和犀鸟一起躲雨oriental pied hornbills @Japanese garden

上次在星和园见到犀鸟一家，已是数月前的事了。这次又见到两只犀鸟，或许是那对父母。其中有一只犀非常活跃，用大嘴剥树皮，还在水塘里捡起面包。有只躲在树皮下的壁虎跑了出来，受到两只犀鸟的围追堵截，直接跳下树枝，摔在树下草地上，逃了一命。

We observed two oriental pied hornbills again at Japanese garden. It is not sure whether they are the parents we observed several months before at Chinese garden. This time, we noticed some behaviors of hornbills, as debark. One hornbill debarked the tree several times and we just thought he/she was cleaning the bill. Suddenly, a gecko escaped from the bark when one hornbill debark. Then both hornbills tried to chase the gecko, and the gecko jumped from the branch and falled onto the grass. Both hornbills looked downward but neither of them really flew down to catch the gecko. It is not clear whether or not hornbill debark for food as gecko and lizard.

雨又下了起来，犀鸟停在我触手可及的树枝上 I can almost touch the hornbill

难道犀鸟也想抓鱼吃

雨中观鸟Rainning Sunday Morning

大雨将至

第一次在紫鹭中看到水池里觅食purple mangrove feeding in the pond

紫鹭伸长脖子察看雨情long neck

紫鹭的典型姿势classical pose

这只紫鹭有两根羽毛受到损伤了

First trip to Semakau体验新加坡垃圾岛-实马高岛

实马高岛(Pulau Semakau )是新加坡垃圾的终点站，同时也是一个休闲娱乐好去处（垂钓、观鸟、骑车、观星以及漫步）。这里的垃圾是些焚烧过的无机废物，所以岛上空气清新，岛周围海水清澈。

莱佛士自然博物馆的实马高岛计划参见http://projectsemakau.rafflesmuseum.net/

hairy crab

紫色的小螃蟹 camoflage

某种伪装本领超强的螃蟹 camoflage

招潮蟹fiddler crab

某种海参sea cucumber

公路左侧是垃圾填埋场，这里的草木生机盎然

返航，中央金融区地平线

八月双溪布洛华语导游Mandarin guide walk @SBWR,August(XI)

今天上午的天气很适合户外活动，阴天偶尔飘着雨滴，参观红树林的时候正值退潮时分。

以下照片主要是活动后拍摄的，希望参与活动的朋友们能分享他们的精彩之作。

There are more participants than we expected as around ten walk-in visitors joined our guide walk today. We first watched birds and fishes at main bridge and main hide, followed with the classical video show, and then observed the creatures along the mangrove boardwalk. The tide was quite low and it is good to watch the crabs and mudskippers on the mudflat. 涨潮时，海水会淹没照片中间偏上的红树。

Low tide

太阳鸟爸爸前来喂食

male olive-backed sunbird
太阳鸟妈妈前来喂食
female olive-backed sunbird朱背啄花鸟
和黄臀鹎最喜欢这几株西印度假樱桃树的果实了
可能准备做窝了
很小的巨蜥宝宝
乌龟和巨蜥一起晒太阳
巨蜥招摇过市
凝视
害羞

马蹄蟹