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BiodiverCity’ Photo Exhibition Launch 2010

21 Jun

BiodiverCity’ Photo Exhibition Launch 2010 was launched on Saturday 22 May 2010 outside Mandarin Hotel (The Mandarin Gallery) along Orchard Road. The Photographic competition was held in conjunction with the International Year of BioDiversity 2010. The award ceremony was graced by the Minister Mr Mah Bow Tan, Minster for National Development of Singapore. I won the Grand Prize for this competition where there were more then 2200 entries from 725 participants.

My winning shot was taken at Sungei Buloh Nature Reserve in Singapore where a Smooth Otter jumps up for it’s prey. The prey was a flower crab. It was a spontaneous moment that I captured it with my Nikon 600mm telephoto lens. Such moments could hardly come by as Otter normally will dive for their prey and not jump for it. Besides fish are their main diet.

Grand Prize Award winning photograph - Otter Jump for prey

BioDiversity Photo Competition winners with Minister Mr Mah Bow Tan

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Smooth Otters at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

08 Dec

There are now a family of 5 Smooth Otters who have make Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in Singapore as their home. Recently, I witnessed a pack of wild dogs about 10 of them showing aggressiveness towards these Otters. The Otters were hunting for fish in the water and encountered resistance when they wanted to go on land. Matters was brought forward to the management of Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve as well as the AVA authority to act on this matter so that the Otters can still make this place their home.

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.

Otters face off with the wild dogs

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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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Posted in Avian

Crocodile at Singapore Nature Reserve

01 Dec

Have been on the look out for crocodile in our Singapore Nature Reserve for quite sometime hoping to catch them in the wild and to record their nature behaviour.

Finally I managed to find it face to face with me while it was resting and also on the look out for food…I guess.

Crocodile at Singapore Nature Reserve

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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Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

06 Nov

The 87 ha wetland site was designated as a nature park in Singapore in 1989. It is the time of the year where one can see flocks of migratory waders visiting Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve en route to Australia on their annual migratory flight along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway.

The pictures shows some of the landscape scene that one will encounter along the trail. Pls visit my previous posting which shows some of the interesting migratory bird in this reserve during the year end winter seasons

Wetland Reserve Landscape

Wetland reserve

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Little Egret at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

05 Nov

A small, slender egret with thin black bill and yellow feet a frequent year end visitor at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. They are silent most of the time and can be found at freshwater and tidal wetland. An attractive and elegant bird that feeds by walking quickly or running through shallow water, stirring up and chasing aquatic prey.

The images captured some of their activities at SBWR recently.

Little Egret Reflection

Little Egret take off

Birds of the same feathers flocks together

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Posted in Avian

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.

Redshank

Redshank landing

Redshank flypast

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Eurasian Curlew at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

05 Nov

The Eurasian Curlew is a rare winter visitor to Singapore. This year, we are fortunate to have this Curlew paying a visit to the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve where previously they were spotted at Changi Cove.

They can be found at mugflats, seaward of mangrove forest and offshore islets. They usually can be found among other shore birds as this Curlew was founded to be among the rest of the waders at SBWR. It feeds using its specialised bill for probing deep into the soft mud for worms and crustaceans.

Eurasian Curlew

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Wimbrels in action at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

05 Nov

The daily and interesting behaviour of the Wimbrels

: Wimbrels

: Wimbrels

: Wimbrels gathers

: Wimberls

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Bar Tailed GodWit at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

04 Nov

Bar Tailed GodWit could be spotted at Sungei Buloh Reserve at this time of the year. Look out for them among the waders. They are large shore birds in winter plumage with very long straight bill and smooth grey upper parts. They have slightly upturned bill as compare to the Black Tailed Godwit

They are usually very quiet and make a soft kit-kit-kit when taking off. It is an uncommon winter visitor in Singapore. During the migratory seasons, they frequent mudflats, but does not comes into sandy shore or marshes.