Sungei Pandan 07Nov18

From Con

Sungei Pandan 06Nov18

From KH

I've not been to this area before, so when a skylark was reported since 3 Nov here, I decided to make my way there.

Sure enough this juvenile Eurasian Skylark was still around - first record for Singapore.

Other migrants present included these Brown Shrikes.

Migrant Blue-tailed Bee-eater making friends with resident White-throated Kingfisher.

While Common Sandpipers hung around together.

One of two migrant Intermediate Egrets here.

This resident Grey Heron looked on as a Water Monitor swam by.

This Brahminy Kite come close for some shots.

On the way out, a thermalling flock of Painted Storks, Milky Storks, and their hybrids.

1. 3 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
2. 8 Spotted Dove
3. 1 Asian Koel - Heard
4. 1 dark swiftlet sp.
5. 7 Common Sandpiper
6. 3 Milky Stork
7. 8 Painted Stork
8. 3 Gray Heron
9. 2 Intermediate Egret
10. 3 Striated Heron
11. 2 Brahminy Kite
12. 1 Common Kingfisher
13. 2 White-throated Kingfisher
14. 2 Blue-throated Bee-eater
15. 6 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
16. 1 Common Iora - Heard
17. 3 Brown Shrike
18. 1 Black-naped Oriole
19. 1 Malaysian Pied-Fantail
20. 12 House Crow
21. 1 Eurasian Skylark
22. 3 Barn Swallow
23. 2 Yellow-vented Bulbul
24. 3 Common Tailorbird
25. 3 Ashy Tailorbird
26. 1 Asian Brown Flycatcher - Heard
27. 1 Asian Glossy Starling - Heard
28. 20 Javan Myna
29. 1 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
30. 1 Plain-throated Sunbird
31. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird

Sungei Pandan, Poyan 15Jul12

From Danny

Went to Sungei Pandan late morning, as it was rising tide went to the National Rowing Center side. No Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo but clearly heard a Mangrove Whistler, try to whistle and play-back but bird refuse to show. Tide rising, didn't bash in.

1) Mangrove Whistler - 1 heard
2) Pied Imperial-pigeon - 1
3) WBSE - 1
4) Brahminy Kite - 1
5) Common Iora >3
6) Large-billed Crow - 2
7) House Crow > 3
8) Ashy Tailorbird - 1, heard many
9) Common Tailorbird - 1
10) Black-naped Oriole >3
11) PNGP >3
12) Spotted Dove >3
13) Little Bronze-cuckoo - heard
14) OB Sunbird >3
15) Brown throated sunbird - 1
16) Asian Glossy Starling >3
17) Pacific Swallow > 3
18) Zebra Dove - 1
19) Collared Kingfisher - 3
20) Javan Myna >3

I went down to Poyan around 5.30 pm via the NSA gate, no Blue-winged Pitta calls, tried a few rounds of play-back, no response. Went over to the grassland on the side of NSA range to check out any Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo but no success, only bird of interest was a House Swift other than the usual birds. Around 6.30 pm as I was walking out, the Pitta started calling though a little distance away. Tried two rounds of play-back, the responses remain far off. Decided to head home. While I was driving out, the calls became nearer, back tracked and locate calls from the wooded area (Muslim cemetery) where we seen the BF Owls.

Sungei Pandan, Mandai Hill 31Jul11

From Danny

I was at S. Pandan on Sunday around mid-morning. Counted 6 Common Redshanks, 1 Great-billed Heron, 1 Intermediate Egret, 1 Milky Stork, 3 Little Egrets and many Grey Herons but no sandy beach for plovers. 5 Little Bronze-cuckoos but no Horsfield's.

Went to forest at back of Mandai Hill camp on Sunday evening . Found 5 Grey-rumped Treeswifts at the same location where we last saw the fledging. They stopped flying around 6.15 pm and settled on two trees as per the 1st two pics. As far as GR Treeswifts, they do perch and roost at night.

Incidentally flushed a pair of adult WBSE on the way out, perhaps the same pair from CCK Park searching to move nest.

The last pic shows an immature curious looking male Brown-throated Sunbird checking out a hollow durian dangling in mid-air. Notice how clean the interior of the durian, the central core and seed chambers were all gone, with just more than half of the outer husk remained  and still dangled by its stem. On the same tree most of the fruits were similarly hollowed out. However, the fruits on the adjacent tree remained wholesome - possibly less tasty. I am just curious as the sunbird to find out who was such a neat & tidy durian lover.

I have seen squirrels attacking durians but they normally only leave behind small single opening on each fruit for woodpeckers & bulbuls to join in the feast. Flying foxes are known to nip holes on the fruit but not the way in the picture.

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Woodlands 20Jul11

From KH

My colleague picked up this juvenile Pied Triller and passed it to me. I fed it some sugared water and then called Andrew, who gladly helped to nurse it till it was ready to fledge. Thanks, Andrew!