Is not difficult to understand why they are called Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis). They usually move in flocks and and are very noisy.
Juvenile Asian glossy starling yet to moult to the glossy plumage.
This bird is in the midst of moulting and will eventually have the glossy plumage.
This is how it looks like from the back.
Another bird that almost complete moulting to the glossy plumage.
I saw this pair of Sunda pygmy wood pecker pecking on the tree trunk for breakfast.
This oil palm tree seem to be support a variety of animals of the park which include this squirrel.
Below the tree was this Magpie Robin bird that like to sing.
The Asian glossy staring also pick on the palm fruit that left behind and drop to the ground by the long tail parakeets on the tree.
Competition for foods is fierce on the tree too. These 2 parakeets are fighting for this bunch of oil palm fruits.
On the other side of the park, this squirrel is having fun with this sign.
This was the first bird that we saw when we arrived at Bishan Park - a nice flower pecker!
The Sunda pygmy woodpecker are found at Bishan Park too.
The Common lora was feeding on the fruits that is abundance in the park.
A very cute White eye bird is feeding too.
This Dollar bird perched high on the tree top looking for flying insects for food.
Do you have a feeling of autumn with this thick layer of dried leaf on the floor?
The dark cloud starts forming over Bishan area so we end our trip with comparing the 2 lenses. Just look at the huge 500mm lens compare with the 80-400mm lens on the right!
Up on a very tall tree, I saw a pair of Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis) building their love nest converted from a hole on the tree. I tried from different angle, but didn’t able to see if there is any chicks in the nest. Perhaps got to come back again and check it out.
The birds in & out of the nest taking turns quite often.
Managed to get a shot showing the changing shift in progress.
Looks like is feeding the chicks but I don't have a visual.
On another branch slightly higher than the Myna nest, I saw another nest that looks like a House Crow‘s nest.
I saw a big bird sneakily move to the nest direction.
On a closer look, it was a female Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea). Asian Koel are known to be brood parasite. This Asian Koel must be trying to lay eggs in the nest and expect the host to incubate and feed their chick until they fledged.
Across the field on the palm tree opposite, I saw big flock of Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis) perch on the palm leaves. There are at least few hundreds of them with more than half of them are juveniles.Young Starling has a very different plumage from the adult starling. They are not black as seen on the normal adult starling but appear to be scaly. The big numbers of off-spring show that the food supplies in the garden must be good. 
An adult Asian glossy starling snatch a piece of bread left behind by a tourist and later found it sharing with another juvenile Starling.
I’m not sure if it is feeding the juvenile or the juvenile actually try to intercept the food from another adult starling.
I saw a dark shadow slightly bigger than a carpenter bee flew pass me over to the palm tree on the opposite. Oh it was a fledgling yellow-vented burbul (Pycnonotus goiavier).
During my 2 hours observation, the Starling was throwing away the food near the nest for at least 4 times by regurgitating it.
Just don't understand why the bird even care to carry the food back to their nest just to dump them away? Isn't this is wasting of energy? If they are not hungy or if the food is not suitable, why do they still want to fly back with it and later throw it away?
After setting up my equipments, this is my first bird photography using my new lens! Wow, a pair of loving Chestnut Munia.
Common Iora has a nice musical whistle and trill and are more often heard than seen.
an ant mimic spider!
is just too many things to shoot in Ubin. I've been busy changing lens between macro and telephoto.
