Sengkang Riverside Park 22Dec24

From KH

I was attending to some matter near Sengkang Riverside Park and had some time to roam the park, but without my camera, only my smartphone. Initially, just the usual birds, such as this parent White-breasted Waterhen with its chicks.

Then, a distinctive bandit facial pattern at a tree fork caught my eyes. A Southern Palm Civet (Paradoxurus musanga) stirring from its snooze!

As the light faded, I saw a dark shadow flew up from the grass and back down. The characteristic chonk call sealed the ID, Large-tailed Nightjar. Not just one, but two of them.

In this phone video, the bird was flying around on the left of the screen.

Berlayer Creek 01Apr23

From KH

This April Fools' Day, Danny and I visited Berlayer Creek, and saw a juvenile male Laced Woodpecker at his nest hole, still waiting for handouts from his parents.

Chinese Pond-Heron almost fully ripen. Time to go home.

Southern Palm Civet left its mark.

Telok Blangah Forest Walk 05Sep22

From KH

I went to Telok Blangah Forest Walk and saw a pair of Crested Goshawks perched in albizia.

2 dollars, I mean Dollarbirds, in a bare tree.

Female Pink-necked Green-Pigeon feeding on fruits of Calabur Tree (Muntingia calabura).

Swinhoe's White-eye in this flowering tree. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo on a branch.

Common Birdwing fluttering around.

Sea-green Northern Jumper on palm civet scat. Hoping for some flies to come around, I guess.

Another jumping spider.

What's the hairy plant? It's Bearded Smilax (Smilax setosa).

Upper Seletar 30Apr22

From KH

Danny and I tool a break from Chek Jawa and went to Upper Seletar Reservoir Park.

The star today was this Red-tailed Racer in a nice flowering tree.

Zooming into the flowers:

There were some Dark-sided Chorus Frog tadpoles in the drain.

Got a Variable Sentinel.

Lastly, got a fly eyeing the Southern Palm Civet scat.

Singapore Quarry, Petai Trail 19Feb22

From KH

Danny and I started the day's birding at Singapore Quarry. Got Oriental Darter swimming in the lake.

Together with many fishes.

Tiger Barb. Spanner Barb

Whitespot. Common Snakehead

Mozambique Tilapia. Mayan Cichlid

Kois

And this dried out Apple Snail eggs.

Next up, Petai Trail as Danny hasn't seen the Pale-legged Leaf-Warbler. No show, not even a call. Got Southern Palm Civet scat.

Banded Lipinia and female Sumatran Flying Lizard.

Asian Arowana

Leucauge spider

and Common Hedge Blue.

Neo Tiew area 14Mar20

From KH

While Con tried for Chinese Blue Flycatcher (having failed 4 times!), and Danny and JS went to Tuas (they managed to get a Chestnut-winged Cuckoo), I started the day's birding at Lim Chu Kang Lane 3. But, guess what, I forgot to charge my batteries and after a few shots, I ran out of juice...

Managed to get this Common Waxbill before that happened though.

So had to use handphone to take these White-bellied Sea-eagles.

Civet poop, anyone?

Some Weaver Ants too.

Lim Chu Kang Lane 3

1. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
2. Spotted Dove 5
3. Zebra Dove 5
4. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 5
5. Lesser Coucal 1 - heard
6. Asian Koel 1 - heard
7. Brush Cuckoo 1
8. dark swiftlet sp. 20
9. White-breasted Waterhen 4
10. snipe sp. 1
11. Common Sandpiper 2
12. Wood Sandpiper 8
13. Asian Openbill 2
14. pond-heron sp. 1
15. Oriental Honey-buzzard 1
16. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 3
17. White-throated Kingfisher 2
18. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 1
19. Coppersmith Barbet 1 - heard
20. Rose-ringed Parakeet 1
21. Black-naped Oriole 2
22. Common Iora 2 - heard
23. Malaysian Pied-Fantail 1
24. Brown Shrike 1
25. House Crow 10
26. Common Tailorbird 3
27. Yellow-bellied Prinia 2 - heard
28. Pacific Swallow 5
29. Yellow-vented Bulbul 5
30. Asian Glossy Starling 10
31. Daurian Starling 4
32. Javan Myna 5
33. Asian Brown Flycatcher 1
34. Siberian Stonechat 1 - heard
35. Olive-backed Sunbird 1
36. Common Waxbill 3
37. Scaly-breasted Munia 3
38. White Wagtail 2

After LCK Lane 3, I went to Neo Tiew Harvest Lane, but there wasn't much, so I didn't stay long. Still some Asian Openbills though.

Neo Tiew Harvest Lane

1. Spotted Dove 2
2. Zebra Dove 2
3. Asian Openbill 15
4. Intermediate Egret 5
5. Little Egret 1
6. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 2
7. Brown Shrike 3
8. Barn Swallow 5
9. Yellow-vented Bulbul 4
10. Javan Myna 10
11. Paddyfield Pipit 1

At Sungei Buloh, I saw this dead skate/ray (?)

Sungei Buloh

1. Spotted Dove 2
2. Zebra Dove 2
3. White-breasted Waterhen 3
4. Pacific Golden-Plover 7
5. Common Sandpiper 1
6. Common Redshank 4
7. Great-billed Heron 1 - immature
8. Great Egret 30
9. Intermediate Egret 1
10. Little Egret 30
11. Striated Heron 1
12. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 1 - heard
13. Stork-billed Kingfisher 1
14. Collared Kingfisher 2
15. Black-naped Oriole 2
16. House Crow 10
17. Ashy Tailorbird 3
18. Arctic Warbler 1
19. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 1 - heard

Johor 20-21Aug16

From Con

Malay Civet

White-necked Babbler

Large Green-pigeon

From JS

Female Malaysian Blue-flycatcher

White-necked Babbler

Large Green-pigeons