Sungei Buloh 02Nov22

From KH

Another Singapore first, Black-headed Ibis, was spotted at Sungei Buloh on 1 Nov 2022. So this trip is mandatory. When I reached today, it was feeding with storks, herons and egrets, seemingly accepted by them. Alas, it only stayed for 5 days, until 5 Nov.

The Milky and Painted Storks in Singapore were mainly from free-ranging stocks in Singapore Zoo, and they hybridize rampantly here. At Sungei Buloh, one can see the whole spectrum of what looks like pure Milky Storks to various intermediate hybrid forms to what looks like pure Painted Storks (clockwise from top left).

1 of many Little Egrets.

1 of 8 Grey Herons. Incoming!

Only 1 Medium Egret.

2 of many Common Redshanks.

1 of 10 Pacific Golden Plovers.

1 of 3 Common Sandpipers.

Only 1 Common Greenshank.

There were also 10 Eurasian Whimbrels.

Kranji Marsh, SBWR 16Feb19

From KH

Danny, JS and I started the day's birding at Kranji Marsh.

Common Kingfisher

It was snail/slug galore.

Tropical Leatherleaf. Unknown snail

Unknown snail

Kranji Marsh

1. Spotted Dove 2
2. Zebra Dove 2
3. Pink-necked Pigeon 5
4. Lesser Coucal 1 - heard
5. Asian Koel 2 - heard
6. Banded Bay Cuckoo 1 - heard
7. Plaintive Cuckoo 1 - heard
8. dark swiftlet sp. 20
9. Watercock 1
10. White-breasted Waterhen 2
11. Red-wattled Lapwing 1
12. snipe sp. 1
13. Common Sandpiper 2
14. Wood Sandpiper 1
15. Purple Heron 1
16. Intermediate Egret 1
17. Cattle Egret 3
18. Osprey 1
19. Black-winged Kite 1
20. Black Baza 1
21. Changeable Hawk-Eagle 1 - on nest and calling
22. Japanese Sparrowhawk 1 - male
23. Brahminy Kite 5
24. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 2
25. Common Kingfisher 1
26. White-throated Kingfisher 2
27. Blue-throated Bee-eater 3
28. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 1
29. Dollarbird 2
30. Lineated Barbet 1 - heard
31. Sunda Woodpecker 1
32. Rufous Woodpecker 1
33. Peregrine Falcon 1
34. Rose-ringed Parakeet 1
35. Red-breasted Parakeet 4
36. Long-tailed Parakeet 3
37. Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot 1
38. Golden-bellied Gerygone 1 - heard
39. Common Iora 5
40. Ashy Minivet 2
41. Pied Triller 4
42. Brown Shrike 2
43. Black-naped Oriole 1
44. Malaysian Pied-Fantail 2
45. House Crow 10
46. Large-billed Crow 2
47. Barn Swallow 1
48. Pacific Swallow 2
49. Straw-headed Bulbul 3
50. Sooty-headed Bulbul 3
51. Yellow-vented Bulbul 8
52. Oriental Reed Warbler 1
53. Pallas's Grasshopper-Warbler 1 - seen singing away
54. Common Tailorbird 1
55. Ashy Tailorbird 0 - heard
56. Yellow-bellied Prinia 1
57. White-crested Laughingthrush 0 - heard
58. Asian Brown Flycatcher 2
59. Oriental Magpie-Robin 1 - female
60. Asian Glossy Starling 5
61. Javan Myna 10
62. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker 1
63. Plain-throated Sunbird 2
64. Olive-backed Sunbird 8
65. Common Waxbill 1

At Sungei Buloh, a male Oriental Pied-hornbill caught a katydid to feed its young.

Painted Stork high up.

Male Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker feasting.

SBWR

1. Spotted Dove 1 - heard
2. Pink-necked Pigeon 1
3. White-breasted Waterhen 2
4. Whimbrel 15
5. Common Sandpiper 1
6. Common Redshank 25
7. Gray Heron 10
8. Little Egret 20
9. Cattle Egret 1
10. Striated Heron 1
11. Oriental Pied-Hornbill 3 - Adult pair with juvenile. Male seen feeding juvenile
12. Stork-billed Kingfisher 1
13. Collared Kingfisher 2 - heard
14. Coppersmith Barbet 1 - heard
15. Tiger Shrike 1
16. Ashy Tailorbird 2
17. Asian Brown Flycatcher 1
18. Asian Glossy Starling 2
19. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 1 - male feeding
20. Plain-throated Sunbird 2
21. Olive-backed Sunbird 3

Sungei Pandan 06Nov18

From KH

I've not been to this area before, so when a skylark was reported since 3 Nov here, I decided to make my way there.

