Seletar Park Connector 29Jan26

From KH

Morning walk at Seletar Park Connector.

Asian Openbill dozing.

Spider with eggs on Sea Hibiscus.

Scale insect on Simpoh Air.

Grass with seeds.

Sunbird View 06,10Sep25

From KH

A Western Hooded Pitta mulleri subspecies was seen at Sunbird View on 5 Sep, so Danny and I went there on 6 Sep, but did not connect with it.

On 10 Sep, I went back and the bird was showing, but far in the apartment compound.

Apparently, the bird stayed until 12 Sep.

Also in the compound was a Zebra Dove enjoying Hilograss seeds.

Pasir Ris Farmway, Lorong Halus 04Jan25

From KH

Danny, JS and I went to Pasir Ris Farmway 3 for the Amur Stonechat that was reported there, and sure enough it was there in the grassland of Paspalum grass.

With patches of White Leadtree.

Mission accomplished, we moved on to Lorong Halus Wetland. Got 4 Savanna Nightjars.

And 20 Gallinago snipes and 1 female Greater Painted-Snipe.

There were 2 Jerdon's Bazas and 4 Oriental Honey Buzzards. Here's one of the OHBs.

Habitat-wise, some of the trees here include White Leadtrees and this Sea Almond.

Telok Blangah 23Oct24

From KH

Another day raptor watching at Telok Blangah Hill. Got the usual Oriental Honey-Buzzards. Here're 2 of 4, 1 dark and 1 pale.

And Japanese Sparrowhawks. 1 of 3, all juveniles.

Resident Changeable Hawk-Eagles, both dark and pale morphs, came to look.

Juvenile Dollarbird also joined in the fun.

Of course, there were also the omnipresent dark swiftlet sp. (Aerodramus sp.), inseparable in the field.

The bougainvillea flower beds were a magnet for munias, like this Javan Munia. They either feed on the bougainvillea shoots or use it as perch to access the Digitaria grass seeds.

As well as butterflies, like this Common Mormon.

Seletar Dam, Hampstead Wetland 08Oct24

From KH

Low tide at Seletar Dam, but the only waders were 1 Eurasian Whimbrel and 2 Common Sandpipers. Here's the faraway whimbrel.

Jumping mullets!

Stork-billed Kingfisher couple in a tree.

Scaly-breasted Munia eating Digitaria grass seed.

Next, Hampstead Wetlands Park.

Lineated Barbet nesting in tree hole.

Straw-headed Bulbul in a tree.

Lim Chu Kang Lane 3, Neo Tiew Harvest Lane 14Jan23

From KH

Green Sandpiper was reported to be back at Lim Chu Kang Lane 3 canal, so it was mandatory for Danny and I to head there this weekend. But we only saw the usual Wood Sandpipers and Common Sandpipers. Here's one of the Woodies.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail was also here.

Some Javan Munias were feeding in the Cenchrus grass.

2 snipes in front of waterlilies.

After that, we went to Neo Tiew Harvest Lane, but nothing much. Makan time.

Halus, Pasir Ris Farmway 08Jan23

From KH

Danny and I started off at Lorong Halus Wetland, no grebe, but got a rude and uncooperative Jerdon's Baza.

Also got a juvenile Oriental Honey-Buzzard.

Large-tailed Nightjar roosting in the bush about a foot off the ground.

Black-naped Oriole caught a Golden-armed Mantis.

This female Common Bluetail is safe.

Next Pasir Ris Farmway 3 before locating the Litte Grebe at Pasir Ris Farmway 1.

Also got Little Ringed Plover.

Another juvenile Oriental Honey-Buzzard.

Immature Scaly-breasted Munia feeding on Cenchrus.

Introduced Black-rumped Waxbill and Common Waxbills also feeding on Cenchrus.

Chek Jawa, Changi Bay Point 08May22

From KH

Last try with Danny for Black-and-white Bulbul at Chek Jawa, but no-show (last seen 6 May 2022). Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike was again present.

After lunch, I decided to drop by Changi Bay Point as I've not been there. It was escapee galore. The Light-vented Bulbul was still there. Then, there were the waxbills:

Common Waxbills feeding on grass seeds.

Crimson-rumped Waxbills feeding on another type of grass seeds.

Round it up with a local resident male Brown-throated Sunbird doing acrobatics.