Pasir Ris Park 19Dec21

From KH

An afternoon nature walk at Pasir Ris Park turned up a whole host of animals, from birds to bees (wasp actually)!

It was nesting session for the Crested Goshawks. Besides the obvious chick on the left, that fluff on the right was a second chick!

Sentry duty can be boring, let me rest one of my legs and stretch my wing.

This Grey Heron was also in breeding mood, spotting breeding colours.

Other residents include this male Oriental Pied-Hornbill taking flight.

Collared Scops-Owl at its usual spot.

Collared Kingfisher and Stork-billed Kingfisher.

Male Pied Triller and male Common Iora.

Male Ornate Sunbird. Why so many males??

Brown-throated Sunbird, male left, female right. At last, a female!

Migrant-wise, there was this Common Sandpiper.

And these passerines, Asian Brown Flycatcher and Arctic Warbler.

Spotted this Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat under some palm leaf.

Oriental Whip Snake: can you see me?

Yummy rat for this Common Water Monitor.

Here are some crabs. Epixanthus dentatus: see my orange spots and my bigger right arm.

 

Parasesarma sp.

 

What's this snail?

Some grasshoppers: Oxya japonica and Oxya sp.

 

Here are some butterflies: Chocolate Grass Yellow feeding on African Coromandel, and Short-banded Sailor.

Last but not least, such a pretty wasp.

Kinabatangan 10Jun18 am

From KH

5 raptors:

Grey-headed Fish-eagle. Wallace's Hawk-eagle.

Jerdon's Baza. Adult Brahminy Kite.

Male White-fronted Falconet flying in with prey to hand over to female, who gladly took it!

3 hornbills:

Female White-crowned Hornbill. Bushy-crested Hornbill.

Black Hornbill (left female, right male)

2 resident kingfishers.

Female Blue-eared Kingfisher showing her back and front.

Stork-billed Kingfisher

1 rare austral migrant - Sacred Kingfisher.

Storm's Storks (left) and Great Egret.

And other birds:

Blur shot of Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo. 100% crop of Pink-necked Green-pigeons.

100% crop of Blue-throated Bee-eaters.

Butt shot of Slender-billed Crows.

At last, something close and open: White-chested Babbler.

1. 4 Storm's Stork
2. 1 Lesser Adjutant
3. 2 Oriental Darter
4. 5 Purple Heron
5. 5 Great Egret
6. 1 Jerdon's Baza
7. 1 Crested Serpent-Eagle
8. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Dark morph
9. 1 Wallace's Hawk-Eagle - Juvenile
10. 1 Brahminy Kite
11. 1 Gray-headed Fish-Eagle - Adult
12. 1 Asian Emerald Dove
13. 5 Pink-necked Pigeon
14. 5 Green Imperial-Pigeon
15. 3 Greater Coucal
16. 1 Raffles's Malkoha
17. 1 Plaintive Cuckoo - Heard
18. 1 Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo - Heard
19. 5 Plume-toed Swiftlet
20. 30 dark swiftlet sp.
21. 1 White-crowned Hornbill - Female
22. 1 Rhinoceros Hornbill - Heard
23. 1 Bushy-crested Hornbill
24. 4 Black Hornbill
25. 2 Oriental Pied-Hornbill
26. 4 Blue-eared Kingfisher
27. 2 Stork-billed Kingfisher
28. 1 Sacred Kingfisher
29. 5 Blue-throated Bee-eater
30. 2 Dollarbird
31. 1 Brown Barbet
32. 1 Blue-eared Barbet
33. 1 Red-throated Barbet - Heard
34. 2 White-fronted Falconet - A pair
35. 5 Long-tailed Parakeet
36. 2 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
37. 5 Black-and-red Broadbill
38. 2 Black-and-yellow Broadbill - Heard
39. 3 Hooded Pitta - Heard
40. 1 Common Iora
41. 1 Dark-throated Oriole - Heard
42. 1 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo - Heard
43. 2 Malaysian Pied-Fantail
44. 1 Black-naped Monarch - Heard
45. 5 Slender-billed Crow
46. 3 Pacific Swallow
47. 2 Red-eyed Bulbul
48. 3 Ashy Tailorbird
49. 1 Yellow-bellied Prinia - Heard
50. 2 Bold-striped Tit-Babbler - Heard
51. 2 Chestnut-winged Babbler - Heard
52. 5 White-chested Babbler
53. 2 White-rumped Shama (White-crowned) - Heard
54. 2 Malaysian Blue Flycatcher - Heard
55. 5 Asian Glossy Starling
56. 1 Common Hill Myna - Heard
57. 1 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker - Heard
58. 1 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker - Heard

Kinabatangan 09Jun18 am

From KH

The Pygmy Elephants are more open today this morning.

Next up, an Estuarine Crocodile.

Then, a Water Monitor.

All the egrets we photographed turned out to be Great Egrets.

Long-tailed Parakeets and a Dollarbird on the bare trees.

This male Bornean Orangutan is so shy. First, he turned his back on us. Then, he covered his face with his palm...

A Crested Serpent-eagle flying away.

Noisy Bushy-crested Hornbills.

Oriental Darters are common here. Adult left, juvenile right.

So are Black-and-red Broadbills and White-chested Babblers.

Blue-eared Kingfishers were also common here, but the Bornean Brown Barbet was less common.

Malaysian Blue-flycatcher couple: male left, female with nesting material right.

A Plantain Squirrel joined in the fun.

Lastly, our only lifer for today - a pair of White-fronted Falconets: male left, female right.

1. 10 Oriental Darter
2. 5 Purple Heron
3. 15 Great Egret
4. 1 Crested Serpent-Eagle
5. 1 Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
6. 2 Greater Coucal - Heard
7. 5 Plume-toed Swiftlet
8. 30 dark swiftlet sp.
9. 4 Bushy-crested Hornbill
10. 2 Oriental Pied-Hornbill
11. 2 Blue-eared Kingfisher
12. 1 Rufous-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
13. 1 Stork-billed Kingfisher
14. 1 Collared Kingfisher
15. 2 Blue-throated Bee-eater
16. 1 Dollarbird
17. 1 Brown Barbet
18. 2 Blue-eared Barbet - Heard
19. 1 Red-throated Barbet - Heard
20. 2 White-bellied Woodpecker
21. 3 White-fronted Falconet
22. 8 Long-tailed Parakeet
23. 1 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
24. 3 Black-and-red Broadbill
25. 2 Black-and-yellow Broadbill - Heard
26. 4 Hooded Pitta
27. 5 Slender-billed Crow
28. 5 Pacific Swallow
29. 5 Ashy Tailorbird
30. 2 Yellow-bellied Prinia - Heard
31. 1 Bold-striped Tit-Babbler - Heard
32. 1 Chestnut-winged Babbler
33. 5 White-chested Babbler
34. 1 White-rumped Shama (White-crowned) - Heard
35. 2 Malaysian Blue Flycatcher