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!

Sungei Buloh 29Mar26

From KH

Danny and I went to Sungei Buloh today. Nice to see a Blue-eared Kingfisher at the visitor centre pond.

Not many species of waders, just 1 Common Sandpiper, 10 Eurasian Whimbrels and 30 Common Redshanks.

Eurasian Whimbrels

Common Redshanks

Common Snakehead in the pond.

Lots of egrets at the main hide.

Eastern Cattle Egret

Little Egrets

Medium Egret

Great Egret

Plus the local Grey Heron.

Asian Openbill tackling Geloina shellfish.

A flock of 13 Lesser Adjutants! There are some of them.

Good spotting by Danny, a Common Greenback.

Oriental Whip Snakes mating, heads down, alarming Copper-throated and Brown-throated Sunbirds and Ashy Tailorbirds.

Water Monitor eating catfish.

A huge Estuarine Crocodile more than 3m long.

Smooth Otter, you would make a nice meal for the croc, so you better sprint!

Common Treeshrew came out to play on the trail.

Batik Golden Web Spider and tentweb weaver Cyrtophora web.

Seletar Park Connector 24-26Mar26

From KH

The free-ranging Grey-crowned Crane was still around after all these years.

Asian Openbills resting, including one making itself comfy on the grass.

White-bellied Sea-Eagle nesting in albizia.

Asian Brown Flycatcher chirping away.

Variable Squirrel lingered on.

Unbelievably, I went through the Snake Year last year without seeing a single snake, and here, not one, but two snakes in a day! Paradise Tree Snake in Brackishwater Mangrove Barringtonia racemosa and an Equatorial Spitting Cobra slithering away on the grass before I could take a photo.

Sungei Buloh 15Nov24

From KH

Back to Sungei Buloh. Saw this Milky × Painted Stork, almost a Milky Stork, but black covert spots, feeding on a water snake.

Another hybrid stork, almost a Painted Stork, but incomplete breast band.

A Medium Egret among Little Egrets, masquerading as the latter, but note size, bill length and feet colour differences. Looks like it's still molting out of breeding plumage.

The same individual with its typical non-breeding yellow-billed version. Little Egrets in front and Common Redshanks behind.

2 of 108 Eurasian Whimbrels.

2 of 3 Oriental Honey-Buzzards, a pale one and a dark one.

Some of the 10 House Swifts at what is left of the old bridge.