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Viator's 2012 World List (1 Viewer)

Jan 28, Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Singapore

201. Dark-sided Flycatcher
202. Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
203. Asian Fairy-bluebird
204. White-throated Rock Thrush
205. Rufous-bellied Hawk Eagle
206. White-crested Laughingthrush

Back down the hill a quick look in Hindehede Park added

207. Stork-billed Kingfisher
 
Jan 29, Singapore

@Home in Katong

208. Common Flameback

First stop of the day was Bishan canal for a couple of rare winter visitors

209. White Wagtail

It was then off to Kranji and Sungei Buloh

210. Black-winged Kite
211. Common Redshank
212. Marsh Sandpiper
213. Milky Stork
 
Feb 2, Changi Business Park, Singapore

Seen from my office window...

215. Red-rumped Swallow
 
Feb 5, Pulau Ubin, Singapore

216. Red Turtle Dove
217. Lesser Crested Tern
218. Pacific Swift
219. Spotted Wood Owl
220. Western Osprey
221. Mangrove Pitta
222. Grey-headed Fish Eagle
 
Feb 20, Hong Kong

Having arrived in HK at lunchtime for a business trip, the first new year bird was a Blue Rock Thrush seen from the airport express train!

223. Blue Rock Thrush
224. Black-eared Kite
225. Red-whiskered Bulbul
226. Light-vented Bulbul
227. Crested Myna
228. Eurasian Magpie
 
Feb 21, Hong Kong

Since I'm staying around the corner from Victoria Park that was the site for an early morning walk before work.

229. Ashy Drongo
230. Black-collared Starling
231. Japanese White-eye
332. Masked Laughingthrush
233. Japanese Tit
234. Yellow-crested Cockatoo

At the end of the day a brief visit to HK Park added the last year birds for the day

235. Blue Whistling Thrush
236. Yellow-browed Warbler
237. Pallas' Leaf Warbler
 
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Feb 22, Kowloon Park, Hong Kong

An early morning visit to Kowloon Park in misty drizzle provided two more year birds.

238. Alexandrine Parakeet
239. Chinese Blackbird
 
Feb 23, Victoria Park, Hong Kong

A brief end of day walk added another two year birds.

240. Red-billed Starling
241. Taiga Flycatcher
 
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Feb 24, Mai Po, Hong Kong

Business over with time for a day at Mai Po before flying home.

242. Plain Prinia
243. Little Grebe
244. Common Kestrel
245. Black Drongo
246. Azure-winged Magpie
247. Pied Avocet
248. Garganey
249. Common Moorhen
250. Eurasian Teal
251. Northern Shoveler
252. Stejneger's Stonechat
253. Northern Pintail
254. Tufted Duck
255. Black-faced Spoonbill
256. Black-winged Stilt
257. Eastern Curlew
258. Grey Plover
259. Dunlin
260. Saunders's Gull
261. Kentish Plover
262. Lesser Sand Plover
263. Eurasian Wigeon
264. Vega Gull
265. Great Knot
266. Bar-tailed Godwit
267. Eastern Yellow Wagtail
268. Red Knot
269. Little Ringed Plover
270. Black-tailed Gull
271. Glaucous Gull
272. Great Crested Grebe
273. Spotted Redshank
274. Eastern Spot-billed Duck
275. Heuglin's Gull
276. Gadwall
277. Common Ringed Plover
278. Relict Gull
279. Common Shelduck
280. Collared Crow
281. Eastern Imperial Eagle
282. Baer's Pochard

283. Falcated Duck
284. Greater Spotted Eagle
285. Olive-backed Pipit
286. Japanese Bush Warbler
287. Red-throated Pipit
288. Richard's Pipit
289. Grey-capped Greenfinch
 

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Mar 3, Bidadari Cemetery, Singapore

290. Dark Hawk Cuckoo
291. Ruddy Kingfisher

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Mar 4, Pulau Ubin, Singapore

A morning on Ubin added three more species to the year list

292. Red Junglefowl
293. Large-tailed Nightjar
294. White-rumped Shama

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Mar 5, Panti Forest, Malaysia

With various recent reports of lots of good birds being easier than normal to find with the breeding season for most residents in full swing I did a quick day trip to Panti. Alas the weather didn't cooperate and after a pre-dawn start from SG it was raining on arrival, varying from heavy to light frequently but didn't stop till after 4pm - the result was a long slow day in a dark forest but Panti being Panti and this my first visit for 2012 plenty of year birds.

