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.

Dairy Farm Nature Park 09Jan21

From KH

Danny, JS and I birded at Wallace Education Centre end of Dairy Farm today.

1. Asian Emerald Dove 1
2. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 20
3. Oriental Honey-buzzard 1
4. Changeable Hawk-Eagle 1 - Pale adult
5. White-throated Kingfisher 1 - Heard
6. Collared Kingfisher 1 - Heard
7. Blue-throated Bee-eater 1
8. Dollarbird 2
9. Lineated Barbet 2
10. Common Flameback 1 - Heard
11. Banded Woodpecker 2
12. Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot 1 - Heard
13. Black-naped Oriole 2
14. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo 2
15. Dark-necked Tailorbird 1 - Heard
16. Rufous-tailed Tailorbird 1 - Heard
17. Straw-headed Bulbul 1 - Heard
18. Olive-winged Bulbul 2
19. Pin-striped Tit-Babbler 1 - Heard
20. Asian Glossy Starling 30
21. Common Hill Myna 2
22. Javan Myna 5
23. Asian Brown Flycatcher 2
24. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 1
25. Crimson Sunbird 1
26. Little Spiderhunter 1
27. Asian Fairy-bluebird 1

Common Tree Frogs - no prize for guessing who're the males.

Saint Andrew's Cross Spider Argiope versicolor patiently waiting for the unsuspecting prey to fly straight into its web.

Maybe these barklice Clematoscenea will make a good snack and this Common Blue Skimmer Orthetrum glaucum a good meal?

Dot-Dash Sergeant Athyma kanwa kanwa reporting for duty!

Helicarion perfragilis, a really small snail.

Hendersons Waves 08Nov20

From KH

The raptor of the day is a juvenile Pied Harrier.

The other bird that made our day was a White-throated Needletail that was thermalling with 4 other unid needletails.

ebird checklist

Crested Goshawk

Japanese Sparrowhawk

Yellow-shelled Semi-slug

Kranji Marsh, SBWR 16Feb19

From KH

Danny, JS and I started the day's birding at Kranji Marsh.

Common Kingfisher

It was snail/slug galore.

Tropical Leatherleaf. Unknown snail

Unknown snail

Kranji Marsh

1. Spotted Dove 2
2. Zebra Dove 2
3. Pink-necked Pigeon 5
4. Lesser Coucal 1 - heard
5. Asian Koel 2 - heard
6. Banded Bay Cuckoo 1 - heard
7. Plaintive Cuckoo 1 - heard
8. dark swiftlet sp. 20
9. Watercock 1
10. White-breasted Waterhen 2
11. Red-wattled Lapwing 1
12. snipe sp. 1
13. Common Sandpiper 2
14. Wood Sandpiper 1
15. Purple Heron 1
16. Intermediate Egret 1
17. Cattle Egret 3
18. Osprey 1
19. Black-winged Kite 1
20. Black Baza 1
21. Changeable Hawk-Eagle 1 - on nest and calling
22. Japanese Sparrowhawk 1 - male
23. Brahminy Kite 5
24. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 2
25. Common Kingfisher 1
26. White-throated Kingfisher 2
27. Blue-throated Bee-eater 3
28. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 1
29. Dollarbird 2
30. Lineated Barbet 1 - heard
31. Sunda Woodpecker 1
32. Rufous Woodpecker 1
33. Peregrine Falcon 1
34. Rose-ringed Parakeet 1
35. Red-breasted Parakeet 4
36. Long-tailed Parakeet 3
37. Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot 1
38. Golden-bellied Gerygone 1 - heard
39. Common Iora 5
40. Ashy Minivet 2
41. Pied Triller 4
42. Brown Shrike 2
43. Black-naped Oriole 1
44. Malaysian Pied-Fantail 2
45. House Crow 10
46. Large-billed Crow 2
47. Barn Swallow 1
48. Pacific Swallow 2
49. Straw-headed Bulbul 3
50. Sooty-headed Bulbul 3
51. Yellow-vented Bulbul 8
52. Oriental Reed Warbler 1
53. Pallas's Grasshopper-Warbler 1 - seen singing away
54. Common Tailorbird 1
55. Ashy Tailorbird 0 - heard
56. Yellow-bellied Prinia 1
57. White-crested Laughingthrush 0 - heard
58. Asian Brown Flycatcher 2
59. Oriental Magpie-Robin 1 - female
60. Asian Glossy Starling 5
61. Javan Myna 10
62. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker 1
63. Plain-throated Sunbird 2
64. Olive-backed Sunbird 8
65. Common Waxbill 1

At Sungei Buloh, a male Oriental Pied-hornbill caught a katydid to feed its young.

