A Lesser Big Year - for Kit&Herman 2020

[Kitsafari]

124: Blue-winged Leafbird, Dairy Farm Nature Park

 

[Kitsafari]

125: Thick-billed Green Pigeon, Dairy Farm Nature Park

 

An uncommon resident bird found mainly in thick forested/wooded areas. The various green pigeon species are really quite attractive and pretty! 

 

[Kitsafari]

126 : Common Waxbill, Changi Business Park

 

[Kitsafari]

127 : Orange-cheeked Waxbill, Evergreen Avenue

 

[Kitsafari]

128 : Rufous Woodpecker, Changi Business Park

 

 

[Galana]

Excellent additional selection.

 

@Dave Williams  There is a good reason Singapore is known as  a "Fine" City.

[Soukous]

Lovely Orange-cheeked Waxbill, and the others too of course

[xelas]

Excellent new birds, @Kitsafari!

[Peter Connan]

Blue-winged Leafbird is very pretty!

 

Stunning shots of some species that I imagine are very hard to approach.

[PeterHG]

So many colourful additions and superbly photographed!

[TonyQ]

Excellent photos of your new additions.Really beautiful!

Edited June 30, 2020 by TonyQ

[elefromoz]

@Kitsafari, you certainly have a couple of very exciting birding locations there in Singapore. The Owls in the Botanic Gardens are beautiful but...birding at "Satay by the Bay"  is just too tempting altogether. A Bittern and a Satay stick at the same time is a match made in heaven! So sorry to hear of your Doggies passing, always devastating. 

[Kitsafari]

@Galana @Soukous @xelas @Peter Connan @PeterHG @TonyQ 

@elefromoz 

 

Thanks much for the support and Herman sends his appreciation as well. 

[Kitsafari]

12 hours ago, elefromoz said:

@Kitsafari, you certainly have a couple of very exciting birding locations there in Singapore. The Owls in the Botanic Gardens are beautiful but...birding at "Satay by the Bay"  is just too tempting altogether. A Bittern and a Satay stick at the same time is a match made in heaven! So sorry to hear of your Doggies passing, always devastating. 

 

 

@elefromoz  A bittern, a common kingfisher (when it returns during the migration season), a satay stick, and a cold glass of beer - hopefully the borders open up very soon. 

[campsafari2015]

On 6/28/2020 at 2:31 AM, Kitsafari said:

125: Thick-billed Green Pigeon, Dairy Farm Nature Park

 

An uncommon resident bird found mainly in thick forested/wooded areas. The various green pigeon species are really quite attractive and pretty! 

 

 

I really like this rather odd bird!

[shazdwn]

Some great additions Kit, that green pigeon is gorgeous

[Kitsafari]

Thanks @campsafari2015 and @shazdwn !

[michael-ibk]

Great photos Kit and Herman!

[Kitsafari]

Thanks @campsafari2015 @shazdwn @michael-ibk!

 

A big confession - I've been neglecting Safaritalk because I've been bingeing on Netflix series in after-work hours. OMW - i never knew the darn dozens of TV series you can find on Netflix can be so addictive!! I'm blaming it on the coronavirus. 

 

I've started to pick up my camera again during the weekend jaunts to seek to add to the count -  but Herman's images are far superior to mine, so i'll only add if mine has an angle he doesn't have (which isn't many).

 

129: Zitting Cisticola, Jurong Lake Gardens

 

Only one cisticolar species in Singapore so we can't go wrong with this ID! This sure is a wide ranging bird, distributed from Europe through Africa to Asia and far south to Australia. 

 

(hmm didn't know which one to leave out, so decided to keep them all in )

 

 

 

 

 

[Kitsafari]

130: Plaintive Cuckoo, Jurong Lake Gardens

 

The fifth of 16 cuckoo species that have been sighted in Singapore, considered to be an uncommon resident breeder. Found from India to China and Southeast Asia in between.  

 

[Kitsafari]

131: Intermediate Egret, Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve

 

The intermediate egret was socialising with a flock of little egrets in the wetlands, but no greater egret was seen .

 

[Kitsafari]

132: White-rumped Sharma, Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park

 

A very uncommon resident breeder, the popular songbird's numbers have been reduced by the caged bird trade.

This poor birdie didn't look in the best of health. Herman reported it to the wildlife rescue centre but they seemed too busy with other more urgent cases. I hope it survives. 

 

 

[Kitsafari]

133: Little Spiderhunter, Dairy Farm Nature Park

 

The more commonly seen of the three spiderhunters in Singapore, but you still have to seek it out. The little spiderhunter is larger than the sunbirds and has a longer bill and likes to move around low or eye-level bushes-which suits us, if we can find it the tricksy bird!

 

 

 

[Kitsafari]

134 : Vinous-breasted Starling, Ang Mo Kio park

 

The vinous-breasted starling is a pretty bird but not a native species to singapore. The bird's native distribution is in China and northern parts of Southeast Asia, but it's been around in Singapore - no thanks to caged bird trade - since the early 2010s. There is a small flock of them that managed to survive, but are not commonly seen. 

 

[Kitsafari]

135 : Germain's Swiftlets, Dairy Farm Nature Park

 

I'm surprised Herman would try his shots at these swiftlets as I've totally surrendered any attempts at aiming at these fast, soaring birds who are always in the air. So, good job, OH! 

Apparently the Germain's swiftlets are now considered a sub-species of the Edible-nest Swiftlets. They are found in CHina and much of Southeast Asia.