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)