Water For All

I have been heading North to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve for the past few week ends and decided to go eastward this morning instead.

I don't have a specific destination in mind of where to explore this morning so I stop at a monsoon canal that I came across. It was between some factory and fish farms! A very interesting border that keep two different industry apart. I saw a very big sign saying "Water for All, Conserve, Value, Enjoy". I can't help but take a photo of it since the carpenter bee willing to pose for me.

In fact water is one of the very important resources, it is also the responsibility of everybody to help to protect it. The easiest thing that we can do to protect this important resources is to prevent our rubbish getting to all canal, waterway, river, etc. Next to the sign in the monsoon canal, lots of fishes are dump or brought by the water from the side drain into the canal. The fishes are from the same species and the size are almost the same, this show that this fish was raised/breed and not wild. How could they end up in the canal?
They are everywhere along the canal. What have happened?As I follow the canal, the dead fishes are all the way up to the river nearby.There are lots of water birds nearby and they seem don't have interest on these free food. The little egret (Egretta garzetta) just ignore the dead fish that floating and flowing in the river. There are also few grey heron & little heron.All rather hunt for food themselves such as the little egret above. I'm puzzled of where the fish might came from? Could it came from the farms nearby? Most likely the farms are using the water from the canal and there is a change of chemical balance that kill so many fishes in a short time? How the dead fishes can get into the canal?...

Visit to Sungei Buluh Wetland Reserve

I was at Sungei Buluh this morning for a walk and take the opportunity to try out my lightweight tripod to see if it can support my camera with the telephoto lens.

After the main bridge, I turn right on Route 1 to start with macro lens fitted on my camera. Just immediately after the main hide, saw a big orb-web spider.

I'm not sure what caterpillar is this, and is quite well protected from their predator.

This cicada is just right beside me, it really make lots of noise. The forest will be very quiet without their presence.

I was having persistent high fever 2 weeks ago and was first suspected to be dengue. Luckily the blood test show negative. Just when I was about to pass through the Fresh Water Pond, I was swarm by mosquitoes and decided to go back to the Main Hide area to try out my new tripod.

I met Ria, Brandon, Dr Chua with the spiders team while on my way to the Main Hide. Thanks Ria for the offer but I decided not to follow as I am now trying to avoid being kind blood donor for mosquitoes... :-) The HSBC volunteers were there too! I met them at the Main Hide area.

I didn't know mud-skippers also are annoyed by mosquitoes too. Just look at the photo above. Whenever the mud skipper surfaced, the mosquitoes will circle and stop on the exposed area.

This little heron (Butorides striatus) is such a good hunter. The series of photo showing the hunting process.A closer look at this little heron with its prey.
The little egrets (Egretta garzetta) are out for feeding too.Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)with their long and curved bill can easily probe deeply into the soft mud for food.

This good swimmer usually mistaken as crocodile. Well, there are also reptile but a water monitor lizard (Varanus salvator) but not crocodile.