Sungei Serangoon 20Jul25

From KH

I covered Sungei Serangoon for the Mid Year Bird Census, as usual.

Great to witness male Sunda Brush Cuckoo courting female in Yellow Flame Tree. He presented a caterpillar to her while still holding on to the leaf that the caterpillar was on.

She ate the gift. He dropped the leaf and serenaded her.

Red-breasted Parakeet checking me out from a Yellow Flame Tree. Nay, it's probably checking out the tree for fruits.

Blue-throated Bee-eater chilling out in Sea Hibiscus.

Female Oriental Magpie-Robin with white food(?) item in mouth.

This lone Smooth Otter getting ready for its swim.

Well adapted torpedo shape in its element.

Rufous-legged Grasshopper nymph on Red Button Ginger.

Petai Trail 30Sep23

From KH

I went to Petai Trail, but only got the usual birds.

1. Red Junglefowl (Domestic form) 1 H
2. Asian Koel 2 H
3. Black-naped Oriole 1 H
4. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo 3 H
5. Dark-necked Tailorbird 5 H
6. Pacific Swallow 5
7. Olive-winged Bulbul 2 H
8. Yellow-vented Bulbul 4
9. Arctic Warbler 1 H
10. Pin-striped Tit-Babbler 3 H
11. Common Hill Myna 2 H
12. Javan Myna 4
13. Oriental Magpie-Robin 1 H
14. Crimson Sunbird 2

Also got a grasshopper Traulia azureipennis.

Sungei Buloh 24Jun23

From KH

Danny and I went to Sungei Buloh today. There were a couple of Estuarine Crocodiles in Sungei Buloh Besar.

Immature Black-crowned Night-Heron also at Sungei Buloh Besar, which was lined with Sea Hibiscus.

Swinhoe's White-eye was frolicking in Orange Mangrove.

Oriental Whip Snake at the Mangrove Boardwalk.

Boddart's Blue-spotted Mudskipper on the mudflat.

Mangrove St Andrew's Cross Spider and wasp.

 

Lots of katydids and grasshoppers.

Leaf Katydid. Nisitrus malaya

Rufous-legged Grasshopper. Traulia azureipennis

Pasir Ris Park 17Jun23

From KH

Danny and I went to Pasir Ris Park today, and Spotted Wood-Owl couple were roosting in a Rain Tree beside Carpark D.

Male Rufous Woodpecker: should I put my tongue into that hole?

Blue-throated Bee-eater resting on bare tree.

Immature Oriental Honey-Buzzard hanging around.

Juvenile Black-naped Oriole showing streaks on upper and underparts.

Brown-throated Sunbird, male and female.

Dog-faced Water Snake came up for a breath through the yucky water surface.

Despite the yucky water surface, there are sufficient clear windows to ID some fishes.

Green Spotted Puffer showing dorsal and ventral surfaces

Cantor's Gudgeon. Banded Archerfish

Grey Knight Goby

Javanese Ricefish

In clearer water, we had other fishes.

Halfbeaks. Mullets

Singapore Glassy Perchlets. Green Chromide

Warty Slug on a tree trunk.

Centaur Oakblue and Traulia azureipennis grasshopper on a leaf.

Dragon Scale Fern.

Sungei Buloh 07Sep22

From KH

I went to Sungei Buloh today for any early waders. Got a less common Terek Sandpiper hanging out with the 75 Common Redshanks.

1 of 60 Eurasian Whimbrels showing its crown stripe and hanging out with the redshanks.

Little Egrets: "Bro, any fish?" "Quiet! I'm focussing."

Clockwise from top left: Ashy Tailorbird caught a caterpillar. It was so jubilant that it fanned its tail! Tongue is involved! Final toss before gobbling it up.

Male Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker eating a fruit on the Calabur Tree.

Smooth Otter making a run.

Plantain Squirrel: I need my sugar. I need my sugar.

Mud Creeper Telescopium telescopium, the most common molluscs in the ponds. Barnacles in the foreground.

Wasp hanging out with sea snails: Littoraria sp. (left) and Lined Nerite (right).

Mangrove Jewel Bug showing its spot pattern.

Javanese Grasshopper munching down a leaf.