May 21 2011 - Singapore!

Rather few birds during a busy work week with occasional java mynas along orchard road and a Indian House Crow flight at dusk (usually outside the office where we were still working.
Today I walked the other way up Orchard and found the Botanic Gardens.

Here an approx full list with sone notes

House crow

Java myna, everywhere

Common myna, few
Asian glossy starling

Little heron, one on dawn lake
Spotted dove, common, Inc one darker displaying male
Black-naked oriole
Pacific. Swallow
Black-nest swiftlet
blue-crowned hoping parrot
Stork-billed kingfisher
Asian glossy starling
Pink-necked green pigeon

Crimson Sunbird
Olive- backed sunbird
White crested laughing- thrush
White breasted kingfisher.
Collared kingfisher

Long-tailed parakeet
Rose-ringed parakeet
Lesser whistling duck

Wandering whistling duck - maybe a hybrid with that much rufous on tail coverts

Later at the 'Marina' a Brahimy Kite was a nice additional and a black-napped oriole along the promenade a surprise.

Each night walking back from the office there has been cord call I'm some of the trees - depending on the time. This evening it became clear that many hundreds and probably thousands of (presumably java) mynas were coming in to roost. I could still hear them 15 stories below me when I got back to my room

May 11 2011

Very unusually a grackle visited the deck, wandered around under the fat blocks and had a drink.

A late junco visited.

May 11 2011

Very unusually a grackle visited the deck, wandered around under the fat blocks and had a drink.

A late junco visited.

May 7 2011 - warbler walk at the 'bend

A bit quiet on the warbler from yellow rumps, a fine male Yellow, a few Parula and La waterthrush. Bit a good group of 6 enjoyed the orioles, flycatcher (Kingbird, Many great Crest, peewee, Phoebe ) Vireos were playing hard to get although there were several around A pair of red-tailed hawks were 'sky dancing' with territorial display flight. Lots of water snakes were in the boat ramp wall

May 6 2011 - monti

Quick pre-work visit on a sumny but initially cool day
A delightful Canada in the stream and 2 Cape May high up were the highlights
Also grosbeaks, both m and f b and w and lots of BT Blues

May 2 -at the patch

Double-created Cormorant on the pond - not unheard of but unusual
Baltimore Orioles pair nesting in tree on pooh bridge side of stream, seemingly natural materials this year!
Gnatcatcher
Red-eyed vireo in several places
Indigo bunting
Rw swallow
1st s and adult orchard orioles singing
Empidomax - least fly singing at the magic spot
Black vulture on the dead tree across the track waiting for it to warm up

Brown thrasher coming to pishing And the first youngsters of the year...

May 1 2011 - bluebirds and an overcast day at monti

My first trip round the golf course, the only chicks were still hatching with the last chick just about to exit the egg. A couple of BB nest had tree swallows in attendance so we'll see how that shapes up and one BB was built atop a house wren nest
Box 8 has a huge house wen nest

At Monticello we had a female / young male hooded plus great views of veery, BTGreen, Indigo bunts, scarlet tanagers, and a swainsons thrush coming to my starling sqealed!