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A1 12 Jun 2022
A1ii. 20 Dec 2024
 
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
 

  

 

 

Rare Sightings

 

 

 

 

 

 

Himalayan Griffon
Huge and bulky with thick pale bill, pale bare head, thickish neck and mostly sandy-buffy body and wing converts.
Juvenile (?), A6400, Hindhede Quarry, 29 Dec 2019
A6400, f9 1/1000. @600mm, TC 1.4, ISO 1250, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2
 
 
 
 
 
Great Cormorant
Much bigger and larger billed than other Cormorant. Prominant defined white area from head-side to upper throat, prominant yellow facial and gular skin, strong brown cast to upperparts.
Woodlands Waterfront, 14 Oct 2024
f5.6 1/2000. ISO 6400, GM600 TC1.4x, 190B/WH-200II
 
Woodlands Waterfront, 22 Nov 2023
f5.6 1/3200. ISO 2000, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1
 
 Woodlands Waterfront, 14 Oct 2024
f5.6 1/2000. ISO 6400, GM600 TC1.4x, 190B/WH-200II
 
Woodlands Waterfront, 29 Sept 2023
f6.3 1/2500. ISO 1000, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1
 
Woodlands Waterfront, 29 Sept 2023
f8 1/3200. ISO 800, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1
 
Woodlands Waterfront, 29 Sept 2023
f6.3 1/2000. ISO 800, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1
 
Woodlands Waterfront, 29 Sept 2023
f6.3 1/2000. ISO 800, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1
 
Woodlands Waterfront, 12 Jun 2023
f8 1/2500. ISO 2000, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1
 
Woodlands Waterfront, 21 Dec 2023
f9 1/3200. ISO 1250, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1
 
 
 
 
 
Black-headed Gull
A small, tern like gull with black-tipped red bill. Wings and mantle pale grey, legs and feet dark red. Head is white with dark ear spot, with grey smudging on crown. Fist-winter bird has paler bill, duller legs and a broad greyish brown band across upperwing coverts.
Reference:  Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah
 
Eagle Point, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 29 Dec 2023
f8 1/2000. ISO 640, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1
 
Eagle Point, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 29 Dec 2023
f8 1/2000. ISO 640, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1
 
Eagle Point, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 29 Dec 2023
f8 1/3200. ISO 1000, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1
 
Eagle Point, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 29 Dec 2023
f8 1/2500. ISO 800, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1