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.

Dairy Farm, Hindhede 25Feb23

From KH

Danny and I started at Dairy Farm Nature Park today. We didn't do very well for birds, but we got lots of other animals.

Stingless bees nesting

Ropalidia stigma wasp. Common Flashwing damselfly

Episteme vetula moth. Caterpillar of some sort

Black-kneed Meadow Katydid nymph

Helicarionidae snail. Fejervarya frog

Next, Hindhede Nature Park. Oriental Darter was in the quarry as usual.

Sunda Colugo resting on tree and Common Treeshrew foraging on ground, as usual.

Not so usual, Lua's Cricket.

Hindhede Nature Park 05Nov21

From KH

I dropped by Hindhede Nature Park today for a short while. Nothing much, but nice to shoot this Common Treeshrew.

SBG 16Nov19

From KH

The star bird at SBG is the male Daurian Redstart (below), shown here with a Common Kingfisher.

It was also nice to have a Cinnamon Bittern flew by.

This Long-tailed Parakeet was enjoying the Simpoh Air fruit.

While these Black Swans were resting.

Finally, a Common Treeshrew to round up this short walk around SBG Eco Lake.

1. Red Junglefowl (Domestic type) 20
2. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 20
3. Spotted Dove 3
4. Zebra Dove 3
5. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 10
6. dark swiftlet sp. 10
7. White-breasted Waterhen 3
8. Cinnamon Bittern 1
9. Black Bittern 1
10. Little Egret 1
11. Common Kingfisher 1
12. Banded Woodpecker 1
13. Long-tailed Parakeet 2
14. Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot 1 - heard
15. Black-naped Oriole 2
16. Malaysian Pied-Fantail 2
17. Ashy Tailorbird 2 - heard
18. Yellow-vented Bulbul 2
19. Olive-winged Bulbul 1
20. Swinhoe's White-eye 10
21. Asian Glossy Starling 20
22. Javan Myna 10
23. Oriental Magpie-Robin 2
24. Daurian Redstart
25. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 2 - heard
26. Olive-backed Sunbird 2

Dairy Farm, Hindhede 11Feb17

From KH

Following yesterday's report of a male Blue-and-white Flycatcher, Con, Danny and I went Wallace Education Centre this morning, and sure enough the bird was there.

Before the star bird appeared, this distraction (Asian Brown Flycatcher) was keeping us occupied.

Other distractions include a pair of Chestnut-bellied Malkohas, a pair of Common Hill Mynas, and a slug.

On the way out, a confiding Emerald Dove was hanging out along the track. It has tags on its legs, which may explain its friendliness.

Then, a singing Eastern Crowned Warbler caught our attention. Key features: pale crown stripe, all-orangey lower mandible and yellowish vent.

Finally, a raptor flew overhead. It turned out to be a pale morph Changeable Hawk-eagle.

After lunch, Danny and I went to Hindhede Nature Park. Some of the common birds include a Greater Racket-tailed Drongo and a female Laced Woodpecker.

At one of the shelters, there were about 10 Spotted House Geckos of various sizes.

A Plantain Squirrel was busy collecting nesting material scrapped off tree bark.

Finally, a pair of Common Treeshrews were scurrying near the forest floor. Compared to the squirrel, the treeshrew has a longer snout, longer gape, and lower ears. The latter also often have more rufous back and less bushy tail.