Lim Chu Kang Lane 3, Sungei Buloh 05Feb23

From KH

Just when I thought I'm done with Lim Chu Kang Lane 3, an Oriental Turtle-Dove was reported there yesterday. I went today. No turtle-dove, only Spotted Dove.

Red-breasted Parakeets prospecting nest hole.

Pale adult Changeable Hawk-Eagle in nest on Moluccan Albizia before suddenly taking off.

Lots of Daurian Starlings, but still no cheeky starling.

Many dead carps. Must be run-off from the nearby fish farm.

Tailed Jay resting on grass.

Next, Sungei Buloh. First, a couple of Oriental Honey-Buzzards at the carpark.

 

At the main hide, there were lots of activities. This Ashy Tailorbird was nesting in the Bruguiera right by the hide.

The egrets lined up for comparison.

Little Egret dwarfed by Great Egret

Medium Egret similar in size to (or slightly larger than) Little Egret

The waders also lined up for comparison.

One and only 1 Common Greenshank with Whimbrels

Just 3 Marsh Sandpipers with Whimbrels

2 of 140 Whimbrels

Some of the 50-ish Common Redshanks

Some of the 80-ish Pacific Golden Plovers

Mud Creepers all over the mudflat.

Lastly, back at where the carpark used to be, a Crested Goshawk with antenna on a Rain Tree.

Neo Tiew 04Dec22

From KH

Danny and I started the day's birding at Bollywood Veggies. Best bird today: Chestnut-winged Cuckoo, albeit far and not so cooperative.

Some raptors today: adult Brahminy Kite and a couple of Oriental Honey-Buzzards.

Good that ebird allows white egret sp. option.

No price for guessing male or female Wild Pig.

Common tree here: African Tulip.

Next 2 stops at Neo Tiew Harvest Lane and Turut Track didn't give much returns too.

Lim Chu Kang Lane 3 23Jan21

From KH

I spent a couple of hours here still hoping to connect with Green Sandpiper, but failed again...

Five in one - Javan Mynas, Asian Glossy Starling, Daurian Starling, Wood Sandpiper, White-breasted Waterhen

Three in one - Little Ringed Plovers, Wood Sandpipers, Spotted Doves

Resident White-breasted Waterhens shared the canal with migrant Common Sandpiper.

Lots of juicy worms for the Wood Sandpipers.

Common Kingfisher caught a fish.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail and Grey Wagtail shared the canal.

Great Egret and Little Egret also shared.

Chestnut Munias taking a bath.

Male and female Baya Weavers feeding in the grass.

Female Common Flameback playing hide and seek with me.

Migrant Oriental Honey-Buzzard

Resident adult Brahminy Kite

Malayan Box Terrapin staring me down!

Domestic Dog prowled the canal.

Lesser Dart

1. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 5
2. Spotted Dove 4
3. Zebra Dove 4
4. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 1
5. Lesser Coucal 1
6. Asian Koel 1 - Heard
7. dark swiftlet sp. 30
8. White-breasted Waterhen 6
9. Little Ringed Plover 2
10. Common Sandpiper 2
11. Wood Sandpiper 10 - Wintering
12. Yellow Bittern 1
13. Great Egret 1
14. Little Egret 2
15. pond-heron sp. 2
16. Oriental Honey-buzzard 1
17. Changeable Hawk-Eagle 1 - Heard
18. Brahminy Kite 1
19. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 1
20. Common Kingfisher 1
21. White-throated Kingfisher 1
22. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 2
23. Lineated Barbet 1 - Heard
24. Common Flameback 2
25. Rose-ringed Parakeet 1 - Heard
26. Black-naped Oriole 2
27. Common Iora 1 - Heard
28. House Crow 20
29. Common Tailorbird 1
30. Yellow-bellied Prinia 1 - Heard
31. Black-browed Reed Warbler 2
32. Pacific Swallow 5
33. Yellow-vented Bulbul 5
34. Asian Glossy Starling 5
35. Daurian Starling 5
36. Javan Myna 10
37. Oriental Magpie-Robin 2
38. Olive-backed Sunbird 2
39. Baya Weaver 2
40. Chestnut Munia 2
41. Gray Wagtail 1
42. Eastern Yellow Wagtail 1

Mersing Beach 21Apr18

From KH

At Mersing Beach in Johor, there were still some waders around.

Grey Plovers (left and right) and Bar-tailed Godwits.

A lone Pacific Golden-plover.

1 Great Knot (centre), 2 Grey-tailed Tattlers, some Terek Sandpipers (upturned bill) and Lesser Sand-plovers (shortest bill).

2 Ruddy Turnstones with a Greater Sand-plover assuming breeding plumage (left) among the Lesser Sand-plovers in non-breeding plumage.

2 Grey-tailed Tattlers with Terek Sandpipers (upturned bill), and Lesser Sand-plovers, some of which are assuming breeding plumage.

A lone Little Egret was hanging around with Common Greenshanks.

This lone Caspian Tern was prowling the coastline for fish.

1. 1 Little Egret
2. 4 Black-bellied Plover
3. 1 Pacific Golden-Plover
4. 100 Lesser Sand-Plover
5. 10 Greater Sand-Plover
6. 3 Bar-tailed Godwit
7. 8 Ruddy Turnstone
8. 2 Great Knot
9. 40 Terek Sandpiper
10. 5 Gray-tailed Tattler
11. 3 Common Greenshank
12. 1 Caspian Tern
13. 1 Collared Kingfisher
14. 5 Pacific Swallow
15. 1 Common Tailorbird - Heard
16. 5 Javan Myna