On Wednesday morning, our friend took
us along with her mom for a tour of the Sungei Buloh Wetland reserve. We left
around 7:30am and got to the far northwest edge of Singapore by 8:00. Malaysia
was less than 1 km away, across the straits of Johor.
We learned afterwards that this is
considered one of the best places to go bird watching in Singapore but we only
stayed an hour or so because the mosquitos started to be bothersome. We did see
dozens of wading and shore birds, including the very colorful stork-billed
kingfisher (here and here), a crimson sunbird, and some Brahminy kites. Others have seen many types of birds, including the oriental pied hornbill. Some of the more exciting
things, to us, though, were all the Malayan water monitor lizards. The first
one we saw was at least 2 meters long and quite stocky. We saw many more on our
walk, but none quite this big. We also saw a crocodile resting in the water as
we walked back. It was hard to believe that we were in Singapore.
Lots of other,
more serious, photographers and birders have posted lots of great photos from
the wetland, just a quick google search away (like here).
Here are a few very short videos (in which you can also hear some super loud cicadas):
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| just past the entrance |
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| remember: don't hold the birds |
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| a giant mudskipper, almost a foot long |
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| it was very low tide |
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| on the northern edge of the park |
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| two Brahminy Kites on the right (with white heads) |
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| stork-billed kingfisher |
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| that's Malaysia |
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| a gigantic monitor lizard, longer than 6 feet |
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| a medium-sized monitor lizard hanging out in a pond, there were two others here, too |
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| we were startled by a lizard sunning itself on the path |
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| I think it was scared of us |
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| we spotted a crocodile from a bridge on the loop back |
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| the croc is that light dot in the water in the lower right |
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| more monitor lizards |
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| sunning himself by the path, probably about 4 feet long |
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