Seletar Park Connector 16Apr26

From KH

Asian Openbill living in harmony with other birds, local and foreign, at Seletar Park Connector. Here, hanging out with a couple of introduced local Masked Lapwings and a foreign Little Egret.

And here, hanging out with introduced local Javan Mynas. Where are all the real locals??

Introduced apple snail that got away, among those that didn't.

Foreign Yellow Bittern with long neck.

Finally, some real locals. Male Pink-necked Green-Pigeon feeding on figs. This tree figged in Feb this year, now fig again?

What's this "cherry"? Why no takers? Not sweet?

Zebra Dove juveniles just chilling out.

Malaysian Pied-Fantail juveniles were more chatty. juvy 1: What's wrong with your neck? Juvy 2: Nothing, our feathers are still growing. Get a mirror.

Juvy 1: I'm gonna catch that fly! Juvy 2: Save your effort. Food delivery coming.

Juvy 2: Feed me! Feed me! Juvy 1: I'm gonna catch THAT fly!

Huge Equatorial Spitting Cobra, taking up more than half trail that is more than 2 m wide.

Water Monitor: This is mine! All mine!

Seletar Park Connector 05Mar26

From KH

The usual Grey Heron, Medium Egrets and Little Egrets were joined by an Asian Openbill for breakfast buffet at Seletar Park Connector.

Collared Kingfisher perched on railing.

Lineated Barbet perched on Sea Almond.

Yellow-vented Bulbul on a clean perch.

Malaysian Pied-Fantail, a very confiding bird.

Seletar Park Connector 05Feb26

From KH

Morning Singlish soap opera at Seletar Park Connector.

Malaysian Pied-Fantail: anything to makan there?

Male Oriental Magpie-Robin: shiok "mulberry" (False Stinger Pipturus argenteus)

Female Oriental Magpie-Robin: ownself eat only!

Asian Brown Flycatcher: ya lor, so selfish.

Asian Openbills: where are the snails siah?

Sungei Serangoon 15Oct23

From KH

Annual Bird Census time again. Here at Sungei Serangoon, I got 5 Common Sandpipers, 1 Common Kingfisher, 1 Brown Shrike, 5 Arctic Warblers and 6 Asian Brown Flycatchers.

Here's the male Common Kingfisher with its catch.

The residents include this Black-crowned Night-Heron, 1 of 8 adults.

And this juvenile Malaysian Pied-Fantail.

Other animals include this Smooth Otter enjoying its fishy breakfast.

and this Loxobates spider.

Sungei Serangoon 09Jul23

From KH

It's Fall Migration Bird Census and I covered Sungei Serangoon as usual. The river, or what used to be a river before they dam it, is still good for waterbirds, like adult Black-crowned Night-Heron and juvenile Purple Heron.

Here are a couple of pied birds: Malaysian Pied-Fantail, male Oriental Magpie-Robin.

Adult Long-tailed Shrike.

Shy Common Tailorbird. Shyer male Common Iora.

Male Brown-throated Sunbird and male Ornate Sunbird sipping nectar from Brackishwater Mangrove Barringtonia racemosa flowers.

Ornate Sunbird nest.

Male Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker sipping nectar from?

White-spotted Slug Snake, usually found as roadkills, why? Here the foot-long body was scavenged by Carebara ants.

Common Snakehead with a cichlid.

Lots of other cichlids as well.

Nile Tilapias. Mozambique Tilapia

Mayan Cichlid

The canal was full of Hydrilla. Good hiding place for the fish?

Sungei Serangoon 25Mar23

From KH

It's Annual Bird Census and I covered Sungei Serangoon as usual.

Adult Black-crowned Night-Heron

Common Sandpiper

Grey Heron. Little Egret

Malaysian Pied-Fantail