Punggol Waterway Park 07Feb21

From KH

Not many birds this afternoon: https://ebird.org/checklist/S81069460

Here's a Sooty-headed Bulbul with food in mouth, and an Asian Brown Flycatcher.

There were many butterflies though.

Three-spotted Grass Yellow. Chocolate Pansy


Common Palmfly. Striped Albatross


Pygmy Grass Blue

And other insects, such as this bagworm moth and this fly.

Here's a spider and a flower.

Punggol Waterway Park 13Sep20

From KH

Spent the morning at Punggol Waterway Park.

The highlights were not the birds, but the other animals, like the butterflies, grasshoppers, ants, spider and snails.

The Common Tit preferred Red Leea.

While the grass yellow preferred Lilac Tasselflower.

And Pelopidas butterfly preferred Carruthers' Falseface.

Chocolate Pansy preferred to hang upside-down.

Common Ciliate Blue preferred to hide on a curve leave.

A huge Javanese Grasshopper munching away.

Asian Weaver Ants showing off their weaving skills with this nest.

This Heavy Jumper caught a huge fly!

A Macrochlamys land snail and a bunch of water snails completed the morning.

1. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 50
2. Spotted Dove 2
3. Asian Koel 1 - Heard
4. White-breasted Waterhen 1
5. Black-naped Oriole 2
6. Common Iora 1 - Heard
7. House Crow 1
8. Sooty-headed Bulbul 2
9. Yellow-vented Bulbul 2 - Heard
10. Asian Glossy Starling 5
11. Common Myna 1
12. Javan Myna 5
13. Olive-backed Sunbird 2
14. Eurasian Tree Sparrow 1

Punggol Waterway Park 20May19

From KH

This small Water Monitor took about an hour to disable each of the Banded Bullfrog's limbs one at a time until it is no longer about to jump. The frog remained puffed up throughout the ordeal!

Punggol Waterway Point Dec18

From KH

A shy Yellow Bittern.

Raptors: Black Baza, Oriental Honey-buzzard, Adult Brahminy Kite.

A family of White-breasted Waterhen.

Long-tailed Shrike looking at me. Black-naped Oriole with caterpillar in mouth.

Weaver Ants and their nest.

1. 3 Red Junglefowl (Domestic type) - Adults with chick
2. 15 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
3. 10 Spotted Dove
4. 3 Zebra Dove
5. 15 Pink-necked Pigeon
6. 1 Lesser Coucal - Heard
7. 2 Asian Koel - Heard
8. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
9. 1 House Swift
10. 1 Large-tailed Nightjar
11. 4 White-breasted Waterhen - Adults with chicks
12. 3 Black Baza
13. 2 Oriental Honey-Buzzard
14. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Heard
15. 1 Brahminy Kite - Adult
16. 3 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
17. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
18. 2 Collared Kingfisher
19. 3 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
20. 1 Lineated Barbet
21. 1 Sunda Woodpecker - Heard
22. 1 Commoon Flameback - Heard
23. 1 Laced Woodpecker - Heard
24. 8 Red-breasted Parakeet
25. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
26. 2 Common Iora
27. 1 Pied Triller - Male
28. 1 Ashy Minivet - Heard
29. 2 Brown Shrike
30. 2 Long-tailed Shrike
31. 2 Black-naped Oriole
32. 1 Large-billed Crow
33. 2 House Crow
34. 2 Barn Swallow
35. 2 Pacific Swallow
36. 6 Sooty-headed Bulbul
37. 4 Yellow-vented Bulbul
38. 1 Lanceolated Warbler - Seen and heard
39. 2 Common Tailorbird
40. 3 Oriental White-eye
41. 3 Asian Brown Flycatcher
42. 1 Oriental Magpie-Robin - Heard
43. 6 Asian Glossy Starling
44. 2 Common Hill Myna - Heard
45. 10 Common Myna
46. 20 Javan Myna
47. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
48. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
49. 5 Olive-backed Sunbird
50. 2 Paddyfield Pipit
51. 5 Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Punggol Waterway Park Nov18

From KH

Chinese Sparrowhawk migrating.

Juvenile pale Changeable Hawk-eagle. Immature White-bellied Sea-eagle.

Collared Kingfisher looking at me.

White-breasted Waterhen adult with juvenile.

Long-tailed Shrike looking for food.

Migrant Asian Brown Flycatcher and introduced resident Sooty-headed Bulbul.

