Bishan Park 11Apr25

From KH

I dropped by Bishan Park today. Known Purple Heron heronry. Handphone shot.

Smooth Otter: to jump or not to jump??

Marina East 25Jan25

From KH

Danny, JS and I went to Marina East today.

Purple Heron eating froggie.

Purple Heron ©Tan KH

Brown Shrike chilling.

dragonfly ©Lau JS

Lunch at Old Airport Road and found this dead dragonfly.

Purple Heron ©Tan KH

Sengkang Riverside Park 02Dec24

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I went to Sengkang Riverside Park in the afternoon today and surprisingly there were still quite a good amount of activities.

Many chickens, male and female.

Male Pink-necked Green-Pigeon, so handsome.

Zebra dove, so called for the black-and-white sides.

White-breasted Waterhen, too close!

I was shooting this Purple Heron and did not know there was a Yellow Bittern in the foreground until reviewing the photos!

Continuing Common Kingfisher at the same pond.

Rose-ringed Parakeet, long tail or short tail? Depends on angle.

Javan Myna: honey, will I grow fat with all these African Oil Palm?

Painted Jezebel caterpillar hanging out with a tiny springtail?

Sungei Buloh 13Nov24

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I went to Sungei Buloh this morning. Glad to get 2 Ospreys in a frame.

Juvenile Purple Herons behind 3 Grey Herons.

Adult Purple Heron flying behind Grey Heron (left) and Little Egret.

Eastern Cattle Egret (left) and Medium Egret in comparison.

Estuarine Crocodile chilling.

Mayan Cichlid with Common Snakehead making friends.

Three Spot Gouramis, where's the third spot? The eye, apparently?!

Sungei Buloh 30Oct24

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I went to Sungei Buloh today.

1 of 2 Lesser Adjutants.

Great-billed Heron resting on tree.

Purple Heron hiding in reeds.

Grey Heron and Great Egret in comparison.

Grey Heron and Little Egrets in comparison.

Hybrid storks.

Some of the 30 Common Redshanks.

Some of the 60 Eurasian Whimbrels.

Male Copper-throated Sunbird feeding on his favourite tree Orange Mangrove.

Lovey-dovey Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat.

Sengkang Riverside Park 25Oct24

From KH

I went to Sengkang Riverside Park today.

Some of the migrants included this very vocal Brown Shrike, sometimes in cattail, sometimes in Alligator Flag.

And this Asian Brown Flycatcher.

Raptor-wise, only this Oriental Honey-Buzzard.

Resident-wise, Purple Heron trying to blend in with the grass.

Yellow-bellied Prinia not hiding in the reeds.

Female Common Flameback and adult Asian Glossy Starling sharing African Oil Palm fruit.

Javan Myna and Common Myna in comparison.

Marina East 02Dec23

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Danny and I went to Marina East today, and got these migrant waders.

1 of 2 Tibetan Sand-Plovers.

2 Kentish Plovers.

2 White-faced Plovers.

1 of 4 Common Sandpipers.

Resident birds include this Purple Heron enjoying an American Bullfrog breakfast.