Jurong Eco-Garden

List of birds seen:

1. SUNDA PYGMY WOODPECKER
2. LACED WOODPECKER
3. COMMON GOLDENBACK
4. ORIENTAL DOLLARBIRD
5. WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHER
6. COLLARED KINGFISHER
7. ASIAN KOEL
8. RED-BREASTED PARAKEET
9. SPOTTED DOVE
10. ZEBRA DOVE
11. PINK-NECKED GREEN PIGEON
12. BLACK-NAPED ORIOLE
13. ASIAN GLOSSY STARLING
14. YELLOW-VENTED BULBUL
15. COMMON TAILORBIRD
16. ORANGE-BELLIED FLOWERPECKER
17. OLIVE-BACKED SUNBIRD
18. SCALY-BREASTED MUNIA

monkey business

I blogged about fine for feeding monkeys http://cethosia.blogspot.sg/2008/02/monkey-business.html

Here is an update

2014 June 14 - Gardens by the Bay - Bay East

Walk with Bee Lan, Hui Miang and Vivien.

List of birds seen:

1) LESSER WHISTLING DUCK ##

2) ORIENTAL DOLLARBIRD

3) COLLARED KINGFISHER

4) parakeet (unidentified)

5) SPOTTED DOVE

6) ZEBRA DOVE

7) WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN

8) GREY HERON ##

9) STRIATED HERON

10) LONG-TAILED SHRIKE

11) HOUSE CROW

12) COMMON MYNA

13) WHITE-VENTED MYNA

14) YELLOW-VENTED BULBUL

15) ORIENTAL WHITE-EYE

16) ASHY TAILORBIRD (adult + juvenile)

17) OLIVE-BACKED SUNBIRD

18) EURASIAN TREE SPARROW

19) Common Waxbill (lifer and my 117 bird for the year)

## Nationally Threatened Species

2014 June 8, Sunday - Kallang PCN

Walk from Kallang MRT Station to Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park with Thomas, Ee Sin and Hui Miang.

List of birds seen:

1) SUNDA PYGMY WOODPECKER

2) WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHER

3) COMMON PIGEON

4) SPOTTED DOVE

5) ZEBRA DOVE

6) LITTLE EGRET

7) STRIATED HERON

8) HOUSE CROW

9) BLACK-NAPED ORIOLE

10) WHITE-VENTED MYNA

11) PACIFIC SWALLOW

12) YELLOW-VENTED BULBUL

13) ASHY TAILORBIRD

14) OLIVE-BACKED SUNBIRD

15) EURASIAN TREE SPARROW

2014 May 24 - Kampong Buangkok and Punggol PCN

Walk with Matilda and Hui Miang around  Kampong Buangkok and along Punggol PCN.

List of birds seen:

1) SUNDA PYGMY WOODPECKER (2x moving up and down tree trunk)

2) WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHER

3) COLLARED KINGFISHER

4) ASIAN KOEL (female; brownish with white markings; on palm fruits)

5) parakeet (unidentified)

6) SPOTTED DOVE

7) STRIATED HERON (flying across Sengkang Floating Wetland)

8) BLACK-NAPED ORIOLE

9) COMMON MYNA (at Mushroom Cafe)

10) WHITE-VENTED MYNA

11) PACIFIC SWALLOW (adults and juvenile on railing along Punggol PCN)

12) RED-WHISKERED BULBUL (my 113 bird for the year)

13) YELLOW-VENTED BULBUL

14) tailorbird (unidentified)

15) SCARLET-BACKED FLOWERPECKER (tiny bird with red crown)

16) OLIVE-BACKED SUNBIRD (male; dark throat)

Lyssa zampa, swallow-tailed moth

https://wiki.nus.edu.sg/display/TAX/Lyssa+zampa+-Tropical+Swallowtail+Moth

2014 May 1 - Bishan-AMK Park

Walk with Bee Lan, Hui Miang and her second sister.

