A Leisurely BY 2022 from Herman and Kit

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61. Yellow-fronted Canary, Marina East Drive

 

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62. African Grey-crowned Crane, Seletar

 

The lone crane is still faring well in the Seletar airbase area, although the farm that let  it loose years ago is now gone. Like the cheetahs in Maasai Mara, this crane loves hoping onto car tops.

 

 

 

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63. Mandarin Duck, Hougang

 

Nobody knows where this duck originated from when it suddenly appeared nearly a year ago in the canalised river of this suburban neighbourhood. The poor lonely waterfowl has stayed on and has adopted a Little Egret as his BFF which he follows very faithfully. 

 

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64. Malaysian Pied Fantail, gardens by the Bay

 

Showing off the reason for its namesake. 

 

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65. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker, Dairy Farm Nature Park

 

a favourite resident in this park, as long as the park wardens keep the mulberry tree intact.

 

 

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66. Stork-billed Kingfisher, Singapore Botanic Gardens

 

The one with the oversized bill.

 

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67. Black-winged Kite, Neo Tiew vicinity

 

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68. Ashy Minivet, Berlayer Creek

 

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69. Scaley-breasted Munia, Marina East Drive

 

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70. Large-tailed Nightjar, Singapore Botanic Gardens

 

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71. Pink-necked Green Pigeon, Singapore Botanic Gardens

 

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72. Pacific Golden Plover, Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve

 

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73. Chinese Pond Heron, Marina East Drive

 

The migrant spotting the start of its breeding plumage, which means it's ready to fly home soon.

 

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74. Javan Pond Heron, Marina East

 

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75. Oriental Magpie Robin, Berlayer Creek/Singapore Botanic Gardens

 

I always look forward to hearing its songs. 

 

 

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76. Oriental Scops Owl, Thomson Nature Park

 

A rare tiny (about 19cm) migrant owl to our island.

 

 

 

[shazdwn]

Another great crop of shots

[michael-ibk]

Wow, you have been busy Kit! Great birds and photos, I really need to visit one day.

[Zim Girl]

Beautiful collection of birds!

[PeterHG]

Another great batch of additions with excellent photos!

[xelas]

Fabolous set of birds and photos. Black Bittern sequence is amazing! When will Singapore open its borders?

[Kitsafari]

thanks much @shazdwn @michael-ibk @Zim Girl @PeterHG @xelas 

 

 

Singapore is now talking about using vaccination status to determine if the inbound non-citizen/PR traveller has to quarantine or not, but no date has been set. it can't be that far away as the country needs to open up to tourists in time for F1 races in late September, and the government seems very firm on wanting the marque event to take place.

 

Otherwise, at this point, it is just too many loops to jump through to come into this country, one of which is the all-important VTL into Singapore for quarantine/self isoloation to be waived, and this applies only to certain countries, including the EEC. other hurdles include a pre-flight art/pcr test, recognised vaccination certs from, application for entry pass, on arrival ART test, etc. it makes my head spin to think about it. 

 

 

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77. Long-tailed Shrike, Marina East Drive

 

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78. Swinhoe's Snipe, Neo Tiew vicinity

 

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79. Brown-throated Sunbird, Bukit Batok Nature Park