Backyard birding with unexpected results.
Had a busy Saturday with other life commitments. But I managed to squeeze out a few hours of birding at my “backyard” Bukit Gombak Park in the evening. So here we go with the highlights.
March is when the breeding season begins and you are likely to find birds building nests in Singapore. This male Common Iora is already in it’s breeding plumage (black cap, wings and tail).
These Asian Glossy Starlings seem to have started earlier. The two birds on the left are juveniles while the one on the far right is an adult.
I also spotted two Asian Brown Flycatchers again just like the week before. I suspect they might be the same birds since they behaved similarly though they were spotted at different locations in the park.
Lastly, there was an unexpected sighting of three Black Bazas (uncommon migratory raptors) flying at low elevation toward the forest in the army camp. I had initially thought they were crows but decided to snap a photo anyway.
eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S308972172
The Salaryman Birder 
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