Hampstead Wetland 27Feb25

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Nesting continues for the Oriental Pied-Hornbills at Hampstead Wetlands Park. Mummy behind the chick(s).

Blue-tailed Bee-eaters looking left and looking down.

Rose-ringed Parakeet perching high.

One frog fewer.

Marina East 25Jan25

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Danny, JS and I went to Marina East today.

Purple Heron eating froggie.

Purple Heron ©Tan KH

Brown Shrike chilling.

dragonfly ©Lau JS

Lunch at Old Airport Road and found this dead dragonfly.

Purple Heron ©Tan KH

Marina East 02Dec23

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Danny and I went to Marina East today, and got these migrant waders.

1 of 2 Tibetan Sand-Plovers.

2 Kentish Plovers.

2 White-faced Plovers.

1 of 4 Common Sandpipers.

Resident birds include this Purple Heron enjoying an American Bullfrog breakfast.

Ulu Sembawang, Sungei Buloh 12Aug23

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This weekend, Danny, JS and I were on a mission to get JS his 2 lifers: Great Slaty Woodpecker and Black-and-red Broadbill. We started at Jalan Ulu Sembawang for the female Great Slaty Woodpecker that was first reported since 31 Jul 2023. Sure enough, she was still around and very vocal. In fact, she stayed until 18 Feb 2024!

Short-tailed Babbler was also very vocal. Yes, that blur blob in the middle is the babbler.

Next, Sungei Buloh for Black-and-red Broadbill. Sure enough, it was still around. In fact, it's the same individual that was ringed here in 2019.

Also got Lesser Adjutant in flight.

Buffy Fish-Owl at its usual spot at the entrance boardwalk.

Other animals include this Common Greenback and these Whitespots.

Dairy Farm, Hindhede 25Feb23

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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.

Upper Seletar 30Apr22

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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.

Dairy Farm 12Mar22

From KH

Danny and I went to Singapore Quarry and Rufous-bellied Eagle was still around on a bare albizia.

Dark-necked Tailorbirds having a conversation: "Come with me!" "No, go away!"

Broad-handed Carpenter Bee was sipping nectar on Bengal Trumpet and getting pollened in the process, with ants hiding behind.

African Tulip in full bloom.

Next, we went to the other corner of Dairy Farm Nature Park, Wallace Education Centre. Got the male Green-backed Flycatcher.

Grey Nightjar sleeping on a tree.

Indian Cuckoo filling itself with Malayan Eggfly caterpillars.

More food behind on the host plant False Stinger (Pipturus argenteus).

Were those your babies??

Male Orange-bellied Flowerpecker also feeding on false stinger.

Can't eat those figs!

Common Palmfly also around.

Four-lined Tree Frog and its egg foam.