2009 January 11 - Eng Neo Avenue

Contributed by Doreen Ang.

This is an edited version.

Good birding was had at Eng Neo Avenue on Sunday 11 Jan. With me were Ian, Freda, AH, NK and Lena.

1. Lineated Barbet - at least 4. Quite vocal. Interaction with other birds - one seen perched among Asian Glossy Starlings and Black-naped Orioles with no reaction from either parties.
2. Coppersmith Barbet - 3. A pair was seen copulating twice in a short space of secs. The encore lasted at least 10 seconds! At one time, the male was seen quiverring its wings soon after he de-mounted.
3. Asian Drongo-cuckoo - 1 almost-adult but skittish bird. A few faint spots were still visible on its wings.
4. Chestnut-bellied Malkoha - 2 birds were seen traversing from tree to tree among the canopy. Could this be a first sighting south of the PIE?
5. Greater Coucal - first heard calling, it was later seen flying across the road into a tree at the carpark. The big coucal flew out as we 'closed' in.
6. Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot - 2 kept frequenting the same dead tree again and again. Not seen excavating.
7. Long-tailed Parakeet - 3 perched on the same tree.
8. Grey-rumped Treeswift - 3 sedentary birds perched on a bare tree.
9. Thick-billed Green Pigeon - 1 male perched at the 'V' of a dead stump.
10. Black Baza - 3 flew across the sky.
11. Asian Brown Flycatcher - at least 5 birds, well dispersed.
12. Straw-headed Bulbul - total 3 birds seen at two different locations. Quite vocal.