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Singapore Raptor Report February 2017 Singapore Raptor Report February 2017 Chinese Sparrowhawk, adult female, Ang Mo Kio, 17 Feb 2017, by Tan Gim Cheong. Summary for migrant species: In February, 66 individuals of 7 migrant species were recorded. While the 26 Oriental Honey Buzzards were similar to last February's numbers, the 19 Black Bazas represented a drop of more than half compared to last February. All the Black Bazas were recorded at the Punggol - Pasir Ris - Tampines area. Six Jerdon's Baza were recorded, five at Punggol on the 4th and one at Pasir Ris Park on the 12th, good numbers for this species. Of the six Peregrine Falcons recorded, two adults were photographed fighting at Seletar Airport vicinity on the 27th. Three Japanese Sparrowhawks were recorded; two of them, adult males, on the 6th at Changi Business Park and 10th at Bidadari, showed signs of moult, similar to what was observed last February, and had only 4 'fingers' instead of the usual 5 'fingers'. Five Ospreys were recorded, including three over Bukit Timah Hill on the 20th. Two Chinese Sparrowhawks were recorded, one at Kent Ridge Park on the 2nd and another, an adult female, at Ang Mo Kio on the 5th, 17th and 19th. A Crested Serpent Eagle photographed at Kent Ridge Park on the 10th by Gavan Leong turned out to be a 3rd year burmanicus, thanks to Dr Chaiyan for his expertise. This is the second occurrence of the burmanicus form, a short distance migrant from Indo-China, to Singapore. The previous record was in September and November 2014 when an individual was photographed at the Japanese Gardens. Ferguson-Lees & Christie (2001) indicates that malayensis is "distinctly smaller than adjacent burmanicus, cheeks and throat darker brown, underparts more clearly spotted and barred white". Birders are encouraged to photograph any Crested Serpent Eagle encountered and post them online for identification of subspecies. Page 1 of 9 Crested Goshawk, fledgling, exercising its wings, Ang Mo Kio, 17 Feb 2017, by Tan Gim Cheong. Highlights for sedentary species: This month, there were significant developments for the Crested Goshawk, an uncommon resident. Not one, but four separate nestings were reported, with a total of 8 chicks fledging from the nests. Unfortunately, the Bedok North nesting suffered 2 misfortunes. First, the male was found dead on the roadside when the chicks were still on the nest. Fortunately, prey (mainly Javan Myna and rats) is plentiful in the area and the female was able to raise the 2 chicks on her own until they fledged. The second misfortune was the removal of one of the Bedok North chicks from the mother on the day of fledging, brought to a vet the next day, given a clean bill of health and released back into the wild on the same day at an unspecified location, to fend for itself. This was due to a series of well-intended human actions which may not have been appropriate. Considering that the remaining fledgling continued to be fed by its mother for another 2 weeks, it would probably be miraculas for the solitary fledgling to survive on its own. The four nestings, together with a few other sightings elsewhere, brought the tally of the Crested Goshawk to an all time high of 19 birds. Other nesting records included the Black-winged Kite at Pulau Punggol on the 18th, with one chick seemingly ready to fledge; the White-bellied Sea Eagle at Pasir Ris on the 26th, with 2 young chicks still covered in white down feathers; and a Grey-headed Fish Eagle on its nest at Jurong. An adult torquatus tweeddale morph Oriental Honey Buzzzard was photographed at Pasir Ris Park on the 14th and 28th. The Brahminy Kite and Changeable Hawk-Eagle completed the roundup for the month. Page 2 of 9 Table 1 S/N Species No. S/N Species No. 1 Osprey 4 Residents / Sedentary Species 2 Jerdon's Baza 6 8 Black-winged Kite 3 3 Black Baza 19 9 Brahminy Kite 11 4 Oriental Honey Buzzard 26 10 White-bellied Sea Eagle 15 5 Chinese Sparrowhawk 2 11 Grey-headed Fish Eagle 3 6 Japanese Sparrowhawk 3 12 Crested Serpent Eagle 1 7 Peregrine Falcon 6 13 Crested Goshawk 19 14 Changeable Hawk-Eagle 7 Unidentified 15 Unidentified Raptors 2 Total for Migrants 66 Grand Total 127 Page 3 of 9 1. Osprey Pandion haliaetus (4) Date No. Location and Details Reported By 12 1 Seletar Dam Keita Sin 20 3 Bukit Timah Hill Top, 1 was calling Keita Sin 26 1 Mandai mudflats, 5:40pm Kerry Pereira 2. Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni (6) Date No. Location and Details Reported By 4 5 Punggol East Danny Lau, Tan Kok Hui 12 1 Pasir Ris Park Andrew Chow Jerdon's Baza, Punggol East, 4 Feb 2017, by Danny Lau. 3. Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes (19) Date No. Location and Details Reported By 4 14 Punggol East Danny Lau, Tan Kok Hui 4 4 Tampines Eco Green Alvin Seng 14 1 Punggol Barat Lee Chuin Ming 18 3 Pasir Ris Park Danny Lau, Tan Kok Hui Page 4 of 9 4. Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus (26) Date No. Location and Details Reported By 3 1 Kovan, adult male orientalis pale morph KC Tsang 4 1 Changi South, adult male dark morph Timothy Lim 5 1 Chinese Garden Dani M Queddeng 5 1 Pulau Ubin, juvenile orientalis pale morph Jacky Soh 7 2 Kent Ridge Park Alan OwYong 10 3 Kent Ridge Gavan Leong 12 1 Bayshore, adult female orientalis pale morph Karen Chia 12 1 Clementi Woods Park Jamie Tan 14 2 Venus Loop, 1 was calling Keita Sin 14 1 Pasir Ris Park, torquatus tweeddale morph Ted Lee 17 1 Pasir Ris Park, adult male dark morph Ted Lee 17 1 Ang Mo Kio, adult male orientalis dark morph Tan Gim Cheong 18 1 Forest patch south of 10 Mile Junction, 9am Ulf Remahl 18 2 Gillman Barracks, adults Alan OwYong 19 3 Dairy Farm Nature Park Keita Sin 20 1 Bukit Timah Hill Top Keita Sin 21 2 Dairy Farm Nature Park Keita Sin 23 2 Pulau Ubin, northbound Keita Sin 25 1 Botanic Gardens Lee Chuin Ming 26 2 Henderson Waves, 1 dark morph, 1 pale morph, Jamie Tan morning 26 1 Mount Faber, morning Jamie Tan 27 1 West Coast Road, morning Jamie Tan 27 1 West Coast Road of Singapore Sim Chip Chye 28 1 Pasir Ris Park, adult torquatus tweeddale morph Ho Hua Chew 5. Chinese Sparrowhawk Accipiter soloensis (2) Date No. Location and Details Reported By 2 1 Kent Ridge Park Alan OwYong 5 1 Ang Mo Kio, adult female Ender Tey 17 1 Ang Mo Kio, adult female Tan Gim Cheong 19 1 Ang Mo Kio, adult female, evening Ender Tey 6. Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis (3) Date No. Location and Details Reported By 6 1 Changi Business Park, adult male Dawn Birding 10 1 Bidadari, adult male Zacc HD 17 1 Jelutong Tower, CCNR Keita Sin 7. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus (6) Date No. Location and Details Reported By 19 1 Marina Barrage Bridge, 10am Harrier Ming 20 1 Bukit Timah Hill Top, japonensis Keita Sin Page 5 of 9 21 1 Lorong Halus, migratory form Joseph Tan Kok Beng 22 1 Raffles Place, perched on 36th floor ledge of tall Lars Persson building, 12:40pm 27 2 Seletar airport vicinity, 2 adults (migratory form) Marcel Finlay fighting, morning Resident raptors 8. Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus (3) Date No. Location and Details Reported By 4 1 Pulau Punggol Danny Lau, Tan Kok Hui 4 1 Lorong Halus Lim Kim Seng 14 1 Punggol Barat Lee Chuin Ming 18 1 Pulau Punggol, chick on nest looks ready to fledge Danny Lau, Tan Kok Hui 19 1 Punggol Waterway, adult Zhang Licong 9. Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus (11) Date No. Location and Details Reported By 2 1 Kent Ridge Park Timothy Chua Jia Yao 4 1 Pulau Punggol Danny Lau, Tan Kok Hui 4 2 Punggol East Danny Lau, Tan Kok Hui 7 2 Upper Pierce, adults Kristie Yeong 15 1 Punggol Promenade, 6:52pm Kerry Pereira 16 1 Chinese Garden Siew Mun 19 2 Marina Barrage Bridge, 10am Harrier Ming 19 1 Kranji Marsh, adult Betty Shaw 19 1 Eagle Point, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Ted Lee morning 22 1 Tuas Naval Base, 5:15pm Kerry Pereira 26 1 Mount Faber, morning Jamie Tan 10. White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster (15) Date No. Location and Details Reported By 4 4 Pulau Punggol Danny Lau, Tan Kok Hui 4 2 Punggol East Danny Lau, Tan Kok Hui 5 1 Chinese Garden Dani M Queddeng 7 1 Tampines Regional Library, 11:17am Kerry Pereira 14 1 Punggol Barat Lee Chuin Ming 15 1 Punggol Promenade, 5:47pm Kerry Pereira Page 6 of 9 15 2 Punggol Promenade, 6:07pm, 1 juvenile Kerry Pereira 16 1 Pasir Ris Park, adult Wang Heng Mount 16 1 Clementi Woods Park, evening Jamie Tan 19 1 Eagle Point, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve Ted Lee 22 1 Singapore Quarry, juvenile Ulf Remahl 23 2 Pasir Ris, big nest in a tall tree, 1 adult and 1 Michael Phua chick 26 4 Pasir Ris, big nest in a tall tree, 2 adults and 2 Michael Phua chicks 26 2 Mandai mudflats, 3:02pm Kerry Pereira 11. Grey-headed Fish Eagle Haliaeetus ichthyaetus (3) Date No. Location and Details Reported By 4 1 Pulau Punggol Danny Lau, Tan Kok Hui 19 1 Jurong, on nest Ho Hua Chew 22 1 Chinese Garden, adult Yap Euhian 12.
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