Lele's Birding Diary 09~

Date: 4th July 2010, Sunday
Time: Evening
Venue: Chinese Garden and Japanese Garden
People involved: Lele, Yy and Zx





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Photographs

Grey Heron. Spotted a grey heron resting on the barrier again. Like the reflection of the bird in the water. Notice the strip of black fur on its head...

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Olive Blacked Sunbird (Juvenile). Lele likes how the sunbird looked round and chubby with its fur ruffled up. The shape of its bill is even more obvious when the body is so short X)

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Black-Rumped Flameback. Finally able to capture the photographs of this woodpecker. Lele still remembered once when Lele went jogging, Lele saw this bird 'hanging' onto a tree trunk for more than two minutes... Pity that Lele don't have a camera at that time. Since then, Lele have always want to see this bird again and take photographs of it!! We are very lucky to see not one, but two of this woodpecker on that day. They are very fast birds, hopping from branches to branches, tree to tree. Not to mention that they seen to prefer high place... Lele neck is tire for looking up the branches for them!! Like the red crown and how they hold on to the trunk of the tree^^

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From Birding at Singapore Chinese Garden

From Birding at Singapore Chinese Garden

Black Naped Oriole (Juvenile?). Zx said this is the juvenile of black naped oriole. The call of the bird was similar though not as high pitch as the adult. It was spotted on the branch, chirping away. Perhaps calling its parents?

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Common Iora (male). Spotted the male bird again. Lele would like to see the female bird also!! Its looking at the camera in the second photograph ^^

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From Birding at Singapore Chinese Garden

White Belly Sea Eagle. An eagle glide by... Lele has always want to take photographs of some great bird like eagle and kite. Lele actually imagine it being something fierce and all mighty =.=

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Collared Kingfisher. This kingfisher was grooming itself on the tree. Likes how it spread its feathers. After grooming for around 10 minutes, it took off, poked a little heron hunting near the lake and flew far far away, all the while emitting the laugh-like calls. In short, to Lele, it just bullied a little heron and then laughing away, very proud of itself... Bad bad kingfisher =(

Another scenario by Yy: after finish grooming itself, it went to say bye to the little heron =.=

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It have being sometime since Lele went birding... Lele is happy that Lele finally managed to capture the photographs of blacked- rumped flameback and also some juvenile birds~~

Le~

Lele's Birding Diary 08~

Date: 18th April 2010, Sunday
Time: Evening
Venue: Chinese Garden and Japanese Garden
People involved: Lele, Yy and Zx





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Photographs

Oriental Pied Hornbill. The three of us was squatting near the river, waiting for the kingfisher that we saw flying to the opposite side... Then... Lele heard some movements on the tree just next to Lele... Looking up the tree, the very first 2 words that came to Lele's mouth were: So big... ... And, we forget about the kingfisher completely... What can Lele say? FINALLY!!!! A few weeks back Yy and Zx saw a few Hornbills in Chinese Garden, since then, we have been going there frequently in hope of seeing them. Yipee!! Lele is HaPpY~~ Lele thinks that Hornbill is stupid looking and hence very- the- cute ^^

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From Birding at Singapore Chinese Garden

Blue Throated Bee Eater. Saw this very colourful species again. Lele really likes the bright colour and the long tail of this bird. It was resting on the top branch of the tree, with the bright sky as background. Lele is glad that the colour comes out well.

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Stork Billed Kingfisher. New Kingfisher species for us!! At first Lele and Yy thought that it was Common Kingfisher... We even bet Happy Meal with Zx for it... And now we owe him one Happy Meal each =.= Friend said that it looked like a toy. We found out that Kingfishers have very distinct and loud calls, sound very much like they were laughing at us for not being able to spot them... So now we will very often 1. follow the calls, or 2. ignore as we had took many photographs of Collared Kingfishers le...

(Photograph by Yy)

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Plantain Squirrel. Tada~~ No matter how many photographs (of squirrel) Lele took, Lele still likes to take more when Lele sees them. This is so as Lele still thinks that they look very adorable and have many new expressions yet to show Lele...

