Seletar Park Connector 12Feb26

From KH

Lots of activities at Seletar Park Connector today.

First, Pink-necked Green-Pigeons gorging on figs.

Male. Female.

Then, Rose-ringed Parakeets feeding on Creeping Cucumbers on a White Leadtree. Skunk Vine growing on the same leadtree.

Lots of Asian Openbills, including this one showing off its deshelled snail.

Shy OHB.

Not-so-shy Sunda Woodpecker.

Not-at-all-shy Large-tailed Nightjar, showing itself in broad daylight on a railing!

In a tree just beside the toilet, a pair of Little Bronze-Cuckoos were harassed by sunbirds, both Ornate and Brown-throated.

Male Little Bronze-Cuckoo. Female harassed by immature male Brown-throated Sunbird.

Male (left) and female Ornate Sunbirds.

Tree in which all the commotion happened.

Asian Brown Flycatcher just came to see what the whole commotion was about.

Arctic Warbler in the tree.

And Oriental Reed-Warbler in the reeds.

Male Ashy Tailorbird hanging out in the reeds too.

Swinhoe's White-eye foraging on Sea Almond.

Other animals included this butterfly, Common Mormon .

This rhino beetle.

Other trees here included this Earpod Wattle Acacia auriculiformis.

Kranji Marsh 18Dec21

From KH

Danny and I went to Kranji Marsh today. On the way in along Neo Tiew Lane 2, a very confiding male Pink-necked Green-Pigeon was singing its heart out.

At the marsh, an Oriental Reed Warbler was also vocalizing. What a treat to be serenaded by our avian friends in the morning!

This Common Kingfisher was at a good vantage point scanning for breakfast.

Raptor Tower never fails to deliver. Here's an Osprey.

On the way out, a Black-naped Oriole perched nicely for us.

While this Banded Woodpecker was shyer.

Other denizens here: lynx spider Oxyopes sp.

Some grasshoppers Spathosternum prasiniferum

A pretty leaf beetle on what else but a leaf. A fly on what else but a pile of shit!

Asian Taro (left) and Giant Taro in comparison. The latter lacks the webbing where the leaf meet the stem, unlike Asian Taro.

 

Sengkang Riverside Park 25Nov18

From KH

A couple of brown jobs: Oriental Reed Warbler and Brown Shrike.

A "high-flyer": Oriental Honey-buzzard.

A female Pink-necked Green-pigeon feeding.

And then there are the insects and flowers.

Common Leopard

Asian Honey Bee. Canna Lily.

1. 5 Spotted Dove
2. 2 Zebra Dove
3. 2 Pink-necked Pigeon
4. 10 dark swiftlet sp.
5. 2 White-breasted Waterhen
6. 2 Yellow Bittern
7. 1 Striated Heron
8. 1 Oriental Honey-buzzard
9. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
10. 2 Collared Kingfisher
11. 2 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
12. 2 Sunda Woodpecker
13. 1 Common Flameback
14. 2 Red-breasted Parakeet
15. 1 Brown Shrike
16. 3 Black-naped Oriole
17. 4 Pacific Swallow
18. 3 Yellow-vented Bulbul
19. 3 Black-browed Reed Warbler
20. 2 Oriental Reed Warbler
21. 1 Ashy Tailorbird
22. 1 Asian Brown Flycatcher
23. 2 Asian Glossy Starling
24. 6 Common Myna
25. 2 Javan Myna
26. 1 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
27. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
28. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird

Punggol Grassland 17Nov18

From KH

Surprised to see Grey-headed Fish-eagle nesting here.

While a pale adult Changeable Hawk-eagle perched nearby.

There are a few Oriental Reed Warblers chatting in the grassland. This one came out to look-see.

1. 5 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
2. 10 Spotted Dove
3. 2 Zebra Dove
4. 2 Asian Koel - Heard
5. 30 dark swiftlet sp.
6. 1 White-breasted Waterhen - Heard
7. 1 Common Sandpiper
8. 1 Gray Heron
9. 5 Intermediate Egret
10. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle
11. 1 Brahminy Kite
12. 2 White-bellied Sea-Eagle - Heard
13. 1 Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
14. 2 White-throated Kingfisher
15. 5 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
16. 2 Dollarbird
17. 1 Common Flameback - Heard
18. 4 Red-breasted Parakeet
19. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
20. 1 Common Iora
21. 3 Ashy Minivet
22. 1 Brown Shrike
23. 3 Long-tailed Shrike
24. 2 Black-naped Oriole
25. 1 Malaysian Pied-Fantail - Heard
26. 8 House Crow
27. 3 Barn Swallow
28. 2 Yellow-vented Bulbul
29. 1 Oriental Reed Warbler
30. 1 Common Tailorbird - Heard
31. 1 Ashy Tailorbird - Heard
32. 1 Yellow-bellied Prinia - Heard
33. 1 Zitting Cisticola
34. 2 Asian Brown Flycatcher
35. 1 Oriental Magpie-Robin - Heard
36. 10 Javan Myna
37. 3 Paddyfield Pipit
38. 15 Scaly-breasted Munia

Seletar East 28Jan18

From KH

Pacific Golden-plovers were roosting in the field.

Asian Brown Flycatcher and Oriental Reed Warbler preferred the trees.

Intermediate Egret and Purple Heron also took to the fields.

Brahminy Kite caught a Changeable Lizard!

Male Laced Woodpecker prospecting tree hole. Chestnut Munia hiding in the grass.

Zitting Cisticola singing away.

1. 1 Yellow Bittern
2. 1 Purple Heron
3. 1 Intermediate Egret
4. 8 Cattle Egret (Eastern)
5. 1 Striated Heron - Immature
6. 1 Brahminy Kite - Adult hunting
7. 2 White-breasted Waterhen
8. 80 Pacific Golden-Plover
9. 10 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
10. 1 Zebra Dove
11. 2 Pink-necked Pigeon - A pair
12. 3 Asian Koel
13. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
14. 1 Common Kingfisher
15. 1 Stork-billed Kingfisher
16. 2 White-throated Kingfisher - A pair
17. 1 Collared Kingfisher
18. 8 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
19. 1 Coppersmith Barbet - Heard
20. 1 Sunda Woodpecker
21. 2 Laced Woodpecker
22. A pair digging hole 2 Red-breasted Parakeet - Heard
23. 3 Psittacula sp.
24. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
25. 3 Common Iora
26. 6 Long-tailed Shrike
27. 5 Black-naped Oriole
28. 2 House Crow - Heard
29. 1 Large-billed Crow
30. 5 Barn Swallow
31. 5 Pacific Swallow
32. 2 Sooty-headed Bulbul
33. 4 Yellow-vented Bulbul
34. 1 Oriental Reed Warbler
35. 3 Zitting Cisticola
36. 1 Common Tailorbird - Heard
37. 1 Ashy Tailorbird - Heard
38. 5 Asian Brown Flycatcher
39. 5 Asian Glossy Starling
40. 4 Common Myna
41. 10 Javan Myna
42. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
43. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
44. 4 Olive-backed Sunbird
45. 10 Paddyfield Pipit
46. 5 Eurasian Tree Sparrow
47. 4 Chestnut Munia