Painted Stork high up.

Male Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker feasting.

SBWR

1. Spotted Dove 1 - heard
2. Pink-necked Pigeon 1
3. White-breasted Waterhen 2
4. Whimbrel 15
5. Common Sandpiper 1
6. Common Redshank 25
7. Gray Heron 10
8. Little Egret 20
9. Cattle Egret 1
10. Striated Heron 1
11. Oriental Pied-Hornbill 3 - Adult pair with juvenile. Male seen feeding juvenile
12. Stork-billed Kingfisher 1
13. Collared Kingfisher 2 - heard
14. Coppersmith Barbet 1 - heard
15. Tiger Shrike 1
16. Ashy Tailorbird 2
17. Asian Brown Flycatcher 1
18. Asian Glossy Starling 2
19. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 1 - male feeding
20. Plain-throated Sunbird 2
21. Olive-backed Sunbird 3

Kranji Marsh, Dairy Farm 22Dec18

From KH

Went Kranji Marsh with Danny.

Common Iora showing white rump

Non-breeding pond-heron

Red-wattled Lapwing pair

Cambodiparmarion doroshenkoi semi-slug

1. 5 Spotted Dove
2. 2 Zebra Dove
3. 5 Pink-necked Pigeon
4. 4 Lesser Coucal
5. 2 Asian Koel - Heard
6. 1 Little Bronze-Cuckoo
7. 1 Plaintive Cuckoo - Heard
8. 100 dark swiftlet sp.
9. 1 Slaty-breasted Rail
10. 1 Watercock
11. 5 White-breasted Waterhen
12. 2 Red-wattled Lapwing
13. 1 Purple Heron
14. 5 Intermediate Egret
15. 5 Little Egret
16. 1 pond-heron sp.
17. 2 Osprey
18. 1 Black-winged Kite
19. 4 Oriental Honey-buzzard
20. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Heard
21. 2 Brahminy Kite
22. 1 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
23. 4 White-throated Kingfisher
24. 1 Collared Kingfisher
25. 3 Blue-throated Bee-eater
26. 1 Dollarbird
27. 1 Lineated Barbet - Heard
28. 1 Sunda Woodpecker
29. 1 Common Flameback
30. 2 Laced Woodpecker
31. 5 Red-breasted Parakeet
32. 2 Long-tailed Parakeet
33. 4 Common Iora
34. 4 Brown Shrike
35. 3 Black-naped Oriole
36. 1 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo - Heard
37. 1 Malaysian Pied-Fantail
38. 2 Large-billed Crow
39. 8 Barn Swallow
40. 1 Straw-headed Bulbul - Heard
41. 2 Yellow-vented Bulbul
42. 1 Olive-winged Bulbul
43. 2 Black-browed Reed Warbler
44. 1 Oriental Reed Warbler - Heard
45. 1 Common Tailorbird
46. 1 Dark-necked Tailorbird - Heard
47. 4 Ashy Tailorbird
48. 2 Yellow-bellied Prinia - Heard
49. 1 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler - Heard
50. 2 White-crested Laughingthrush - Heard
51. 2 Asian Brown Flycatcher
52. 20 Asian Glossy Starling
53. 30 Daurian Starling
54. 10 Javan Myna
55. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
56. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
57. 6 Olive-backed Sunbird
58. 5 Scaly-breasted Munia

Next stop: Wallace Education Centre. The rufous morph Oriental Scops-owl was still around on the same tree!

1. 1 Pink-necked Pigeon
2. 1 Banded Bay Cuckoo - Heard
3. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
4. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle
5. 1 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
6. 1 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
7. 2 Black-naped Oriole
8. 2 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
9. 2 Olive-winged Bulbul
10. 2 Red-eyed Bulbul
11. 1 Arctic Warbler
12. 2 Dark-necked Tailorbird - Heard
13. 1 Rufous-tailed Tailorbird - Heard
14. 1 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
15. 1 Asian Fairy-bluebird - Heard
16. 1 Asian Brown Flycatcher
17. 1 Asian Glossy Starling
18. 1 Javan Myna
19. 1 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
20. 1 Crimson Sunbird

KNT, Neo Tiew, DFNP 15Dec18

From KH

1 went to Kranji Nature Trail with Danny, JS and wife. We only saw the usual birds and some Yellow-shelled Semi-slugs here.

