Changi Business Park 07Dec18

From Con

I went to Changi Biz Park today. It was nice to see Ashy Drongo again. Better views than Mt Faber bird. No snake eagle though.

Punggol Park 05Dec18

From KH

A short late afternoon loop around the park revealed that the Common Kingfisher and Yellow Bitterns were still around.

1. 2 Asian Koel - Heard
2. 1 dark swiftlet sp.
3. 3 Yellow Bittern
4. 1 Striated Heron
5. 1 Common Kingfisher
6. 1 Collared Kingfisher
7. 1 Asian Glossy Starling
8. 5 Javan Myna

Other creature of note was this Water Monitor having sushimi.

Wallace Education Centre 05Dec18

From Con

The rufous morph Oriental Scops-owl is back at Dairy Farm. I came down. Really hard to spot, but yes it’s here!!

There is also a Wagner’s Pit Viper in same tree as OSO.

Admiralty Park 04Dec18

From KH

A short lunchtime walk around Admiralty Park.

1. 1 Spotted Dove
2. 10 dark swiftlet sp.
3. 3 White-breasted Waterhen
4. 1 Yellow Bittern
5. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle
6. 1 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
7. 1 Sunda Woodpecker - Heard
8. 1 Common Iora - Heard
9. 2 Black-naped Oriole - Heard
10. 3 Yellow-vented Bulbul
11. 1 Common Tailorbird - Heard
12. 1 Ashy Tailorbird - Heard
13. 1 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler - Heard
14. 15 Asian Glossy Starling
15. 1 Plain-throated Sunbird
16. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird

Punggol Park, Serangoon Reservoir 03Dec18

From KH

A late afternoon loop around Punggol Park yielded a couple of migrants.

Male Common Kingfisher prospecting his final meal of the day.

Adult Yellow Bittern hiding among the reeds.

1. 4 Spotted Dove
2. 4 Asian Koel
3. 1 dark swiftlet sp.
4. 6 Yellow Bittern
5. 1 Striated Heron
6. 1 Common Kingfisher - Male
7. 1 White-throated Kingfisher - Heard
8. 1 Sunda Woodpecker
9. 1 Rose-ringed Parakeet - Heard
10. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
11. 1 Black-naped Oriole
12. 2 Malaysian Pied-Fantail
13. 1 House Crow
14. 1 Pacific Swallow
15. 1 Ashy Tailorbird
16. 3 Oriental White-eye - Heard
17. 20 Javan Myna
18. 3 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
19. 1 Olive-backed Sunbird

A short walk along Serangoon Reservoir turned up another migrant -  Common Sandpiper.

A lone Smooth Otter was having dinner.

So was a Red-eared Slider, which was feasting on a Common Tilapia carcass.

Finally, a couple of Armoured Catfish were resting in the canal.

1. 1 Asian Koel - Heard
2. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
3. 3 White-breasted Waterhen - Adult with chicks
4. 2 Common Sandpiper
5. 1 Gray Heron
6. 3 Striated Heron
7. 1 Brahminy Kite
8. 2 White-bellied Sea-Eagle - Heard
9. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
10. 1 Collared Kingfisher
11. 3 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
12. 1 Black-naped Oriole
13. 1 Malaysian Pied-Fantail
14. 1 House Crow
15. 1 Yellow-vented Bulbul - Heard
16. 1 Ashy Tailorbird
17. 1 Asian Brown Flycatcher
18. 15 Javan Myna

Seletar Dam, Seletar East 02Dec18

From KH

A short stop-over at Seletar Dam did not yield any wader other than a Common Sandpiper.

1. 1 Common Sandpiper - Heard
2. 1 Gray Heron
3. 1 Great Egret
4. 5 Little Egret
5. 2 Collared Kingfisher
6. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
7. 1 House Crow
8. 5 Javan Myna
9. 3 Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Moving on to Seletar East, it was uncommon to see a Savanna Nightjar out in the open, but I guess it's really confident of its camouflage!

As usual, the Pintail/Swinhoe's Snipes will fly off before you see them.

Next, a Cattle Egret put on a good show, dipping and tossing an Asian Toad, before swallowing it.

This Intermediate Egret looked on.

It was good to round it all off with an uncommon White-shouldered Starling.

