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White-Bellied Sea Eagle

06 Aug

White-Bellied Sea Eagle are quite a common sight in Singapore. They are also known as Fish Eagle. Here are two images that merge into one to show the sequence of the raptor coming in and getting its morning breakfast. I decided to blend the two images together using digital imaging method and I guess it blended well in this case.

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White Bellied Sea Eagle

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Juvenile White Bellied Sea Eagle

10 Dec

Juvenile White Bellied Sea Eagle thrive in our urban island. A pair managed to successfully breed at our Nature Quarry park and was seen flying high and well.

More photos can be viewed at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/storphotography
http://www.storphotography.com.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVE @COPYRIGHT STEVEN TOR. Strictly no usage of my photographs without the permission from Steven Tor the author.

Juvenile White Bellied Sea Eagle drying up after a dip

Juvenile White Bellied Sea Eagle soaring up high

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Lesser Adjutant

03 Dec

The Lesser Adjutant is a large bird in the stork family.

It is a huge bird, typically 110-120 cm tall and has a 210 cm wingspan. Its upper body and wings are black, but the belly and undertail are white. The head and neck are bare like those of a vulture.
When they fly, they retract their neck in flight like a heron.

The Lesser Adjutant breeds in wetlands in tropical lowland. It builds a stick nest in trees. It often forms small colonies.They can be found at Parit Jawa fishing village in Malaysia West Coast. The use to breed at at residential site instead of at the swamp areas. They were once found in Singapore but it is now totally confined to Malaysia Muar area.

More photos can be viewed at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/storphotography
http://www.storphotography.com.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVE @COPYRIGHT STEVEN TOR. Strictly no usage of my photographs without the permission from Steven Tor the author.

Lesser Adjutant

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Bang Poo, in Samut Prakarn province, Thailand

25 Nov

Bang Poo, in Samut Prakarn province, Thailand is an area whereby one can find ponds, mudflats, mangroves and wasteland where locals go for sight seeing, morning walk, to release crabs for merit making and to feed the gulls .

ALL RIGHTS RESERVE @COPYRIGHT STEVEN TOR. Strictly no usage of my photographs without the permission from Steven Tor the author.

Most people visit this place for the shorebirds called the Brown Headed Seagull. The months between October and May are the best for birdwatching and it is close to Bangkok where one can make a half day trip by taxi, or make a whole day of it by going to Muang Boran Fish Ponds in the morning and then move on to Bang Poo

Seagull

Brown Headed Seagull

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Little Grebe

23 Nov

The Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis), is small in size and is 23 to 29 cm in length. It is the smallest of the grebe family of water birds and is commonly found in open ponds.

These Little Gebe was facing extinction in Singapore when the last patch of their habitat wasdue for destruction. It was lucky that somehow a handful of them make it to survive at a disused Singapore Quarry that was converted into a nature reserve.

Little Grebe

More photos can be viewed at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/storphotography
http://www.storphotography.com.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVE @COPYRIGHT STEVEN TOR. Strictly no usage of my photographs without the permission from Steven Tor the author.

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Singapore Jurong Birdpark

10 Apr

My recent visit to Jurong BirdPark gave me an impression it was not doing well. The main restaurant was closed and even the Weaver Birds at the Waterfall Aviary was caged instead of free ranging within the waterfall areas. Not a very goodsight. Birds are born to be free….not caged.

Free ranging Egret with fish

Raptor landing

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Marsh Sandpiper at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

06 Nov

During migration period, they can be found with other shore birds at mudflats, estuaries and prawn ponds. As SBWR is a prime site for them, they used to congregate in flocks of a few hundreds. They probes the mud surface frantically for food at low tide for minute invertebrate prey.

Marsh Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Common Greenshank

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RedShank at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

05 Nov

During migration, the RedShank frequent prawn farm, mudflats and mangroves edges. They form dense flocks along high tide roosting sites and spread out during low tides. They make a series of loud ringing notes, teu-hoo when taking off. The pictures show some of their recent activities at the wetland SBWR.