A Her-man BY with Kit 2021

[Soukous]

Oh boy, it looks as though you managed to post more birds in the 2 weeks I've been away than I managed all year so far 

And such colourful birds too. That Green Broadbill certainly is something special.

[Kitsafari]

Thank you @Zim Girl @Soukous

 

On 7/12/2021 at 9:19 PM, Zim Girl said:

What a stunning picture of the Green Broadbill to celebrate your 200th bird, although my favourite is the Brown Hawk owl before it.

 

We loved the owls too and they were a close candidate for the 200th but the broadbill was just too special a sighting. 

[Galana]

Congratulations on your joint 200 some time back. What a surprise to find Livingstones Turaco at large in Singapore. They are hard enough to find where they are supposed to be.

[Kitsafari]

thanks @Galana and welcome back! we were just as surprised that the turaco has been surviving very well on its own. 

 

looking forward to your northern birds!

[Kalaharikind]

What magnificent contributions! The Green Broadbill and the Barred Eagle Owl are so special! 

 

Many congratulations on your double century - can't wait for the next 100! 

[Kitsafari]

Thanks @Kalaharikind. I  hadn't realise I haven't updated the count in over a month. Sorry for the tardiness, but i hope to find some time soon to stick in a handful of birds we saw since the last post.

 

 

Edited August 22, 2021 by Kitsafari

[Kitsafari]

 

215. House Crow, Eastwood

 

Almost an oversight. 

 

[Kitsafari]

216. Grey crowned Crane, Seletar

 

Another touch of Africa. This crane has been living in the wild ever since a nearby bird farm let two free. The other half sadly was killed a couple of years ago, but this crane is still going strong, often cutting imposing postures on the top of the industrial buildings in the area. 

Not even a house crow can get the large bird to move on. 

 

 

 

[Kitsafari]

217. Banded Bay Cuckoo, Singapore Botanic Gardens

 

there was a spate of the parasitic juvenile cuckoos being fed by the foster parents in July. 

Here the banded bay cuckoo choosing its usual foster parents the Common Iora to get it big and fat. Poor Ioras! 

 

 

[Kitsafari]

218. Red Lory, Bukit Brown Cemetery

 

The Red Lory is a stunning scarlet bird and one of the larger parrots hailing from its native homes in the Moluccas islands in Indonesia and New Guinea. This lory had mated with a much smaller coconut lorikeet and produced a chick. There were some tense moments when a changeable Hawk Eagle came to the nest and poked his head into the hole trying to reach the chick. but the parents were also in the nest. After a while, the eagle finally flew off. 

 

 

The hybrid chick

 

the red lory at the front, coconut lorikeet at the back and the chick's head at the nest. 

[xelas]

Amazing sequences from "Life of the Birds" series!

[Kitsafari]

219. Chestnut-Bellied Malkoha, Rifle Range Link

 

Malkohas are a cuckoo species in the family group of Cuculidae. But unlike other cuckoos, the malkohas are not parasitic and bring up the young themselves. 

 

 

 

[Kitsafari]

220, Slaty-breasted Rail, Queenstown/Pasir Ris Park

 

Both these were juveniles at different locations.

 

 

[Kitsafari]

just had to share a repeat #152 -  a cute furry baby version of the tiny Sunda Scops Owl

 

[Galana]

7 hours ago, Kitsafari said:

just had to share a repeat #152 -

So pleased that you did.

[elefromoz]

What an exquisite 200, worthy of all the excitement. Herman is getting some great flight shots too. We seem to share the same border control 'model", very strict. Wonder if we'll ever escape.

[pedro maia]

Love that Cuckoo feeding photo!

[michael-ibk]

Me too, really great photo! You had that Crowned Crane last year as well, didn't you? 

[Kitsafari]

On 9/8/2021 at 3:00 AM, michael-ibk said:

Me too, really great photo! You had that Crowned Crane last year as well, didn't you? 

 

@michael-ibk yes we did. 

[Kitsafari]

Finally some birds accumulated over the past weeks can be added! 

 

 

221: Chestnut-winged Babbler, Thomson Nature Park

 

 

 

 

[Kitsafari]

222. Short-tailed Babbler, Mandai 

 

 

[Kitsafari]

223. Common Greenshank, Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve, mid-August

 

Finally, the migration season is back, although it's starting rather early this year! so far, only a few have been seen and photographed. the peak will be from October onwards.

 

One of those which believe that the early (migratory) bird catches the worm. 

 

Edited September 19, 2021 by Kitsafari

[Kitsafari]

224. Greater Sand Plover, Yishun Dam, September

 

Finally, the migratory greater sand plover was sighted earlier this month scuttering at the shores, along with its favourite companion - the usual lesser sand plovers. It wasn't sighted during the last migratory season. 

 

Edited September 30, 2021 by Kitsafari

[Kitsafari]

225. Little Ringed Plover, Lim Chu Kang Lane 3 canal

 

Another migratory species. 

 

 

[Kitsafari]

226. Common Redshank, Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve, August 

 

This is one of the more common migratory species to our shores, but in the 1990s, the count was in the thousands of common redshank in Singapore but now we're happy to see them in the low hundreds. The loss of wetlands areas in our country is one major cause. 

 

 

 

Edited September 19, 2021 by Kitsafari