Showing posts with label Dollarbird. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dollarbird. Show all posts

Monday, August 17, 2009

Birding at Bishan Park

CS Ling got her 500mm lens last week so we decided to try it out at Singapore Botanic Garden. We starts our trip on the Bukit Timah Core but later decided to move to Bishan Park when the weather changed and starts drizzling. 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.
The weather changed and it started to drizzle so we decided to move to Bishan Park to continue our exploration.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!

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Bird Watching at Singapore Botanic Garden

Most people choose to go for short trip oversea whenever the holiday falls on week end. Instead of contributed to the jam at the check points, I went to Singapore Botanic Garden instead. I went there twice, once on Saturday and re-visit it again on Monday. However, I have to cut short the Monday trip due to the rain.

With the unmistakable gold colour on the back, this is indeed a Common Goldback woodpecker. (Yan, this is just for you... )

Another woodpeckers that I saw were this Brown-capped or Sunda Pygmy woodpecker, there are quite number of them in the garden.This bird with bluish tinge on the throat is a Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)Long tail parakeet that taking a nap when I took this photo.Another one that is happily munching the oil palm fruit.Could this be the juvenile Long tail parakeet? This Rock pigeon have a very unique colour morph!
A rather small bird - an Ashy tailorbird
A flock of Lesser Whistling duck that is circulating the pond.This water hen was having fun feeding near the pond edge.On the other side of the pond, juvenile (black colour) were following their mother to search for food.The big snakehead fish is not chasing the small fish, the small fish is the juvenile fish swim with the parents (the other adult not in photo) for protection.
Is one of the good place for bird watching minus the irritating mosquitoes that you usually get when go to forest. Planned to go back there again this coming week end.