1. 6 Spotted Dove
2. 1 Zebra Dove - Heard
3. 15 Pink-necked Pigeon
4. 1 Little Bronze-Cuckoo
5. 1 White-breasted Waterhen
6. 1 Common Sandpiper
7. 2 Gray Heron
8. 11 Little Egret
9. 5 Striated Heron
10. 2 Changeable Hawk-Eagle
11. 1 Accipiter sp.
12. 1 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
13. 1 Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
14. 2 Oriental Pied-Hornbill
15. 2 White-throated Kingfisher
16. 2 Collared Kingfisher
17. 2 Blue-throated Bee-eater
18. 2 Dollarbird
19. 3 Lineated Barbet
20. 1 Sunda Woodpecker
21. 2 Common Flameback
22. 2 Red-breasted Parakeet
23. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
24. 2 Common Iora
25. 5 Ashy Minivet
26. 7 Pied Triller
27. 1 Brown Shrike
28. 5 Black-naped Oriole
29. 7 House Crow
30. 12 Pacific Swallow
31. 1 Straw-headed Bulbul
32. 3 Red-whiskered Bulbul
33. 4 Yellow-vented Bulbul
34. 2 Olive-winged Bulbul
35. 1 Arctic Warbler
36. 5 Ashy Tailorbird
37. 1 Asian Brown Flycatcher
38. 3 Oriental Magpie-Robin
39. 37 Asian Glossy Starling
40. 16 Javan Myna
41. 1 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
42. 3 Plain-throated Sunbird
43. 5 Copper-throated Sunbird
44. 6 Olive-backed Sunbird

Moving on to Neo Tiew Harvest Lane, we saw a couple of Slaty-breasted Rail chicks stuck in a canal unable to get out. Fortunately, at least one of the parents was still around to feed them.

There were a few Oriental Honey-buzzards thermaling.

1. 5 Spotted Dove
2. 2 Lesser Coucal
3. 2 Asian Koel - Heard
4. 1 Banded Bay Cuckoo - Heard
5. 30 dark swiftlet sp.
6. 3 Slaty-breasted Rail - Adult with chicks
7. 1 White-breasted Waterhen
8. 1 Common Sandpiper
9. 2 Intermediate Egret
10. 2 Black-winged Kite
11. 4 Oriental Honey-buzzard
12. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Heard
13. 1 Japanese Sparrowhawk
14. 2 Brahminy Kite
15. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
16. 2 Blue-throated Bee-eater
17. 1 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
18. 2 Rose-ringed Parakeet
19. 5 Red-breasted Parakeet
20. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
21. 3 Common Iora
22. 1 Pied Triller
23. 2 Long-tailed Shrike
24. 1 Brown Shrike
25. 2 Black-naped Oriole
26. 1 Black Drongo
27. 1 Malaysian Pied-Fantail - Heard
28. 5 House Crow
29. 5 Barn Swallow
30. 1 Straw-headed Bulbul - Heard
31. 1 Sooty-headed Bulbul
32. 4 Yellow-vented Bulbul
33. 2 Oriental Reed Warbler - Heard
34. 2 Lanceolated Warbler - Heard
35. 1 Common Tailorbird - Heard
36. 1 Ashy Tailorbird - Heard
37. 1 Zitting Cisticola
38. 1 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler - Heard
39. 1 Siberian Stonechat (Stejneger's)
40. 5 Asian Glossy Starling
41. 5 Javan Myna
42. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
43. 1 wagtail sp. - Fly by
44. 5 Golden-backed Weaver
45. 1 Scaly-breasted Munia

After lunch, a quick check at Wallace Education Centre revealed that the rufous morph Oriental Scops-owl was still around on the same branch!

1. 5 dark swiftlet sp.
2. 1 Oriental Scops-Owl - Rufous
3. 1 Dollarbird
4. 1 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo - Heard
5. 1 Dark-necked Tailorbird - Heard
6. 1 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
7. 2 Asian Glossy Starling
8. 1 Common Hill Myna - Heard
9. 1 Javan Myna
10. 1 Olive-backed Sunbird