Marina East 15Jul23

From KH

Danny and I went to Marina East today. Got an early Barn Swallow.

Another successful breeding season for our migrant breeder Blue-throated Bee-eater, adult and juvenile here.

Same for Purple Heron: Adult and juvenile.

Zitting Cisticola usually hidden in the grass but this one came out to play.

Introduced Orange-cheeked waxbill enjoying a seedy meal.

Lesser Grass Blue sipping nectar from Creeping Cucumber flower.

Bishan Park 11Oct20

From KH

Local juvenile Purple Heron and migrant Brown Shrike.

Noisy Tanimbar Corella × Yellow-crested Cockatoo hybrid perched in Pong Pong tree.

Introduced Orange-cheeked Waxbills enjoyed grass seeds.

Asian Honey Bee collected nectar from flower, while Chrysodeixis moth used it as a rest spot.

Male Blue Sprite taking a rest.

Xylocopa(Maiella) carpenter bee enjoying Alligator Flag.

Fish, fish and more fish:

Local Common Snakehead. Naturalized Guppies.

Introduced Partipantazona Barb and Vieja cichlids.

Hydrophobic leaf of Scared Lotus.

1. Red Junglefowl (Domestic type) 1 - Male
2. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
3. Spotted Dove 5
4. Zebra Dove 3
5. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 1
6. Asian Koel 1 - Heard
7. dark swiftlet sp. 20
8. White-breasted Waterhen 2
9. Purple Heron 5 - Nest Building
10. Collared Kingfisher 1
11. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 1
12. Yellow-crested Cockatoo 1 - Vocal
13. Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot 2
14. Black-naped Oriole 5
15. Common Iora 1 - Heard
16. Malaysian Pied-Fantail 1
17. Brown Shrike 1
18. House Crow 1 - Heard
19. Pacific Swallow 1
20. Yellow-vented Bulbul 8
21. Asian Glossy Starling 2
22. Common Myna 3
23. Javan Myna 10
24. Asian Brown Flycatcher 1 - Heard
25. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 1
26. Brown-throated Sunbird 1 - Heard
27. Olive-backed Sunbird 1
28. Scaly-breasted Munia 10
29. Orange-cheeked Waxbill 6 - Introduced
30. Eurasian Tree Sparrow 6

Bishan Park 02Aug20

From KH

I spent an afternoon hour at Bishan Park today.

Not sure if it was the heat that caused the birds to be more lethargic. This Black-naped Oriole was only slightly above eye level to me.

This introduced Orange-cheeked Waxbill also allowed me to get up close and personal.

The Purple Herons were doing well here. This immature was busy feeding.

While these chicks were still in their nest.

This Water Monitor shared the same stretch of the river with the immature Purple Heron.

No doubt because of the abundance of fish in the river! Sadly most of the fish are alien species. Here's a male Common Tilapia and a juvenile Mayan Cichlid.

Followed by a Giant Gourami and another fish.

And last but not least, adult and juvenile Nile Tilapias.

The nearby pond supported dragonflies, such as this male Common Scarlet and Variegated Green Skimmer.

Finally, some Lalang and Taro to add some plants to the mix.

1. Red Junglefowl (Domestic type) 2
2. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
3. Spotted Dove 5
4. Zebra Dove 5
5. Asian Koel 1 - Heard
6. White-breasted Waterhen 3
7. Purple Heron 8
8. Blue-throated Bee-eater 1 - Heard
9. Lineated Barbet 1 - Heard
10. Sunda Woodpecker 2
11. Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot 2
12. Black-naped Oriole 2
13. Malaysian Pied-Fantail 2
14. House Crow 3
15. Common Tailorbird 1 - Heard
16. Pacific Swallow 1
17. Yellow-vented Bulbul 6
18. Javan Myna 20
19. Brown-throated Sunbird 3
20. Olive-backed Sunbird 3
21. Orange-cheeked Waxbill 1
22. Eurasian Tree Sparrow 1

Coney Island 07Mar20

From KH

While Con and Danny did their Panti survey, and JS did his Kranji Marsh guiding, I spent the morning on Coney Island and was rewarded with these raptors:

Adult Grey-headed Fish-eagle

Black Baza

This male Oriental Magpie-robin was singing his lungs out.

While this Swinhoe's White-eye was doing some gymnastics.

These adult Scaly-breasted Munias were enjoying a buffet of grasses, like Guinea Grass (Megathyrsus maximus) and Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum).

This juvenile Scaly-breasted Munia was munching on Fountain Grass.

These escaped/released African birds - Crimson-rumped Waxbill and Orange-cheeked Waxbill - were hanging out with the munias and feasting on the grass buffet too.

A Common Tiger to round up the day's birding.

1. Spotted Dove 3
2. Zebra Dove 3
3. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 3
4. Asian Koel 1 - heard
5. Little Bronze-Cuckoo 1 - heard
6. Plaintive Cuckoo 1 - heard
7. Brush Cuckoo 1 - heard
8. dark swiftlet sp. 20
9. white egret sp. 1
10. Black Baza 1
11. Brahminy Kite 1
12. Gray-headed Fish-Eagle 1
13. White-throated Kingfisher 2
14. Collared Kingfisher 4
15. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 10
16. Dollarbird 2
17. Sunda Woodpecker 1 - heard
18. Common Flameback 1 - heard
19. Red-breasted Parakeet 10
20. Golden-bellied Gerygone 1 - heard
21. Black-naped Oriole 4
22. Common Iora 2
23. Malaysian Pied-Fantail 2
24. Brown Shrike 1 - heard
25. House Crow 1
26. Common Tailorbird 2 - heard
27. Yellow-bellied Prinia 2
28. Pacific Swallow 5
29. Yellow-vented Bulbul 8
30. Javan Myna 10
31. Oriental Magpie-Robin 1
32. Olive-backed Sunbird 8
33. Golden-backed Weaver 4
34. Baya Weaver 4
35. Orange-cheeked Waxbill 2
36. Crimson-rumped Waxbill 5 - 2+3
37. Scaly-breasted Munia 20
38. Chestnut Munia 4
39. White-headed Munia 1