List of birds seen:

1) COMMON GOLDENBACK (woodpecker; first bird in the park)

2) WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHER

3) COLLARED KINGFISHER

4) BLUE-CROWNED HANGING PARROT ## (fly past)

5) SPOTTED DOVE

6) WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN

7) PURPLE HERON ##

8) YELLOW BITTERN

9) LONG-TAILED SHRIKE

10) COMMON MYNA (overall brownish; yellow patch around eyes)

11) WHITE-VENTED MYNA (overall black)

12) PACIFIC SWALLOW (flying low around the field)

13) YELLOW-VENTED BULBUL

14) SCALY-BREASTED MUNIA (2x high up tree with nice structure)

2014 April 18 - Pasir Ris Park

Walk with Bee Lan, Vivien, Hui Miang and her eldest sister.

List of birds seen:

1) RED JUNGLEFOWL ## (rooster that can fly!)

2) COMMON GOLDENBACK (woodpecker seen by Vivien & I)

3) COPPERSMITH BARBET (burrowing tree hole)

4) ORIENTAL PIED HORNBILL ##   

5) WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHER   

6) ASIAN KOEL (heard)

7) SPOTTED WOOD OWL ## (2 adults + 1 juvenile)

8) SPOTTED DOVE (near Eco pond)

9) ZEBRA DOVE (2 around bush near footpath)

10) PINK-NECKED GREEN PIGEON (male + female picking palm kernels)

11) WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN   

12) COMMON SANDPIPER (seen by Hui Miang & I)   

13) BRAHMINY KITE   

14) WHITE-BELLIED SEA EAGLE (quarrelling with crows)

15) LITTLE EGRET   

16) GREY HERON ##   

17) HOUSE CROW   

18) BLACK-NAPED ORIOLE   

19) ORIENTAL MAGPIE-ROBIN ##   

20) WHITE-VENTED MYNA   

21) OLIVE-BACKED SUNBIRD   

   

## Nationally Threatened Species

found in Kuantan, Malaysia

i Light Marina 2014

Digital Wattle

Cloud

Giant Dandellions

BeDazzled

Joujou-Ours

Joujou-Ours

The Guardian Angels

The Pool

The Wishing! Tree

benches made with wood from the old National Stadium

The Kallang Raw

Free Seating

Plack Bench

Shelter Bench

Unity

black-backed kingfisher

2014 March 2 - Lower Peirce Reservior

Blue-winged Pitta

2014 February 23 - Adam Drive

With Jane, Doreen, Ian, Freda and Nikki Wise.
Weather - Fine and dry.
7.30am - 10.30am.

1. Red Junglefowl
2. Banded Woodpecker
3. Common Goldenback
4. Lineated Barbet, nesting and feeding young in trunk cavity
5. Oriental Dollarbird
6. White-throated Kingfisher
7. Collared Kingfisher
8. Blue-throated Bee-eater
9. Plaintive Cuckoo
10. Violet Cuckoo
11. Asian Koel
12. Long-Tailed Parakeet
13. Red-breasted Parakeet
14. Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot
15. Swiflets
16. Brown Hawk-owl
17. Spotted Dove
18. Pink-necked Green Pigeon
19. Brahminy Kite
20. Crested Serpent Eagle, in the distance and this was a good guess!
21. Black-naped Oriole
22. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
23. Common Iora
24. Asian Brown Flycatcher
25. Oriental Magpie Robin
26. Asian Glossy Starling
27. White-vented Myna
28. Hill Myna
29. Pacific Swallow
30. Straw-headed Bulbul
31. Yellow-vented Bulbul
32. Red-eyed Bulbul, star bird of the day!
33. Dark-necked Tailorbird
34. Common Tailorbird
35. Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
36. Striped-tit Babbler
37. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
38. Brown-throated Sunbird
39. Purple-throated Sunbird
40. Crimson Sunbird

dragons of Toa Payoh

next to block 240 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh

block 91 Lorong 3 Toa Payoh 

 

Lorong 6 Toa Payoh, across SAFRA

2014 fortunes