Just how slow it was highlighted by the Blyth's Hawk Eagle below being shot just before the rain eventually finished - so the majority of the birds below came in the last hour and half.

295. Cream-vented Bulbul
296. Hairy-backed Bulbul
297. Little Green Pigeon
298. Silver-rumped Spinetail
299. Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker
300. Yellow-bellied Bulbul
301. Bronzed Drongo
302. Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
303. Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
304. Scarlet Minivet
305. Buff-vented Bulbul
306. Blue-winged Leafbird
307. Black-nest Swiftlet
308. Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler
309. Streaked Bulbul
310. Lesser Green Leafbird
311. Mugimaki Flycatcher
312. Blyth's Hawk Eagle
313. Green Iora
314. Brown Barbet
315. Glossy Swiftlet
316. Everrett's White-eye
317. Raffles's Malkoha
318. Violet Cuckoo
319. Whiskered Treeswift
320. Blue-eared Barbet
321. Yellow-eared Spiderhunter
322. Blue-eared Kingfisher
323. Red-crowned Barbet
324. Scarlet-rumped Trogon
325. Blue-rumped Parrot
326. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
327. Spectacled Bulbul
328. White-bellied Erpornis
329. Red-naped Trogon
330. Yellow-crowned Barbet
331. Red-bearded Bee-eater
332. Dusky Broadbill
333. Purple-naped Sunbird
334. Checker-throated Woodpecker
335. Crested Serpent Eagle
336. Bushy-crested Hornbill
337. Black Hornbill
 

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Mar 11, Thailand

We arrived in Bangkok on a three night visit with the goal of seeing a Spoon-billed Sandpiper - anything else just expected to be additions to my year list and other lifers just a bonus!

Having finally cleared immigration around lunch time (it took just over 1 hour to get through the immigration line) and collecting a hire car we headed towards the coast with the first year birds appearing before leaving Bangkok.

338. Ashy Woodswallow
339. Asian Openbill
340. Great Myna
341. Eastern Jungle Crow

Getting into Phetchaburi province with the odd stop along the way new year birds started to appear.

342. Little Cormorant
343. Pied Myna
344. Himalayan Swiftlet
345. Indian Cormorant
346. Red-necked Stint
347. Streak-eared Bulbul

Having found a place to stay at Had Chao Samran (for the first night only) a few local birds added to the year list with an Indian Nightjar rounding out the year additions after dinner.

348. Caspian Tern
349. Javan Pond Heron
350. Green Bee-eater
351. Plain-backed Sparrow
352. Long-toed Stint
353. Black-capped Kingfisher
354. Black-headed Ibis
355. Indian Nightjar
 
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Mar 12, Pak Thale - Had Chao Samran Coastline, Thailand

Today was spent along the coast with the primary goal of the local star of which 2 were seen on the Pak Thale salt flats.

356. Racket-tailed Treepie
357. Greater Sand Plover
358. Curlew Sandpiper
359. Broad-billed Sandpiper
360. Temminck's Stint
361. Nordmann's Greenshank
362. Little Stint
363. Eurasian Curlew
364. Spoon-billed Sandpiper
365. Brown-headed Gull
366. Black-tailed Godwit
367. White-winged Tern
368. Indian Roller
369. Asian Golden Weaver
370. Black Kite
371. Oriental Pratincole
372. Indochinese Bush Lark
 

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Mar 13, Pak Thale - Cha Am Coastline, Thailand

Highlight of a visit to Laem Pak Bia sand spit in the morning were 3 Chinese Egrets.

373. Bronze-winged Jacana
374. Malaysian Plover
375. Ruff
376. Chinese Egret
377. Sanderling
378. Ruddy Turnstone
379. Pacific Reef Heron
380. Pied Harrier
 

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Mar 14, Petchaburi, Thailand

With a late afternoon flight back to Singapore we spent the day enjoying the scenery of inland Petchaburi and knowing we didn't have time to enter Kaeng Krachan National Park we still ended up at the visitor centre - something I was happy to have done with a big fruiting tree in the carpark which accounted for almost all of the birds below.

381. Black-crested Bulbul
382. Cinereous Bulbul
383. Slender-billed Oriole
384. Stripe-throated Bulbul
385. Hair-crested Drongo
386. Grey-faced Buzzard
387. Eurasian Hoopoe
388. Asian Barred Owlet
389. Vinous-breasted Starling
390. Eurasian Wryneck
 

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Mar 26, Changi Business Park, Singapore

A lunch time stroll added two migrants

394. Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
395. Eastern Crowned Warbler
 

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