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    Mike Hooper (viator)'s 2008 List

    Dec 16 through Dec 31 Since we're already well into 2009 I won't itemize exact locations for the following but suffice to say all are within a short drive of Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia. 496. Rainbow Lorikeet 497. Noisy Miner 498. Scaly-breasted Lorikeet 499. Pied Currawong 500. Willie...
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    Mike Hooper (viator)'s 2008 List

    Dec 12 A morning walk at Jurong Lake yielded a lifer, a Malayan Night Heron, which is a rare winter visitor. 494. Malayan Night Heron Dec 13 A walk along East Coast added another rare winter visitor a Jerdon's Baza 495. Jerdon's Baza
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    Mike Hooper (viator)'s 2008 List

    Dec 8 A public holiday in Singapore today and re-visited Marina East after the mornings heavy rain turned into a persistent drizzle. A longer list than yesterday with 62, and one new for 2008, White-shouldered Starling and another new for Singapore, Wood Sandpiper 493. White-shouldered Starling
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    Mike Hooper (viator)'s 2008 List

    Dec 7 Marina East A couple of hours walking yielded 49 species with plenty of migrants but only one new one for 2008, Von Shrenck's Bittern 492. Von Shrenck's Bittern
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    Mike Hooper (viator)'s 2008 List

    Dec 6 Pulau Ubin A morning spent having a walk with my son on Ubin yielded 2 new birds for 2008. The first a rare resident, Mangrove Blue Flycatcher, the second a winter visitor and lifer, Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo. 490. Mangrove Blue Flycatcher 491. Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo
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    Mike Hooper (viator)'s 2008 List

    Dec 5 Walked over Siglap Hill at lunch time and was very surprised to see a raptor in a roadside tree on the edge of the cemetery. Was able to get very close for excellent views of a migrant that was also a lifer! 489. Booted Eagle
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    Mike Hooper (viator)'s 2008 List

    Dec 3 Cut across the 'park' adjacent to Bedok bus interchange after lunch and spotted a single Grey-streaked Flycatcher 488. Grey-streaked Flycatcher
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    Mike Hooper (viator)'s 2008 List

    Nov 25 Starting walking today at 7am I spent 7 1/2 hours walking just under 30km around the NW corner of Singapore starting with a circuit of Sungei Buloh for the waders and other mangrove birds before covering a variety of farmland, freshwater marsh, and secondary forests. All up seeing 92...
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    Mike Hooper (viator)'s 2008 List

    Nov 23 A short walk on Pulau Ubin with my son so not seriously birding but still managed a lifer - a Chestnut-winged Cuckoo that flew across the path. 482. Chestnut-winged Cuckoo The ferry back to Singapore yielded a few terns with a couple of White-winged Terns knew for 2008. 483...
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    Mike Hooper (viator)'s 2008 List

    Nov 22 Marina East A short walk produced many migrant passerines but only one new for 2008. 481. Mugimaki Flycatcher
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    Mike Hooper (viator)'s 2008 List

    Nov 8 I was sitting at the computer this afternoon going through some photos when a Black Kite when a commotion amongst the usual birds caused me to look up and see the kite. 479. Black Kite Edit: After going through some photos of Weavers at Marina East from a walk taken later in the day I...
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    Mike Hooper (viator)'s 2008 List

    Nov 3 A morning walk through Sime Forest produced a reasonable selection of residents and migrants although total numbers seemed low. Within a few minutes of starting the hike I flushed the first new bird of 2008, a migrant Black Bittern. 475. Black Bittern Shortly afterwards in the dawn...
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    Mike Hooper (viator)'s 2008 List

    Oct 27 An afternoon walk during the Diwali/Deepavali public holiday at Marina East yielded a good array of migrants but only one new bird for 2008. 474. Dark-sided Flycatcher
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    Mike Hooper (viator)'s 2008 List

    Feb 14 update A relook at a photo taken on Gunung Raya, Langkawi, Malaysia which I'd originally assumed was a Japanese Sparrowhawk has with the assistance of BF members turned into a lifer: Grey-faced Buzzard 473. Grey-faced Buzzard
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    Mike Hooper (viator)'s 2008 List

    October 7th Whilst walking back over Siglap Hill after lunch and sheltering from a heavy downpour a migrant Common Kestrel flew in and landed in some trees. 472. Common Kestrel
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    Mike Hooper (viator)'s 2008 List

    October 5 My typical weekend afternoon walk at Marina East is starting to get more interesting with the passage migrants and winter visitors. Today's walk was full of expectations given I started on the tail end of a heavy downpour which had lasted a couple of hours - something the teams from...
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    Mike Hooper (viator)'s 2008 List

    September 30 Was sitting outside with my son just after dark when I heard an owl calling. After a bit of a search in the trees at the bottom of the garden spotted it - an Eastern Barn Owl. 470. Eastern Barn Owl
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    Mike Hooper (viator)'s 2008 List

    September 19 A lunch time walk in some thick secondary forest at Marina South yielded an excellent lifer which is also my 200th Singapore bird for 2008 - a White-bellied Woodpecker. This is a very rare resident which is normally deep in the forests of central Singapore so finding one on the...
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    Mike Hooper (viator)'s 2008 List

    September 12 Spent the morning hiking in the central forests looking for migrants. The highlights were a couple of Whiskered Treeswifts that were perched low in the forest during a torrential thunderstorm and a Hooded Pitta that raced across the path barely 10m from the Treeswifts whilst I...
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    Mike Hooper (viator)'s 2008 List

    Sep 5 A lunch time stroll to Marina South to look for any migrants having arrived passing through. The migrants seen were: Asian Brown Flycatcher (1), Forest Wagtail (2), Common Kingfisher (1), and Common Sandpiper (4). Highlight though was a resident and new bird for 2008, Blue-crowned Hanging...
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    Mike Hooper (viator)'s 2008 List

    Thanks to going through updating my taxonomy database with some splits I've got one additional bird. Eastern Great Egret - which is the species I've been seeing in Sth East Asia as opposed to (Western) Great Egret sighted in the US. 460. Eastern Great Egret
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    Mike Hooper (viator)'s 2008 List

    Aug 13 A morning walk in the central catchment forests yielded a flock of 3 Blue-rumped Parrots the rarest of the resident parrots and one other new year bird Chestnut-bellied Malkoha. 458. Blue-rumped Parrot 459. Chestnut-bellied Malkoha In the afternoon I went to look for early wader...
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    Mike Hooper (viator)'s 2008 List

    July 27 Marina East Another of the numerous possibly feral species that are escapees or descended from escapees. 457. Yellow-crowned Bishop
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    Mike Hooper (viator)'s 2008 List

    Many thanks to whoever added the stars!
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    Mike Hooper (viator)'s 2008 List

    July 6 Bukit Timah Nature Reserve A stroll through the jungle away from the crowds added two more year birds. The Short-tailed Babbler is one I've heard in the forest quite a few times but never had a definitive look at one! 455. Drongo Cuckoo 456. Short-tailed Babbler
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