01 May 26 – Bukit Gombak Park / Dairy Farm Nature Park, Singapore

Labor Day birding.

It’s a public holiday today so there’s more birding to be done. I had a really unremarkable walk at Bukit Gombak Park in the morning that I wanted to pretend it did not happen. But anyway, here’s a photo of a White-crested Laughingthrush with an insect for breakfast.

In the late afternoon, I decided to bird at Dairy Farm Nature Park (DFNP). Unfortunately, the weather was crap – overcast skies and intermittent showers of rain. Nevertheless, I soldiered on. 

For some reason, the Rufous-tailed Tailorbird had eluded me all the times I’ve visited DFNP. Finally, today, I managed to get a record shot of the bird. That’s another tick to my life list.

I spent the rest of the evening camped at the viewing platform. Another birder mentioned he saw a Chestnut-bellied Malkoha earlier but no such luck for me. I finally saw the White-rumped Shama in the open after hearing it’s call during the last few visits to the area.

Last photo to showcase – the Greater Racket-tailed Drongo. They are quite common in DFNP but always a joy to photograph.

eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S330442115