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It was supposed to be a jogging session for Lele while Yy and Zx go birding... But after jogging to Chinese Garden in less than 10 minutes, having to stop as one tourist asked Lele to help him take photographs (and may Lele emphasize: photographs =.=)... Lele don't feel like jogging le... So Lele ended up sticking to them. But Lele didn't bring the camera along, so there wasn't much photographs taken. As Lele is shy shy to keep borrowing camera from Yy and Zx =x

Oh, this take so long to be posted as Lele need to take photographs from Zx...





Le~

Lele's Birding Diary 07~

Date: 4th April 2010, Sunday
Time: Evening
Venue: Chinese Garden and Japanese Garden
People involved: Lele, Yy and Zx





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Photographs

Chinese Pond Heron. A nice surprise greeting us once we came out of the MRT station. Lele thinks that they looked cool and peaceful. Every time Lele gets to see a new species Lele will get very excited!! There were like 4 of them on the grass field but they were all very far away. In order to get closer to this one which was much much nearer to us, Lele and Yy stepped onto the grass. As it was just after a rain, the grass field was rather wet. Not to mention there's some section where when one stepped on it, water will ooze out, flooding your leg... All done just to get a clear photograph of this bird... ...

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Brown Shrike. Hee, another new species!! It started to rain again soon after we enter Chinese Garden... We spotted this bird sheltering on a tree just in front of us. At first Lele thought that it was Yellow Vented Bulbul due to the yellow fur on its underside... But, it's a Shrike!!!! It looked ruffled up and very cute... The three of us stood there and took many photographs of it, each time taking turns to hold the umbrella... By the time we are done, even the rain had stopped =.= Poor bird, can't even shelter in peace...

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From Birding at Singapore Chinese Garden

Fantail. This Fantail came hunting for insect soon after the rain ceased. It wasn't afraid of human as once it flew right in front of Yy for a catch... Or can I say that it ignored the three of us completely... It was a very fast bird, at one second one can still see it having an insect between it's bill and the next, it was gone, eaten. All the while when it was hunting, the three of us was squatting near the brush, looking like some stupid perverts... .... In the second photography, the reason for its name is revealed!!

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From Birding at Singapore Chinese Garden

Yellow Bittern. Went to the Japanese Garden to continue our birding session... Spotted this Yellow Bittern flying into cattail brush... While Lele was trying to spot it in the brush, it flew out to the lotus pond and started hunting for fish... Soon, it flew onto the grass patch just on our right to enjoy its feast... WoHoO, it caught a small fish!!!!

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Juvenile Night Heron. This bird was spotted on the root? branch? of the tree on the opposite side of the lake... Not too sure of the species, but Zx said it looked like the juvenile of Night Heron... Normally a few shore birds can be found resting on these branches, but as it was too far away, it was very difficult to capture clear photographs. So far, Lele have seen Little Egret, Grey Heron and Night Heron there.

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We are really very lucky to see so many species that we have never seen before and Lele is Super Happy!!!! Yeah! Go celebrate!! Nevertheless, Lele can't help but feel like we are a bit 喜新厌旧as we seen to have lost interest of those birds that we gave been seeing thus far. But, fear not, Lele still thinks that Bulbul is a very cute name, Waterhen is very shy and Little Heron is very sneaky!!

今日成语：喜新厌旧--喜欢新的，厌弃旧的。多指爱情不专一。
(成语 IT learner: http://chengyu.itlearner.com/cy10/10349.html)



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Lele's Birding Diary 06~

Date: 27th March 2010, Saturday
Time: Evening
Venue: Chinese Garden
People involved: Lele and Yy, later joined by Zx





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Photographs

Little Heron. We saw this Little Heron hunting near the construction site. Shore birds were often spotted on those floating barrier. Lele always have a look out for them when Lele pass by.

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Grey Heron. Standing tall. Lele likes the pattern on its head. Also spotted near the construction site.

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Coppersmith Barbet. It was resting on the very same tree, not sure whether it was the same bird though. Lele likes the colour of Barbet. It looked like it was lending on the branch in the second photograph and it looked adorable ^^

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From Birding at Singapore Chinese Garden

Olive Naped Sunbird (Female). A very nice pose by the sunbird... This sunbird flew to the tree and start posing for us to take photographs. It stayed on the same branch for a while.

