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<blockquote data-quote="Larry Sweetland" data-source="post: 1213509" data-attributes="member: 27337"><p><strong>Singapore</strong></p><p></p><p>Yesterday we caught a bus to Changi and a boat to Palau Ubin, which we explored on bikes. Nigel Wheatleys book mention's <strong>Great-billed Heron </strong>and <strong>Cinnamon-headed Pigeon </strong>as possibilies here. Yeah right. We did see several <strong>Straw-headed Bulbuls </strong>though, heard a <strong>Mangrove Pitta</strong>, and saw what were rather sadly our first <strong>Chestnut Munias </strong>of the trip, along with feral <strong>Javan Munias</strong>. The <strong>Grey Herons </strong>and <strong>Little Egrets</strong> we also saw were the only species to be with us on this trip since London ! Fair play boys and girls.</p><p></p><p>Today was a bit more twitchy, but I hadn't had a tick for 2 weeks, since before my birthday even :C. We looked for <strong>Red-crowned Barbet</strong> at Bukit Timah in the morning, but failed to find a decent fruiting tree. The only sign of any barbets was a very half-hearted brief burst of distant <strong>Lineated Barbet</strong>. Maybe this is not the best time of year to look for this species here. We did see <strong>Straw-headed, cream-vented, Red-eyed </strong>and <strong>Black-crested Bulbuls</strong>, <strong>Chestnut-bellied Malkoha</strong>, and heard <strong>Barred Cuckoo-Dove </strong>and <strong>Drongo Cuckoo</strong>.</p><p></p><p>We then discovered we have to be on the ship at 7.30 tomorrow morning :eek!::eek!: so only a brief 2nd attempt at the <strong>Great-billed Heron</strong> spot recommended by Morten was possible. We dipped, but maybe you may have more luck at his suggested site on the NW end of Sentosa island, possibly (we eventually discovered) better viewed from the mainland at Labrador Park. This was gutting as I REALLy want to see this bird. Maybe in Oz if our luck changes.</p><p></p><p>So this really is it (gulp). Prob no internet for 8 days till we rock up in Sydney (any friendly birders there up for knocking the tops off a couple of cold ones if they let us in?). Maybe a nice seabird will appear on the voyage, but with no field guide for the area I doubt I'll be able to work out what it might be.</p><p></p><p>781 Chestnut Munia</p><p>782 Barred Cuckoo-Dove</p><p></p><p>Have a nice week's birding</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Larry Sweetland, post: 1213509, member: 27337"] [b]Singapore[/b] Yesterday we caught a bus to Changi and a boat to Palau Ubin, which we explored on bikes. Nigel Wheatleys book mention's [B]Great-billed Heron [/B]and [B]Cinnamon-headed Pigeon [/B]as possibilies here. Yeah right. We did see several [B]Straw-headed Bulbuls [/B]though, heard a [B]Mangrove Pitta[/B], and saw what were rather sadly our first [B]Chestnut Munias [/B]of the trip, along with feral [B]Javan Munias[/B]. The [B]Grey Herons [/B]and [B]Little Egrets[/B] we also saw were the only species to be with us on this trip since London ! Fair play boys and girls. Today was a bit more twitchy, but I hadn't had a tick for 2 weeks, since before my birthday even :C. We looked for [B]Red-crowned Barbet[/B] at Bukit Timah in the morning, but failed to find a decent fruiting tree. The only sign of any barbets was a very half-hearted brief burst of distant [B]Lineated Barbet[/B]. Maybe this is not the best time of year to look for this species here. We did see [B]Straw-headed, cream-vented, Red-eyed [/B]and [B]Black-crested Bulbuls[/B], [B]Chestnut-bellied Malkoha[/B], and heard [B]Barred Cuckoo-Dove [/B]and [B]Drongo Cuckoo[/B]. We then discovered we have to be on the ship at 7.30 tomorrow morning :eek!::eek!: so only a brief 2nd attempt at the [B]Great-billed Heron[/B] spot recommended by Morten was possible. We dipped, but maybe you may have more luck at his suggested site on the NW end of Sentosa island, possibly (we eventually discovered) better viewed from the mainland at Labrador Park. This was gutting as I REALLy want to see this bird. Maybe in Oz if our luck changes. So this really is it (gulp). Prob no internet for 8 days till we rock up in Sydney (any friendly birders there up for knocking the tops off a couple of cold ones if they let us in?). Maybe a nice seabird will appear on the voyage, but with no field guide for the area I doubt I'll be able to work out what it might be. 781 Chestnut Munia 782 Barred Cuckoo-Dove Have a nice week's birding [/QUOTE]
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