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Swallow

A1. 12 Jun 2022

FE 200-600/5.6-6.3 G

GM 600/4. 10 Sept 2022

Manfrotto Series 190

Berlebach Report 8013

GHFG1.  14 Dec 2021

WH-200II. 29 Jun 2024

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.

Eagle Point, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 17 Apr 2024

f5.6 1/3200. ISO 2500, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Eagle Point, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 3 May 2024

f6.3 1/800. ISO 2000, GM600 TC1.4x

Eagle Point, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 7 Jun 2023

f5.6 1/2000.  ISO 3200, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

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

Eagle Point, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 17 Apr 2024

f5.6 1/3200. ISO 2500, GM600 TC1.4x

Eagle Point, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 17 Apr 2024

f5.6 1/3200. ISO 2500, GM600 TC1.4x

Eagle Point, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 3 May 2024

f6.3 1/800. ISO 2000, GM600 TC1.4x

Eagle Point, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 7 Jun 2023

f5.6 1/2000.  ISO 3200, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

f5.6 1/2000. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, Eagle Point, 25 Jan 2024

A7R4 APS-C mode, NYGH, 17 Dec 2021

f8 1/2000. @600mm, ISO 3200, 190B/GHFG1

A7R2, Lorong Halus Wetland, 7 Sept 2019

f6.3 1/500. @600mm, ISO 1000, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

Juvi (left) and Adult, 20 Jun 2023

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, near Visitor Centre, 

 f6.3 1/2500. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Feeding, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, near Visitor Centre, 20 Jun 2023

 f6.3 1/2500. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Eagle Point, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 10 Oct 2024

f7.1 1/4000. ISO 1250, GM600 TC1.4x, 190B/WH-200II

 Eagle Point, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 9 Oct 2024

 f6.3 1/4000. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, 190B/WH-200II

Eagle Point, Sugei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 22 Oct 2024

f5.6 1/4000. ISO 1000, GM600 TC1.4x, 190B/WH-200II

 Eagle Point, Sugei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 22 Oct 2024

f5.6 1/4000. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, 190B/WH-200II

Eagle Point, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 15 Dec 2023

f8 1/3200. ISO 1000, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Two Swallows, Eagle Point, 27 Jun 2023

f6.3 1/2500. ISO 5000, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

f5.6 1/3200. ISO 2000, GM600 TC1.4x, Woodlands Waterfront, 2 Aug 2023

f8 1/3200. ISO 1000, GM600 TC1.4x, Eagle Point, 15 Dec 2023

f8 1/1600. ISO 1000, GM600 TC1.4x, Eagle Point, 15 Dec 2023

 Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Visitor Centre, 28 May 2024

f5.6 1/1000. ISO 6400, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Barn Swallow

A familiar swallow, the only one with largely white underparts. Upperparts glossy blue with brick-red forehead and throat patch, separat3d from white breast and belly by blue-black breast band. Adults have tail streamers, longer in males.

Reference:  Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

Eagle Point, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 23 Jan 2024

f8 1/3200. ISO 1250, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Swift/Swiftlet Various

Eagle Point, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 16 Sept 2022

f10 1/2000. TC 1.4x, GM600, ISO 2500, MT1909CXPRO3/GHFG1

Eagle Point, Sugei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 22 Oct 2024

f5.6 1/4000. ISO 1000, GM600 TC1.4x, 190B/WH-200II

Mandai Mangrove and Mudflat, TimMac@Kranji, 21 Feb 2024

f8 1/3200. ISO 1000, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Woodlands Waterfront, 31 May 2023

f6.3 1/3200. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Swiftlet, Mandai Mangrove and Mudflat, 31 May 2024

f6.3 1/4000. ISO 2000, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

 Swiftlet, Mandai Mangrove and Mudflat, 31 May 2024

f6.3 1/4000. ISO 2000, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

 Eagle Point, Sugei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 22 Oct 2024

f5.6 1/4000. ISO 1000, GM600 TC1.4x, 190B/WH-200II

Marsiling Park Canal, 30 Aug 2024

f5.6 1/3200. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, 190B/WH-200II

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.

Reference:  Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

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