1. 5 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
2. 1 Spotted Dove
3. 1 Pink-necked Pigeon
4. 1 Asian Koel - Heard
5. 1 Savanna Nightjar
6. 30 dark swiftlet sp.
7. 10 Pacific Golden-Plover
8. 1 snipe sp.
9. 7 Intermediate Egret
10. 2 Little Egret
11. 7 Cattle Egret
12. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Heard
13. 1 Brahminy Kite
14. 1 Common Kingfisher - Heard
15. 5 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
16. 2 Brown Shrike
17. 1 Long-tailed Shrike
18. 1 Black-naped Oriole
19. 3 Barn Swallow
20. 2 Yellow-vented Bulbul
21. 2 Zitting Cisticola
22. 1 White-shouldered Starling
23. 5 Javan Myna
24. 1 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
25. 4 Paddyfield Pipit
26. 3 Chestnut Munia

Neo Tiew Harvest Lane, Tuas 01Dec18

From KH

JS and I started the day's birding at Neo Tiew Harvest Lane.

The resident pair of dark and pale morph Changeable Hawk-eagles were busy building their nest.

Then, a Peregrine Falcon zoomed past.

Other supporting cast included, the Eastern Yellow Wagtails

amd the Intermediate Egrets.

Non-avian creatures includes these mating Anoplodesmus saussurii millipedes

and this Diplacodes trivialis dragonfly.

1. 8 Spotted Dove
2. 3 Zebra Dove
3. 1 Pink-necked Pigeon
4. 3 Lesser Coucal
5. 2 Asian Koel - Heard
6. 1 Little Bronze-Cuckoo
7. 30 dark swiftlet sp.
8. 5 House Swift
9. 1 White-breasted Waterhen
10. 4 Little Ringed Plover
11. 7 Common Snipe
12. 2 Common Sandpiper
13. 5 Intermediate Egret
14. 1 Little Egret
15. 2 Cattle Egret
16. 1 Osprey
17. 2 Oriental Honey-buzzard
18. 2 Changeable Hawk-Eagle
19. 1 Japanese Sparrowhawk
20. 7 Brahminy Kite
21. 2 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
22. 1 Common Kingfisher
23. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
24. 1 Collared Kingfisher
25. 2 Blue-throated Bee-eater
26. 5 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
27. 4 Dollarbird
28. 2 Lineated Barbet
29. 1 Common Flameback
30. 1 Laced Woodpecker
31. 1 Peregrine Falcon
32. 2 Rose-ringed Parakeet
33. 2 Red-breasted Parakeet
34. 5 Long-tailed Parakeet
35. 2 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
36. 2 Common Iora
37. 3 Ashy Minivet
38. 1 Pied Triller
39. 1 Tiger Shrike
40. 2 Brown Shrike
41. 2 Long-tailed Shrike
42. 2 Black-naped Oriole
43. 1 Black Drongo
44. 1 Malaysian Pied-Fantail - Heard
45. 1 House Crow
46. 10 Barn Swallow
47. 2 Pacific Swallow
48. 8 Yellow-vented Bulbul
49. 2 Oriental Reed Warbler
50. 1 Pallas's Grasshopper-Warbler
51. 1 Lanceolated Warbler - Heard
52. 1 Common Tailorbird
53. 1 Ashy Tailorbird
54. 1 Zitting Cisticola
55. 1 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
56. 1 Asian Brown Flycatcher
57. 1 Siberian Stonechat (Stejneger's)
58. 10 Asian Glossy Starling
59. 5 Javan Myna
60. 1 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
61. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird
62. 10 Eastern Yellow Wagtail
63. 2 Paddyfield Pipit
64. 5 Golden-backed Weaver

Then, we went to Tuas South to look-see, and we were glad to see OHBs and JSHs still on migration.

These were the birds that we saw in the short 30 mins we spent there.

1. 20 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
2. 2 Spotted Dove
3. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
4. 1 pond-heron sp.
5. 33 Oriental Honey-buzzard
6. 2 Japanese Sparrowhawk
7. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
8. 1 Collared Kingfisher
9. 5 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
10. 1 Black-naped Oriole
11. 2 House Crow
12. 1 Red-rumped Swallow
13. 3 Barn Swallow
14. 2 Yellow-vented Bulbul
15. 2 Zitting Cisticola
16. 5 Javan Myna
17. 1 Paddyfield Pipit