Seletar Park Connector 08Jan26

From KH

I went to Seletar Park Connector today.

Brown Shrike wintering here.

Yellow Bittern also. "See how long my neck is!"

Grey Heron (below right): "Medium Egret and Little Egrets, any good stuff up there??"

Damselflies that used to be called Blue Sprite (Pseudagrion microcephalum), now split off as P. siamense.

What remains of honey bee nest in Shoebutton Ardisia.

Yellow Flame Tree blooming in the golf course.

Singapore Quarry 14Jun25

From KH

Danny, JS and I went to Singapore Quarry today.

Grey-headed Fish-Eagle put up a good show today. ©Tan KH

Stork-billed Kingfisher at its favourite perch again.

©Lau JS

©Tan KH

Male Pink-necked Green-Pigeon enjoying False Stinger Pipturus argenteus (aka "mulberry") fruit buffet. ©Tan KH

Male Common Flameback also came to the party. ©Lau JS

Swinhoe's White-eyes too. ©Lau JS

Stingless bees and small flies sipping nectar from Asian Taro flower. ©Tan KH

Sungei Buloh 11Feb25

From KH

I dropped by Sungei Buloh for a couple of hours this morning.

Not many wader species, just 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper and 100 Common Redshanks. Here's the Common Greenshank.

Only 1 Asian Openbill.

Little Egret photobomb while I was shooting openbill.

Since when Asian Honey Bees start using plastic for home reno??

Punggol, Seletar Dam, Seletar East 17Feb24

From KH

As JS had not seen the Little Green-Pigeon, we went to Punggol 17th Ave again. Danny and JS reached earlier and I reached later. No LGP, but Black-thighed Falconet was still around.

Asian Honey Bees were attracted to the flowers of Manila Palm.

Lesser Banded Hornet (Vespa affinis) nest and Tropical Tiger Moth (Asota caricae)

We then went to Seletar Dam for wader-watching, but only got 3 Common Greenshanks and 1 Common Sandpiper.

Lastly, sniping at Seletar End. Here's a snipe.

Here's a White Leadtree that's common along the peripheral of the grass field.

Petai Trail 03Oct23

From KH

I went to Petai Trail, and got a bird wave of woodpecker, drongo, warblers, tit-babblers and sunbirds.

1. Red Junglefowl (Domestic form) 2
2. Spotted Dove 1 H
3. Asian Koel 1 H
4. dark swiftlet sp. 10
5. bee-eater sp. 1 H
6. White-throated Kingfisher 2 H
7. Banded Woodpecker 1
8. Black-naped Oriole 1 H
9. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo 1
10. Dark-necked Tailorbird 2 H
11. Pacific Swallow 8
12. Olive-winged Bulbul 1 H
13. Yellow-vented Bulbul 2 H
14. Eastern Crowned Warbler 1
15. Arctic Warbler 2
16. Pin-striped Tit-Babbler 8
17. Asian Glossy Starling 13
18. Javan Myna 2 H
19. Crimson Sunbird 3

Also got Milky-tipped Stingless Bee Homotrigona apicalis hive.

Hindhede, Dairy Farm 29Jul23

From KH

Danny, JS and I started the day's birding at Hindhede Nature Park. Bird-wise, just a few residents, so shoot some other animals instead, such as the regular Colugo.

An ant-mimicking jumper Toxeus maxillosus

A real ant: Spiny Sugar Ant

Bee on Red Leea

Next, Dairy Farm Nature Park.

Male Asian Fairy-Bluebird was having a buffet of False Stinger (Pipturus argenteus), more commonly known as "mulberry".

Little Spiderhunter posing.

Upper Seletar 29Apr23

From KH

Danny and I went to Upper Seletar Reservoir Park today. Bird-wise, just the usual locals, like this Collared Kingfisher. Only migrants around were a couple of Arctic Warblers.

Bee attracted to Cempedak fruit.

Bee attracted to Singapore Rhododendron flower.

A couple of butterflies in the leaf litter: Fluffy Tit and Yamfly.

Giant Forest Ant in the leaf litter too.

Dairy Farm, Hindhede 25Feb23

From KH

Danny and I started at Dairy Farm Nature Park today. We didn't do very well for birds, but we got lots of other animals.

Stingless bees nesting

Ropalidia stigma wasp. Common Flashwing damselfly

Episteme vetula moth. Caterpillar of some sort

Black-kneed Meadow Katydid nymph

Helicarionidae snail. Fejervarya frog

Next, Hindhede Nature Park. Oriental Darter was in the quarry as usual.

Sunda Colugo resting on tree and Common Treeshrew foraging on ground, as usual.

Not so usual, Lua's Cricket.