Sure enough this juvenile Eurasian Skylark was still around - first record for Singapore.

Other migrants present included these Brown Shrikes.

Migrant Blue-tailed Bee-eater making friends with resident White-throated Kingfisher.

While Common Sandpipers hung around together.

One of two migrant Intermediate Egrets here.

This resident Grey Heron looked on as a Water Monitor swam by.

This Brahminy Kite come close for some shots.

On the way out, a thermalling flock of Painted Storks, Milky Storks, and their hybrids.

1. 3 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
2. 8 Spotted Dove
3. 1 Asian Koel - Heard
4. 1 dark swiftlet sp.
5. 7 Common Sandpiper
6. 3 Milky Stork
7. 8 Painted Stork
8. 3 Gray Heron
9. 2 Intermediate Egret
10. 3 Striated Heron
11. 2 Brahminy Kite
12. 1 Common Kingfisher
13. 2 White-throated Kingfisher
14. 2 Blue-throated Bee-eater
15. 6 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
16. 1 Common Iora - Heard
17. 3 Brown Shrike
18. 1 Black-naped Oriole
19. 1 Malaysian Pied-Fantail
20. 12 House Crow
21. 1 Eurasian Skylark
22. 3 Barn Swallow
23. 2 Yellow-vented Bulbul
24. 3 Common Tailorbird
25. 3 Ashy Tailorbird
26. 1 Asian Brown Flycatcher - Heard
27. 1 Asian Glossy Starling - Heard
28. 20 Javan Myna
29. 1 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
30. 1 Plain-throated Sunbird
31. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird

Sungei Buloh 06Oct18

From KH

After lunch, I went to old Sungei Buloh.

The Marsh Sandpipers were around.

So were Common Greenshanks.

And Common Redshanks.

These Whimbrels were mindful of the Water Monitor.

Little Egrets were flying away.

And then standing out the rain with a Great Egret.

A Grey Heron.

And some free-ranging Milky Storks (left) and Painted Storks (right).

This male Banded Skimmer (Pseudothemis jorina) is a very distinctive dragonfly.

1. 26 Pink-necked Pigeon
2. 1 dark swiftlet sp.
3. 1 White-breasted Waterhen
4. 20 Pacific Golden-Plover
5. 55 Whimbrel
6. 1 Common Sandpiper
7. 5 Common Greenshank
8. 5 Marsh Sandpiper
9. 45 Common Redshank
10. 10 Milky Stork
11. 10 Painted Stork
12. 5 Milky x Painted Stork (hybrid)
13. 4 Gray Heron
14. 2 Great Egret
15. 20 Little Egret
16. 1 Collared Kingfisher
17. 1 Common Iora
18. 2 Black-naped Oriole
19. 20 House Crow
20. 1 Yellow-vented Bulbul
21. 7 Asian Glossy Starling

SBWR 31Mar18

From KH

I decided to go Sungei Buloh hoping for the Indian Paradise-flycatcher. When I was 10 minutes away, I received a message from Con saying the bird showed! Alas, when I arrived, it was already hiding... So I waited and waited, until it finally showed itself briefly again for a few seconds, good enough for a tick!

The juvenile Buffy Fish-owl was resting in the small forest patch beside the old carpark.

A small Estuarine Crocodile was basking on a log.

A big Estuarine Crocodile was cooling itself down at another corner, while a Painted Stork foraged behind it.

1. 1 Painted Stork
2. 1 Gray Heron
3. 1 Purple Heron
4. 1 Intermediate Egret
5. 15 Little Egret
6. 1 Striated Heron
7. 1 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
8. 80 Whimbrel
9. 1 Common Sandpiper
10. 2 Common Greenshank
11. 2 Common Redshank
12. 1 Asian Emerald Dove
13. 1 Pink-necked Pigeon
14. 1 Buffy Fish-Owl
15. 4 Collared Kingfisher
16. 1 Rufous Woodpecker
17. 2 Common Iora
18. 3 Black-naped Oriole
19. 1 Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
20. 2 House Crow
21. 4 Yellow-vented Bulbul
22. 1 Arctic Warbler
23. 3 Ashy Tailorbird
24. 2 Asian Glossy Starling
25. 1 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker

SBWR 01Sep17

From KH

Con, Danny, JS, BJ and I went to Sungei Buloh today.

Grey Heron and Painted Stork face-off

One of three Estuarine Crocodiles seen today

Crab-eating Frog

Mayan Cichlids - another invasive species

SBWR 02May09

From SY

Copper-throated Sunbird. Left: Male. Right: Female at nest

Painted Stork

Male Pied Triller

Green Mussels