A Her-man BY with Kit 2021

[Peter Connan]

Beautiful.

[Kitsafari]

Thanks much @Galana, @PeterHG@xelas @michael-ibk @Peter Connan  @Soukous

 

@xelas hope you are well wrapped up! it was sizzling yesterday over here - up to 34 degrees celsuis, according to our car temp. i was seeking shade all the time while out birding. 

 

Here's one more kingfisher for the fisher's admirers - so two remaining kingfisher species to capture for the rest of the year - the blue-eared kingfisher and the very rare diminutive black-backed or oriental dwarf kingfisher. 

 

23: Stork-billed Kingfisher, Satay by the Bay

 

 

 

 

 

[Kitsafari]

24. Red Junglefowl, Pasir Ris Park

 

The male strutting around. 

[Kitsafari]

25. Asian Fairy Bluebird, Dairy Farm Nature Park

 

male: 

 

female: 

[Kitsafari]

26. Pin-striped Tit Babbler, Dairy Farm NP

 

[Kitsafari]

Now for some cuckoos.

 

27. Large Hawk Cuckoo, Changi Business Park

One of the largest cuckoo species we have here. its size varies from 38-41cm. 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 14, 2021 by Kitsafari
adding info

[Kitsafari]

28: Little Bronze Cuckoo, Eastwood vicinity

 

A resident in our neighbourhood. we often hear its lovely trills. Yesterday, we saw a small and very silent cuckoo, that was called away by a firm trill from the adult in another tree, so we think the smaller one could be a juvenile.

 

 

 

[Kitsafari]

29. Plaintive Cuckoo, Jurong Lake Gardens

 

They have beautiful calls.

 

 

 

 

 

[Kitsafari]

30. Malaysian Hawk Cuckoo, Dairy Farm NP

 

 

[Kitsafari]

31. Oriental Darter, Hindhede Quarry

 

 

[xelas]

7 hours ago, Kitsafari said:

it was sizzling yesterday over here

I can easily see myself spending a few days of next winter in your part of the world! Temperature and birds are much better than here.

[Kitsafari]

@xelas looking forward to seeing you here then!

[Dave Williams]

1 hour ago, Kitsafari said:

@xelas looking forward to seeing you here then!

 

Form a queue!!

[Soukous]

1 hour ago, xelas said:

I can easily see myself spending a few days of next winter in your part of the world! Temperature and birds are much better than here.

 

for sure, if we are allowed to

[Galana]

Some great photos there. Cuteness award goes to the Little Bronze Cuckoo.

Gotta go look up Singapore Airlines timetable.

[Soukous]

1 hour ago, Galana said:

Gotta go look up Singapore Airlines timetable

 

So @Kitsafarihow many spare rooms have you got? or do we need to work out a visiting schedule? 

[michael-ibk]

You and Herman are on a roll Kit! Awesome sightings and photos.

[Galana]

4 hours ago, Soukous said:

So @Kitsafarihow many spare rooms have you got?

With all them birds around, "Who sleeps?"

[Kitsafari]

15 hours ago, Soukous said:

 

So @Kitsafarihow many spare rooms have you got? or do we need to work out a visiting schedule? 

 

 

sure - if you all don't mind sleeping with the cats in the study or store room!

 

[Zim Girl]

Stunning set of kingfishers and cuckoos!!

[TonyQ]

A wonderful collection of kingfishers!

Local Peregrines also best on tall buildings. Cathedrals are popular

[Kitsafari]

Thanks everyone. 

 

now for some woody woodpeckers

 

32: Banded Woodpecker, Baker Street

 

A pair of banded woodpeckers was nesting in a tree trunk in the middle of a pond. The adults were busy feeding 2 chicks which were about to fledge. One of the adults had been seen trying to lure the chicks out with food. But the chicks refuse to emerge, which was so unfortunate because a few days after we had watched them, the Javan mynas - which is an invasive species here - raided the nest and attacked the chicks. One parent woodpecker valiantly fought two mynas but while one chick flew out, the other sadly fell into the pond and a monitor lizard attracted by the commotion pounced on the fallen chick. The fledged chick seems to be still doing alright as it's been seen by other birders. All goes along the law of survival......  

 

 

 

[Kitsafari]

33. Laced Woodpecker, Pasir Ris Park

 

Male with its bright red crown

[Kitsafari]

34. Common Flameback Woodpecker, Pasir Ris Park

 

This woodpecker comes visiting occasionally to the trees next to our house but not in recent weeks. 

 

The male at the top with the female below him

 

[Kitsafari]

35. Changeable Hawk Eagle, Dairy Farm Nature Reserve