8. Little Egret 3
9. Striated Heron 1
10. Crested Goshawk 1
11. Oriental Pied-Hornbill 2
12. Common Kingfisher 1
13. Collared Kingfisher 4
14. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 4
15. Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker 1 - Heard
16. Rufous Woodpecker 2
17. Rose-ringed Parakeet 2
18. Red-breasted Parakeet 1
19. Monk Parakeet 3
20. Ashy Minivet 1 - Heard
21. Black-naped Oriole 4
22. Common Iora 2 - Heard
23. House Crow 3
24. Common Tailorbird 1 - Heard
25. Ashy Tailorbird 4
26. Yellow-vented Bulbul 2
27. Arctic Warbler 2 - Heard
28. Swinhoe's White-eye 2
29. Javan Myna 5
30. Asian Brown Flycatcher 2
31. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 1 - Heard
32. Brown-throated Sunbird 2
33. Olive-backed Sunbird 2

Changi 27Dec11

From KH

Subaraj & family, Con and I were at CC today. Here's the count:

1) Sanderling 7
2) Common Sandpiper 2
3) Ruddy Turnstone 1
4) Grey Plover 5
5) Lesser Sand Plover >30
6) Kentish Plover >3
7) Malaysian Plover >10
8) White-faced Plover >5
9) Little Tern 10
10) Grey Heron 1
11) Purple Heron 1 in the grassland
12) Collared KF 2
13) EMH 1 male
14) BWK 1
15) WBSE >1
16) Brahminy Kite >1

There were also some Monk Parakeets (>10).

Changi, SBWR 09Oct10

From KH

Con, Danny and I started off hoping to enter Changi via KTC, but no luck. Nevertheless, we got our lifer escapees - 3 Monk Parakeets ©Tan KH.

Moving on to Tanah Merah grassland, we had the usual suspects, including migrants like Oriental Reed Warbler (heard only), Barn and Red-rumped Swallows.

The Eastern Marsh-harrier has also arrived. A juvenile was flushed from the bush about 10 m from us! Too bad I was too slow and could only get the far away back shot ©Tan KH.

Next, in Changi via LP149, there were no migrant raptors nor any unusual birds, but Con had his 'lifer' Giant Weaver Nest ©Con Foley.

We also got the guardian of the giant nest - a leucistic Red Collared-dove ©Con Foley.

There were also local raptors - 5 juvenile Brahminy Kites and 2 BWK, as well as an Asian Brown Flycatcher.

Soon it was close to high tide and we headed for SBWR. Here's the count of uncommon waders:
- Broad-billed Sandpiper 8
- Red-necked Stint 14
- Terek Sandpiper 1
- and the usual sandpipers (curlew, marsh, common), greenshank, redshank, whimbrel, LSP, PGP.

LSP ©Danny Lau

LSP ©Con Foley

Finally, still hoping to see the Little Ringed Plover that we missed last season, we dropped by NSRCC. No plovers, but there were good number (>30) of Yellow Wagtails.