Bukit Timah, Pulau Ubin 27Apr24

From KH

Danny and I went to Bukit Timah summit, our annual health check.

Just the usual forest birds at the fruiting Benjamin's Fig.

And a female Wagler's Pit Viper in one of the bushes.

Soon, news of female Scarlet Minivet broke on Pulau Ubin, so off we went.

No minivet, but Black-and-red Broadbill still around. Yes, that blur blob in the middle.

Dairy Farm 11Jun22

From KH

Danny and I visited Dairy Farm Nature Park today. Sleepy male Jambu Fruit-Dove showed well.

Its female cousin, Asian Emerald Dove, showed even better, just a couple of metres away. Can even see the bald patch on its wing.

Red-eyed Bulbul: looking for me?

Sunda Colugo: looking for me too?

Wagler's Pit Viper and Oriental Whip Snake head shots.

Eriovixia aptly called tailed araneid spider.

Argiope versicolor complex (signature spider) front and back.

Common Bluebottle and Erianthus grasshopper.

Snail.

BBNP, BTNR, HNP 30Aug20

From KH

I spent the late morning at Bukit Batok Nature Park. The White-crested Laughingthrushes put up a good show. It was also nice to have a Red-eyed Bulbul coming down low.

Here's a Plain Plushblue and a mud-dauber wasp on its mud nest.

1. Red Junglefowl (Domestic type) 5
2. dark swiftlet sp. 10
3. Changeable Hawk-Eagle 1 - Heard
4. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 1 - Adult at old nest
5. bee-eater sp. 1 - Heard
6. Lineated Barbet 2 - Heard
7. Black-naped Oriole 1 - Heard
8. Common Tailorbird 1 - Heard
9. Ashy Tailorbird 1
10. Yellow-vented Bulbul 3
11. Red-eyed Bulbul 1
12. Swinhoe's White-eye 2 - Heard
13. Pin-striped Tit-Babbler 5
14. White-crested Laughingthrush 3
15. Asian Glossy Starling 5
16. Common Hill Myna 2 - Heard
17. Javan Myna 1
18. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker 2 - Heard
19. Brown-throated Sunbird 1 - Juvenile
20. Crimson Sunbird 1 - Male

Midday at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve was very quiet, as expected. Here's a spider wasp and an Argiope spider.

And throw in a jumping spider too.

1. dark swiftlet sp. 10
2. Changeable Hawk-Eagle 1 - Heard
3. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo 1 - Heard
4. Dark-necked Tailorbird 1 - Heard
5. Red-eyed Bulbul 1
6. Pin-striped Tit-Babbler 1 - Heard
7. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker 1 - Heard

Hindhede Nature Park was also quiet. But it was nice to see Straw-headed Bulbuls feeding.

And Common Sun Skink foraging.

Here's a robberfly, and some ants.

A Branded Imperial.

A Golden-spotted Tiger Beetle and a White-handed Fly.

1. Red Junglefowl 1 - Male
2. dark swiftlet sp. 5
3. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 1 - Juvenile
4. Lineated Barbet 1 - Heard
5. Black-naped Oriole 1 - Heard
6. Straw-headed Bulbul 3 - Feeding on fruits
7. Olive-winged Bulbul 1
8. Pin-striped Tit-Babbler 2
9. White-crested Laughingthrush 2 - Heard

Sepilok 06Jun18

From KH

After a few hours drive from Mt Kinabalu, we reached Rainforest Discovery Centre.

The Canopy Walkway is a great place to see some of the common birds here.

Ashy Tailorbird


Chestnut-winged Babbler

Some of the Cream-vented Bulbuls here have red eyes! So care must be taken.

The Red-eyed Bulbuls actually have more orangey eyes here. Juveniles have dark eyes though.

The first endemic we encountered here was this male Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker.

