homing.....to jurong bird park

i was at one side of the pang sua canal, across from warren country club, when i saw this flock of egrets resting on the railings. at around 5.30 p.m. another flock came winging towards them. as if as one, all of them took off and joined the flying flock. it seemed like they were collecting everyone to fly back to their nesting place at jurong.

most of these egrets nest at jurong birdpark but spread out all over the island during the day to find food.

the little egret is the smallest and most common egret in singapore. singapore receives a good concentration of these migrants during the winter (september-may).

i come across the little egrets all over the island, especially the western part of it. they can be found on open fields, near waterways, especially canals, and at the edge of ponds and reservoirs. they can also be found along the coastal areas.

little egrets are the liveliest hunters among herons and egrets, with a wide variety of techniques. they may patiently stalk prey in shallow waters. or stand on one leg and stir the mud with the other to scare up prey. or better yet, stand on one leg and wave the other bright yellow foot over the water surface to lure aquatic prey into range.

they eats fish, crustaceans and insects.

dragonfly and green bottle fly

my interest in dragonflies was aroused when i saw the tiger dragonfly in victor's blog. before that i used to think that there were about two species of dragonflies in singapore. when i surfed the internet to find out more about dragonflies in s'pore, i was amazed to find out the range of wonderful species found in s'pore.

dragonflies are normally found near places where there is water. in my kampong, the dragonflies would be seen darting around near the monsoon drains. once in a while we would catch one but we usually released it because dragonflies are not much fun to play with.

the green bottle fly, like the blue bottle fly, was regarded as dirty and a nuisance. it was too big to be food for our fighting spiders, so we did not bother to catch or kill it.