MYBC 2006 - Neo Tiew Lane 2

Second day of the mid-year bird census.

Highlights of the day:
1) 1 male baya weaver pulling a blade of grass into his nest. There was another incomplete nest with fresh green leaves. Also 1 completed nest with brown leaves; size is bigger than the 2 green ones.

2) 1 female olive-backed sunbird gathering materials to build nest. Male was standing guard nearby.

Stars of the day were 2 purple swamphen - nice red bill and frontal shield, turquoise blue body and wings; moving on the hyacinth patch just metres from the water edge.

Full list of species recorded:

1. Sunda Woodpecker
2. Rufous Woodpecker
3. Common Flameback (heard only)
4. Dollarbird
5. White-Throated Kingfisher
6. Collared Kingfisher
7. Blue-Throated Bee-Eater
8. Little Bronze Cuckoo
9. Greater Coucal (heard only)
10. Lesser Coucal
11. Long-Tailed Parakeet
12. House Swift
13. Spotted Dove
14. Zebra Dove
15. Pink-Necked Green-Pigeon
16. White-Breasted Waterhen
17. Purple Swamphen
18. Red-Wattled Lapwing
19. Little Tern
20. Black-Winged Kite
21. Brahminy Kite
22. Grey Heron
23. Purple Heron
24. Great Egret
25. Cattle Egret
26. Striated Heron
27. Cinnamon Bittern
28. House Crow
29. Large-Billed Crow
30. Black-Naped Oriole
31. Common Iora
32. Asian Glossy Starling
33. Common Myna
34. Javan Myna
35. Pacific Swallow
36. Yellow-Vented Bulbul
37. Zitting Cisticola
38. Yellow-Bellied Prinia
39. Common Tailorbird
40. White-Crested Laughingthrush (heard only)
41. Olive-Backed Sunbird
42. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
43. Paddyfield Pipit
44. Baya Weaver
45. Javan Munia
46. Scaly-Breasted Munia
47. Swiftlet Spp

MYBC 2006 - Malcolm Park

Took park in the mid-year bird census on 1st July 2006 with my bird-watching classmates.
Had a nice morning at Malcolm Park spotting and counting birds.

Highlights for the day:
1) a black-naped oriole preening a fluffy juvenile
2) a yellow-vented bulbul feeding its young in a nest on a branch.

Star of the day was an African Grey Parrot - it has red-orange tail feathers, black beak, light grey face, grey body and wings.

Full list of species recorded:

1. Laced Woodpecker
2. Common Flameback
3. White-Throated Kingfisher
4. Collared Kingfisher
5. Blue-Throated Bee-Eater
6. Asian Koel (heard only)
7. Greater Coucal
8. Tanimbar Cockatoo
9. Rose-Ringed Parakeet
10. Long-Tailed Parakeet
11. Spotted Dove
12. Pink-Necked Green-Pigeon
13. Changeable Hawk-Eagle (heard only)
14. House Crow
15. Large-Billed Crow
16. Black-Naped Oriole
17. Greater Racket-Tailed Drongo (heard only)
18. Common Iora
19. Oriental Magpie-Robin
20. Asian Glossy Starling
21. Javan Myna
22. Hill Myna (heard only)
23. Pacific Swallow
24. Straw-Headed Bulbul (heard only)
25. Yellow-Vented Bulbul
26. Common Tailorbird
27. Dark-Necked Tailorbird
28. Rufous-Tailed Tailorbird (heard only)
29. Striped Tit-Babbler
30. Scarlet-Backed Flowerpecker (heard only)
31. Olive-Backed Sunbird
32. Crimson Sunbird
33. Swiftlet Spp
34. Unidentified Bulbul (Red Eye Ring, No Olive On Wings)
35. Rainbow Lory
36. African Grey Parrot (Red-Orange Tail, Light Grey Face, Black Beak, Grey Body & Wings)
37. copper-smith barbet (heard)