2006 August 5 - Jurong Lake Park

It has been more than 4 months since I last went to Jurong Lake Park. There has been some recent reporting of the appearance of a great-billed heron in the middle of the lake. So I went to check it out.

At about 8:40am, standing in the water. There it is swallowing some bird whole. Could only see some feathers jutting out of its beak.


Heard some kingfishers calling noisily, and saw 3 of them chasing each other around. Then at about 10 meters from the footpath, a crested serpent-eagle is perched on a branch about 10 meters above ground. It has a green snake under its feet. The left foot holding the snake’s head down, while the right foot is at mid length of the snake’s body. The snake was struggling. Coiling its tail up the serpent-eagle’s foot.
The serpent-eagle used its beak to break the snake’s strangle and peck at the snake’s body. After about 10 minutes, the snake seemed to be exhausted or the serpent-eagle has managed to inflict sufficient injury. The snake hanged motionless across the branch, while the serpent-eagle lifted its feet and changed its position. Then the serpent-eagle began tearing the snake, head first, and started mealtime. It was done in 5 minutes. The serpent-eagle cleaned its beak against the branch.

Full list of species recorded:

  1. white-throated kingfisher
  2. collared kingfisher
  3. blue-throated bee-eater
  4. asian koel
  5. pink-necked green-pigeon
  6. white-bellied fish-eagle
  7. crested serpent-eagle
  8. grey heron
  9. great-billed heron
  10. purple heron
  11. striated heron
  12. house crow
  13. black-naped oriole
  14. pied triller
  15. pied fantail
  16. common iora
  17. asian glossy starling
  18. common myna
  19. javan myna
  20. pacific swallow
  21. yellow-vented bulbul
  22. rufous-tailed tailorbird
  23. scarlet-backed flowerpecker
  24. plain-throated sunbird
  25. olive-backed sunbird

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