Sungei Serangoon 20Jul25

From KH

I covered Sungei Serangoon for the Mid Year Bird Census, as usual.

Great to witness male Sunda Brush Cuckoo courting female in Yellow Flame Tree. He presented a caterpillar to her while still holding on to the leaf that the caterpillar was on.

She ate the gift. He dropped the leaf and serenaded her.

Red-breasted Parakeet checking me out from a Yellow Flame Tree. Nay, it's probably checking out the tree for fruits.

Blue-throated Bee-eater chilling out in Sea Hibiscus.

Female Oriental Magpie-Robin with white food(?) item in mouth.

This lone Smooth Otter getting ready for its swim.

Well adapted torpedo shape in its element.

Rufous-legged Grasshopper nymph on Red Button Ginger.

Seletar Dam 10Oct24

From KH

At Seletar Dam, just 4 Common Sandpipers and 3 Little Egrets. Other migrants were 2 Barn Swallows and 1 Asian Brown Flycatcher.

Resident bird wise, it was interesting to see a male Red-breasted Parakeet eating leaf, instead of fruits.

Next at Rower's Bay, just the usual resident birds.

Kranji Marsh 21Sep24

From KH

Danny and I went to Kranji Marsh today to watch parakeet magic show:

1) One moment, top 3 Red-breasted Parakeets, lower 2 Long-tailed Parakeets.
2) Next moment, two of the parakeets have swapped places!

Juvenile Black-naped Oriole, bill still black.

Halus 12Nov23

From KH

Continuing raptor watch at Lorong Halus. Here are some of the raptors:

1 of 2 Jerdon's Bazas

Some of the 12 Black Bazas

2 of 13 Oriental Honey-Buzzards

1 Grey-headed Fish-Eagle

1 of 3 White-bellied Sea-Eagles

Other birds include this Medium Egret

Blue-tailed Bee-eater

And Red-breasted Parakeets

Halus 29Oct23

From KH

I went to Lorong Halus to continue the raptor watch, but there was only 1 migrant raptor - Japanese Sparrowhawk.

Residents included these Changeable Hawk-Eagles - dark and pale.

This adult Brahminy Kite.

Non-raptors included these Red-breasted Parakeets.

Lim Chu Kang Lane 3, Sungei Buloh 05Feb23

From KH

Just when I thought I'm done with Lim Chu Kang Lane 3, an Oriental Turtle-Dove was reported there yesterday. I went today. No turtle-dove, only Spotted Dove.

Red-breasted Parakeets prospecting nest hole.

Pale adult Changeable Hawk-Eagle in nest on Moluccan Albizia before suddenly taking off.

Lots of Daurian Starlings, but still no cheeky starling.

Many dead carps. Must be run-off from the nearby fish farm.

Tailed Jay resting on grass.

Next, Sungei Buloh. First, a couple of Oriental Honey-Buzzards at the carpark.

 

At the main hide, there were lots of activities. This Ashy Tailorbird was nesting in the Bruguiera right by the hide.

The egrets lined up for comparison.

Little Egret dwarfed by Great Egret

Medium Egret similar in size to (or slightly larger than) Little Egret

The waders also lined up for comparison.

One and only 1 Common Greenshank with Whimbrels

Just 3 Marsh Sandpipers with Whimbrels

2 of 140 Whimbrels

Some of the 50-ish Common Redshanks

Some of the 80-ish Pacific Golden Plovers

Mud Creepers all over the mudflat.

Lastly, back at where the carpark used to be, a Crested Goshawk with antenna on a Rain Tree.

Halus 06Nov22

From KH

Raptor watch at Lorong Halus Wetland.

Good haul of 28 Oriental Honey-Buzzards. Here are 2 of them.

Only 2 Japanese Sparrowhawks. Here's a juvenile.

Best bird today was this Osprey.

There were also 4 Black Bazas and 4 accipitrine hawks.

Resident species wise, got Grey-headed Fish-Eagle (left), Brahminy Kite (right) and White-bellied Sea-Eagle, but surprisingly no Changeable Hawk-Eagle.

There were also migrating Eastern Red-rumped Swallows and Barn Swallows.

There were many parakeets. Here are some Red-breasted Parakeets.