Dairy Farm, Hindhede 07Mar26

From KH

Danny and I started the day's birding at Dairy Farm Nature Park. Often heard only, so it's nice to see a pair of Straw-headed Bulbuls here.

Nice to see a Sunda Colugo too.

Even nicer to see my first Spiny Orb-weaver Spider (Gasteracantha diadesmia).

Next, Hindhede Nature Park. Oriental Darter preening in the quarry.

Not one, but two Sunda Colugos.

Seletar Dam, Hampstead Wetland 08Oct24

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Low tide at Seletar Dam, but the only waders were 1 Eurasian Whimbrel and 2 Common Sandpipers. Here's the faraway whimbrel.

Jumping mullets!

Stork-billed Kingfisher couple in a tree.

Scaly-breasted Munia eating Digitaria grass seed.

Next, Hampstead Wetlands Park.

Lineated Barbet nesting in tree hole.

Straw-headed Bulbul in a tree.

Hindhede, Dairy Farm 29May22

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Danny and I started the day's birding at Hindhede Nature Park. Got the usual colugo and the not-usually-seen Brown Boobook.

Next, Dairy Farm Nature Park.

Immature male Crimson Sunbird starting to show some red on the throat.

Straw-headed Bulbul usually heard and can sometimes be seen.

Wagler Pit Viper securing itself with its tail for a good rest.

Insect life was in abundance.

Assassin bug Inara flavopicta. Common Blue Skimmer

Ant scavenging on cricket. Pygmy grasshopper

Turf City, Seletar East 06Dec20

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It's back to Turf City to try for cheeky starling, but it wasn't there.

There was a fruiting tree that attracted other birds though, such this Daurian Starling and this Straw-headed Bulbul.

And this Black-naped Oriole and this Coppersmith Barbet.

Why did the chicken cross the road with her brood?

1. Red Junglefowl (Domestic type) 5 - Adults with 3 juveniles
2. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
3. Spotted Dove 2
4. Zebra Dove 1
5. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 50
6. dark swiftlet sp. 20
7. White-breasted Waterhen 1 - Heard
8. White-throated Kingfisher 1
9. Coppersmith Barbet 1
10. Lineated Barbet 2 - Heard
11. Common Flameback 1 - Female
12. Rose-ringed Parakeet 2
13. Red-breasted Parakeet 1
14. Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot 1
15. Black-naped Oriole 2
16. Dark-necked Tailorbird 2
17. Straw-headed Bulbul 2
18. Yellow-vented Bulbul 5
19. Pin-striped Tit-Babbler 3 - Heard
20. Asian Glossy Starling 100
21. Common Hill Myna 1 - Heard
22. Daurian Starling 10
23. Javan Myna 2
24. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 2
25. Brown-throated Sunbird 1

Since the star bird was nowhere to be seen, I left for Hampstead Wetland to look-see.

Beware of this Ropalidia sumatrae nest!

How did this juvenile Oriental Honey-Buzzard miss it!

Blue-tailed Bee-eater looked on, while Coppersmith Barbet entered its nest.

Here're a couple of Buffy Fish-Owls.

Bamboo Orchid is a magnet for insects, such as this Malayan Eggfly and these ants.

1. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
2. Spotted Dove 1
3. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 2
4. Asian Koel 1
5. dark swiftlet sp. 20
6. Oriental Honey-buzzard 1
7. Gray-headed Fish-Eagle 1
8. Buffy Fish-Owl 2
9. White-throated Kingfisher 1
10. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 6
11. Coppersmith Barbet 2
12. Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker 1
13. Black-naped Oriole 1
14. Common Iora 1
15. Barn Swallow 1
16. Pacific Swallow 2
17. Yellow-vented Bulbul 2
18. Swinhoe's White-eye 5
19. Asian Glossy Starling 10
20. Javan Myna 5
21. Asian Brown Flycatcher 1
22. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 1
23. Olive-backed Sunbird 2

Serangoon Reservoir 17Oct20

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Today is the Annual Bird Census. As usual, I covered Serangoon. First time seeing a Straw-headed Bulbul here!

A migrant Chinese Sparrowhawk.

A migrant Arctic Warbler.

A local Black-crowned Night-Heron.

A local Common Snakehead and an exotic Mayan Cichlid.

And a male White-cheeked Carpenter Bee.

1. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
2. Spotted Dove 2
3. Zebra Dove 4
4. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 20
5. Asian Koel 4 - Heard
6. dark swiftlet sp. 20
7. White-breasted Waterhen 3
8. Common Sandpiper 2
9. Striated Heron 3
10. Black-crowned Night-Heron 5 - Adults
11. Chinese Sparrowhawk 1
12. White-throated Kingfisher 2
13. Collared Kingfisher 1
14. bee-eater sp. 1 - Heard
15. Dollarbird 1
16. Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker 1 - Heard
17. Common Flameback 1 - Heard
18. Rose-ringed Parakeet 3
19. Red-breasted Parakeet 1
20. Black-naped Oriole 5
21. Malaysian Pied-Fantail 4
22. House Crow 1
23. Common Tailorbird 2
24. Ashy Tailorbird 2
25. Yellow-bellied Prinia 2 - Heard
26. Pacific Swallow 2
27. Straw-headed Bulbul 1 - First time seeing here
28. Yellow-vented Bulbul 5
29. Arctic Warbler 4
30. Swinhoe's White-eye 2
31. Asian Glossy Starling 20
32. Javan Myna 20
33. Asian Brown Flycatcher 1 - Heard
34. Oriental Magpie-Robin 1
35. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 1
36. Brown-throated Sunbird 2
37. Olive-backed Sunbird 6
38. Eurasian Tree Sparrow 20

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