Some of the sunbirds here included:

Juvenile van Hasselt's Sunbird


Female Brown-throated Sunbird

Some have split the Bornean Brown Barbet as a distinct species. It does look different from the Peninsular Malaysia ones, which are called Sooty Barbets after the split.

Saw this broadbill nest, but no idea who's it is.

Wallace Hawk-eagles were common here. This was a juvenile.

Another raptor we encountered today was this juvenile Brahminy Kite.

There were also a young Orangutan (right) and its shy mother around.

This Green Crested Lizard didn't want to show us it face.

Then, we heard a pitta call - Black-crowned Pitta!

1. 1 Wallace's Hawk-Eagle - Juvenile
2. 1 Brahminy Kite - Juvenile
3. 1 Greater Coucal - Heard
4. 1 Banded Bay Cuckoo - Heard
5. 30 Plume-toed Swiftlet
6. 30 dark swiftlet sp.
7. 1 Helmeted HornbillSensitive - Heard
8. 1 Bushy-crested Hornbill - Heard
9. 1 Black Hornbill - Heard
10. 1 Blue-throated Bee-eater
11. 4 Brown Barbet
12. 2 Blue-eared Barbet - Heard
13. 1 Maroon Woodpecker - Heard
14. 1 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot - Heard
15. 1 Black-crowned Pitta
16. 2 Malaysian Pied-Fantail
17. 10 Cream-vented Bulbul
18. 6 Red-eyed Bulbul
19. 1 Spectacled Bulbul
20. 2 Dark-necked Tailorbird
21. 2 Ashy Tailorbird
22. 1 Rufous-tailed Tailorbird - Heard
23. 1 Yellow-bellied Prinia - Heard
24. 4 Chestnut-winged Babbler
25. 5 Asian Glossy Starling
26. 1 Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker
27. 1 Van Hasselt's Sunbird - Juvenile
28. 50 Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Sime Forest 06Apr13

From KH

Today, we went to Sime Forest as JS needs Blue-rumped Parrot to reach Club 300. There were a bunch of bulbuls (Red-eyed, Cream-vented, Olive-winged), leafbirds (Blue-winged) and sunbirds (Van Hasselt's, Crimson, Brown-throated), as well as Blue-crowned Hanging-parrots, Pink-necked Green-pigeons, 7 Dollarbirds and Banded Woodpecker. However, no Blue-rumped Parrot.

Red-eyed Bulbul. Cream-vented Bulbul.

Male Blue-winged Leafbird. Van Hasselt's Sunbird pair.

BTNR 05, 08May07

From GC

5 May

Was there yesterday (Saturday) from 3pm-4.20pm.

Birds seen:
1. Greater Green Leafbird - 1 male
2. Thick-billed Green-pigeon - 1 pair
3. Rufous Woodpecker - 3
4. Red-eyed Bulbul - 3
5. Asian Fairy-bluebird - 1 male
6. GRT Drongo - 2
7. Asian Glossy Starling - many many, including juveniles begging to be fed.

Just look at all those figs.

This is a good chance to see this elusive pigeon.

8 May

Went up this afternoon again, still have quite a lot of figs.

This afternoon's birds included:
1) Black-crested Bulbul x2
2) Asian Fairy-bluebird x3
3) Thick-billed Pigeons - 3 Males, a few females and 1 juvenile.
4) Red-eyed Bulbuls -x4
5) Orange-bellied Flowerpeckers - males, females and 1 juvenile.
6) Scarlet-backed Flowerpeckers
7) Pink-necked Pigeons
8) The usual Asian Glossy Starlings with adults feeding juveniles.
9) Drongo Cuckoo - heard
10) Changeable Hawk-eagle - heard
11) White-bellied Sea-eagle - heard

At the "lower peak" - Great and Rhinoceros Hornbills in flight, chased by Greater Racket-tailed Drongos. Then they settled near the Telecom tower (6.40pm)

Subadult Scarlet-backed flowerpecker

Male Orange-bellied flowerpecker

Juvenile Orange-bellied flowerpecker