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Plantain Squirrel. Lele's all times favorite again =D

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The weather was good, one can see the moon on the sky... A very beautiful sight in Lele's opinion.

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Lele's Birding Diary 03~

Date: 17th March 2010, Wednesday
Time: Evening
Venue: Singapore Chinese Garden (again)
People involved: Lele and Yy, later joined by Zx





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Photographs:

Black Naped Orioel. A couple hopping around the tree. They have very distinct and beautiful call ^^

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Collared Kingfisher. It is often spotted resting on the trees along the lake. It was grooming itself and Lele and Yy took many photographs of it. It looked very handsome!!

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Little Heron. Still looked as sneaky... We stalked this Little Heron for like more than 10 minutes... Don't know that it can look so handsome as well in the first photograph. Lele like this bird as it wasn't afraid of human. We can walk very near to it without it flying away. Not to mention, it had the "up to no good" look most of the time...

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From Birding at Singapore Chinese Garden

Olive Blacked Sunbird. Slipping nectar!!

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Changeable Lizard. Not really a bird, but it was the first time Lele saw them in the park. They can inflate their throat and is said to be able to change colour to reflect their mood. Hence, the name Changeable Lizard.

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We are supposed to go to the park to jog... But Yy said: Why don't we go birding instead? Lele's getting fat. Oh no!!

Le~

Lele's Birding Diary 02~

Date: 14th March 2010, Sunday
Time: Morning
Venue: Singapore Chinese Garden
People involved: Lele, Yy and Zx





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Photographs:

Sunrise. Like how the sun was reflected in the river and the different colours of the sky.

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Grey Heron. Spotted this Grey Heron on the way to Chinese Garden. Watched it for some time, hoping to see it catches some fish but sadly, it didn't.

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From Birding at Singapore Chinese Garden

Spotted Dove.

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Coppersmith Barbet. New species!! It was resting on the branch of the tree rather high and far away. From the distance, we couldn't really see the colour and 'face' of the bird. After taking the photographs, Lele zoom in to happily announce that it's something we haven't being managed to capture. It looked ruffled and round ^^ Lele likes the colour of it.

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Olived Blacked Sunbird.

Male: Lele didn't know that there's two of them in this photograph until Lele view it on the computer. Lele is happy!! The male bird are of brighter colour.

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Female. A very cute pose by the female bird which is of a duller colour.

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Pacific Swallow. The first photograph was taken right after we cross the 13 Arch Bridge. What a nice surprise to see the Pacific Swallow waiting for us!! A group of them was resting at the twin pagoda, the second photograph, gathering in pairs. They look loving though Lele didn't know whether they are gathered in couples or not.

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From Birding at Singapore Chinese Garden

Asian Glossy Starling. A group of birds can be heard on the tree near the 7 storey pagoda. We decided to climb up to the second storey to see. Turned out, most of them are GLossy Starling.They flew away rather fast after we tried taking some photographs and it was all quiet again.

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Magpie Robin. We stalked this Robin in attempt to capture some clear photographs of it. Oops, looks like we are being discovered... Death stare at the second photograph... *sweat...

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From Birding at Singapore Chinese Garden

Plantain Squirrel. Oops, getting distracted... But Lele really likes squirrel!! In the second photograph, it was sniffing the flower!!

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Full birding session in Chinese Garden. Managed to capture some new species!! Lele and Yy went without breakfast and we are soon very hungry!! Getting addicted to birding, aren't we?





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Lele's Birding Diary 01~

Date: 13th March 2010, Saturday
Time: Evening
Venue: Singapore Chinese Garden
People involved: Lele and Yy





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Photographs:

Asian Koel. At first, Lele still though that Lele managed to capture the photograph of some great bird like eagle or hawk =.= From the information on Wikipedia, it is instead a member of the Cuckoo family... A brood parasite which lays its egg in nest of other species some more T.T The brown spotted bird above is the female while the black one below the male. A loving couple!

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Koel)

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Little Heron. Lele and Yy was walking along the river when this bird flew over. It looked so sneaky trying to catch some fish ^^

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From Birding at Singapore Chinese Garden

A short session with Yy after the rain. Both of us thought that the birds will come out feeding after the rain...

Le~