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Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park and Lower Peirce Reservoir-Singapore

10,000 Birds

By the time we reached the Upper Thomson Road we had a spent three hours sauntering through the park and had a list of over forty bird species. We had learnt from signs over the days we had been in Singapore that they have a problem with people dumping unwanted pets and we presume this to be the case in the reservoir.

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Good Hummingbirds at El Tapir

10,000 Birds

A few of this species were at El Tapir the other day and we were very pleased to watch them zip around the Porterweed bushes. To top off the list of unusual species, we also saw two species rarely seen outside of cloud forest; Coppery-headed Emerald , and Magenta-throated Woodstar. or even Hudsonian Godwit.

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Bird Love Week: How They Get It Done

10,000 Birds

Greater White-fronted Geese are one of many species that mate for life. Aside from geese, various albatross, alcids, eagles, owls, cranes, swans and condors have life partners as well. Ducks, like these Chiloe Wigeon , are infamous for their violent, sometimes forced copulations.

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