Swallow
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Swallow
A7R4. in APS-C mode
A1. 12 Jun 2022
FE 200-600/5.6-6.3 G
GM 600/4. 10 Sept 2022
MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2
190XPROB/GHFG1 14 Dec 2021
MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1. May 2022
Belerbach Report 8013/GHFG1. May 2022
Pacific Swallow
The only resident swallow. Upperparys glossy blue.Underparts buff-grey. Forehead and throat brick-red. Superficially similar to Barn Swallow, but lacks blue-black breast band, hasw darker underparts and lacks the tail streamers.
f5.6 1/2000. ISO 3200, GM600 TC1.4x, Eagle Point, 7 Jun 2023
f8 1/1000. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, Eagle Point, 7 Jun 2023
f5.6 1/800. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, Eagle Point, 7 Jun 2023
f5.6 1/2000. ISO 3200, GM600 TC1.4x, Eagle Point, 7 Jun 2023
f8 1/2000. @600mm, ISO 3200, 190B/GHFG1, NYGH, 17 Dec 2021
A7R2, f6.3 1/500. @600mm, ISO 1000, Lorong Halus Wetland, 7 Sept 2019
Juvi (left) and Adult, f6.3 1/2500. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, near Visitor Centre, 20 Jun 2023
Feeding, f6.3 1/2500. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, near Visitor Centre, 20 Jun 2023
f5.6 1/2500. ISO 2500, GM600 TC1.4x, Woodlands Waterfront, 19 Apr 2023
f8 1/3200. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, Eagle Point, 26 Jun 2023
Two Swallows, f6.3 1/2500. ISO 5000, GM600 TC1.4x, Eagle Point, 27 Jun 2023
f5.6 1/3200. ISO 2000, GM600 TC1.4x, Woodlands Waterfront, 2 Aug 2023
Pacific Swift
Slender looking and distinctive swift with deeply forked tail and white rump patch. Overall blackish-brown, underparts mottled buff, with pale throat.
f10 1/2000. TC 1.4x, GM600, ISO 2500, Eagle Point, 16 Sept 2022
Black-nest Swiftlet
Plumage dark brown, with a pale rump patch and underparts. Tail more notched than Black-nest Swiftlet. Lower leg is unfeathered, unlike that of the Black-nest Swiftlet, but can only be seen when birds are at nest.
f6.3 1/3200. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, Woodlands Waterfront, 31 May 2023
Grey-rumped Treeswift
A large swift-like bird of secondary Woodland. Plumage mostly pale grey, with greenish gloss oncorwn, mantle and shoulders. Has a frontal crest, red ear patch and pale tertials, visible only when perched. In flight, appears like a large slender swift with pale rump and a thin tapered tail.
Male adult and Juvi, Car Park near Queenstown Primary School
f8 1/500. ISO 2500, GM600 TC1.4x, 4 Apr 2023
Female adult and Juvi, Car Park near Queenstown Primary School
f5.6 1/1250. ISO 2000, GM600 TC1.4x, 4 Apr 2023
Female feeding, Car Park near Queenstown Primary School
f5.6 1/1250. ISO 2000, GM600 TC1.4x, 4 Apr 2023
Female adult, Car Park near Queenstown Primary School
f7.1 1/1000. ISO 2000, GM600 TC1.4x, 4 Apr 2023
Female adult, Car Park near Queenstown Primary School
f6.3 1/1000. ISO 2000, GM600 TC1.4x, 4 Apr 2023
Juvi, Car Park near Queenstown Primary School
f7.1 1/800. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, 4 Apr 2023
Juvi, Car Park near Queenstown Primary School
f7.1 1/1000. ISO 1250, GM600 TC1.4x, 4 Apr 2023
Male in Flight, Car Park near Queenstown Primary School
f6.3 1/4000. ISO 1250, GM600 TC1.4x, 4 Apr 2023