Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Kranji Marsh 01Jul17
From KH
Con, Danny and I went to Kranji Marsh today and heard a Blue-winged Pitta, otherwise it was just the usual resident birds.
Luckily we were not under this Red-wattled Lapwing!
Common Iora trying to hide.
Male Long-tailed Parakeet showing off its long tail.
Male Pink-necked Green-pigeon just sitting right in front of us.
Singing Yellow-bellied Prinia with wedding band.
Dead Brahminy Blind Snake.
Saturday, August 26, 2017
Pulau Ubin 24Jun17
From KH
Con, Danny, JS, BJ and I went to Pulau Ubin today.
Grey Heron with Black-crowned Night-herons (adult and juvenile) sharing Pekan Quarry
Dark morph Changeable Hawk-eagle standing guard
Can't resist taking photo of a Dollarbird in good lighting!
Oriental Pied-hornbill - male below shy female
Nesting female Pink-necked Green-pigeon
Pretty Cicada
Black Wood Spider
Sad end for a magnificent Banded Krait...
New Zealand 14-20Jun17
From KH
As we have been to the North Island last year and saw many of the local birds, this trip is more targeted at specific birds, such as Black stilt and Kea. We saw a dozen or so of the stilt at the known wintering ground beside Glentanner Airport, while two friendly Keas were seen at Arthur's Pass Village. We also ended up with 4 other endemic lifers: Weka, Black-fronted tern, Spotted shag and Pipipi. Our Kaikoura trip was cancelled, so no pelagic birding his time.
Adult Black-fronted terns at Kaikoura
Juvenile Black-fronted tern at Kaikoura
Adult White-fronted tern at Kaikoura for comparison
Variable oystercatchers at Kaikoura
Preening Spotted shags at Kaikoura
Lazy New Zealand fur seal at Kaikoura
Friendly Kea at Arthur's Pass
Pipipi at Arthur's Pass
Confiding Weka at Lake Mapourika
Introduced Common brush-tailed possum at Franz Josef Glacier
Male Tomtit feeding on earthworm at Franz Josef Glacier
Melanic New Zealand fantail at Lake Matheson
Black stilts with lapwings and ducks at Lake Pukaki near Glentanner Airport
Adult Paradise shelducks (female left, male right) at Lake Pukaki
Swamp harriers fighting over possum roadkill
Upper Seletar 15Jun17
From Con
Fuzzy, the Red-crowned Barbet fledged today, with a fuzzy red crown. Here are a couple of images, I've been going to see this nesting for over a month, about six of us were there to see this special event. The fledgling flew several times, flight seemed strong but short (seems instinctive), but landing was a challenge (needs to be learned?). From Wells (The Birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula, 1999, Vol 1) there can be 1 or 2 chicks, but we saw only one.
Panti 10Jun17
From Con
Crossing the border was slow this morning @ 45 minutes delay. Just after Hutan Lipur Panti while Danny and KH were still asleep, I spotted a wild Asian Elephant ambling alongside busy Hwy 3 @ 6:15am. I shouted "elephant" and pulled off at the first turn I could find, assembled my camera, and we were rewarded as this young male elephant continued this journey coming right in front of us. He trumpeted once, pivoted and turned around and disappeared off the highway.
Bird list in eBird.
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