Sengkang 10Dec25

From KH

A normal day back from lunch, kids running around the playground, but what happened next was far from normal.

First, we heard a lot of squealing. Then we saw a House Crow on the ground beside something. As we got closer, the crow flew off and I realized it's a Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat! Probably the first time the kids saw a bat, in the wild at least.

As the bat started to take off from the ground, the crow came back for another attempt. This went on a few times, and every time the bat would drop down to the ground and the kids will approach it, scaring the crow off to perch nearby.

Eventually, the bat, exhausted, took refuge at a low shrub, which is very open, I must say! Hope it managed to survive this ordeal!

Sungei Buloh 30Oct24

From KH

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.

Republic Crescent Jun-Jul22

From KH

I spotted this Brown Shrike on 28 Jun. Handphone shot. Over-stayer or early arrival?

I saw it again on 5 Jul. Handphone shot. Regardless, it was making itself comfy here.

On 26 Jul, a bat decided to appear on the grass patch during midday!

Pasir Ris Park 19Dec21

From KH

An afternoon nature walk at Pasir Ris Park turned up a whole host of animals, from birds to bees (wasp actually)!

It was nesting session for the Crested Goshawks. Besides the obvious chick on the left, that fluff on the right was a second chick!

Sentry duty can be boring, let me rest one of my legs and stretch my wing.

This Grey Heron was also in breeding mood, spotting breeding colours.

Other residents include this male Oriental Pied-Hornbill taking flight.

Collared Scops-Owl at its usual spot.

Collared Kingfisher and Stork-billed Kingfisher.

Male Pied Triller and male Common Iora.

Male Ornate Sunbird. Why so many males??

Brown-throated Sunbird, male left, female right. At last, a female!

Migrant-wise, there was this Common Sandpiper.

And these passerines, Asian Brown Flycatcher and Arctic Warbler.

Spotted this Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat under some palm leaf.

Oriental Whip Snake: can you see me?

Yummy rat for this Common Water Monitor.

Here are some crabs. Epixanthus dentatus: see my orange spots and my bigger right arm.

 

Parasesarma sp.

 

What's this snail?

Some grasshoppers: Oxya japonica and Oxya sp.

 

Here are some butterflies: Chocolate Grass Yellow feeding on African Coromandel, and Short-banded Sailor.

Last but not least, such a pretty wasp.

SBWR 25Sep21

From KH

After LCK3, I went to old Sungei Buloh and when I reached the carpark, a female Oriental Pied-Hornbill had caught a male Brown-throated Sunbird! Throughout the 10 mins or so observation, the hornbill was seen rubbing the sunbird against branches. At the end of the observation, the sunbird was almost unrecognizable..

Buffy Fish-Owl was as its usual spot.

Among the waders and other waterbirds were this Common Redshank feeding on a crab and this Little Egret.

Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bats also at their usual spot.

A Mangrove Viper watched intently by a juvenile Common Water Monitor, but no drama.

Mangrove Viper with a Black Chut-chut in company.

Another mollusc - a Lined Nerite.

Asian Common Toad. Mayan Cichlid.

Golden Web Spider

It was insects galore:

Grasshopper Traulia azureipennis. Grey Pansy


Cotton stainer bug Dysdercus decussatus. Common Flangetail

Bembecinus - not bees, but sand wasps.