Male Olive-backed Sunbird displaying.

Male Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker in brilliant colours.

Smooth Otter swimming.

Butterfly Peacock Bass with fries.

1. 3 Red Junglefowl (Domestic type)
2. 20 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
3. 6 Spotted Dove
4. 2 Zebra Dove
5. 4 Pink-necked Pigeon
6. 2 Asian Koel - Heard
7. 1 Little Bronze-Cuckoo - Heard
8. 30 dark swiftlet sp.
9. 3 Large-tailed Nightjar
10. 4 White-breasted Waterhen
11. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Pale
12. 1 Brahminy Kite
13. 1 Chinese Sparrowhawk
14. 3 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
15. 2 White-throated Kingfisher
16. 1 Collared Kingfisher
17. 5 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
18. 4 Coppersmith Barbet
19. 1 Lineated Barbet - Heard
20. 1 Sunda Woodpecker - Heard
21. 1 Rufous Woodpecker - Heard
22. 1 Commoon Flameback - Heard
23. 1 Laced Woodpecker - Heard
24. 2 Rose-ringed Parakeet
25. 6 Red-breasted Parakeet
26. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
27. 2 Common Iora
28. 5 Ashy Minivet
29. 1 Brown Shrike
30. 2 Long-tailed Shrike
31. 2 Black-naped Oriole
32. 20 House Crow
33. 2 Barn Swallow
34. 2 Pacific Swallow
35. 5 Sooty-headed Bulbul
36. 4 Yellow-vented Bulbul
37. 1 Common Tailorbird - Heard
38. 5 Oriental White-eye
39. 4 Asian Brown Flycatcher
40. 10 Asian Glossy Starling
41. 4 Daurian Starling
42. 1 Common Hill Myna - Heard
43. 15 Common Myna
44. 30 Javan Myna
45. 3 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
46. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
47. 6 Olive-backed Sunbird
48. 1 Paddyfield Pipit
49. 2 Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Punggol Waterway Park Oct18

From KH

Some wild birds here.

Japanese Sparrowhawk

White-bellied Sea-eagles (immature left, adult right)

White-breasted waterhens (chick left, adult right)

Bumped into a group of "parrot-flyers". They brought their macaws, grey parrots and sun conures out for "flight drills". Amazingly, these birds (or most of them) will fly back to the owners after their drills! I was told some enjoy their freedom so much that they refused to return, but the owners just have to try the next day to get it back, usually with success. So if you happened to see huge parrots flying around in Singapore, this is the reason.

"Parrot-flyers"

African Grey Parrot

Blue-and-gold Macaw. Red-and-green Macaw

Sun Conure

Scarlet and Blue-and-gold free flying

Sun Conure dwarfed by Scarlet Macaw (front) and Red-and-green Macaw

A couple of duckies thrown in for good measure.

1. 1 Red Junglefowl (Domestic type) - Male
2. 10 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
3. 8 Spotted Dove
4. 3 Zebra Dove
5. 1 Pink-necked Pigeon
6. 2 Asian Koel
7. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
8. 4 White-breasted Waterhen - Pair with chicks
9. 1 Schrenck's Bittern - Female/juvenile
10. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Pale
11. 1 Japanese Sparrowhawk
12. 2 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
13. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
14. 1 Collared Kingfisher
15. 5 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
16. 1 Dollarbird
17. 1 Lineated Barbet - Heard
18. 1 Sunda Woodpecker - Heard
19. 1 Commoon Flameback
20. 2 Rose-ringed Parakeet
21. 10 Red-breasted Parakeet
22. 2 Long-tailed Parakeet
23. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
24. 1 Common Iora
25. 2 Long-tailed Shrike
26. 3 Black-naped Oriole
27. 1 House Crow
28. 5 Barn Swallow
29. 2 Pacific Swallow
30. 2 Sooty-headed Bulbul
31. 5 Yellow-vented Bulbul
32. 1 Common Tailorbird - Heard
33. 3 Oriental White-eye
34. 3 Asian Brown Flycatcher
35. 1 Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
36. 1 Oriental Magpie-Robin - Female
37. 3 Asian Glossy Starling
38. 1 Common Hill Myna - Heard
39. 10 Common Myna
40. 15 Javan Myna
41. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
42. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
43. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird
44. 3 Paddyfield Pipit
45. 1 Eurasian Tree Sparrow