裕廊湖观鸟Birding @ Jurong Lake, Good Friday 2011

Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) and i love this photo very much
经常可以看到一只紫鹭在裕廊湖周围（裕华园，星和园，高尔夫球场，地铁站草地）活动，但一直没法确认是否是同一只紫鹭。

清晨和傍晚时分，星和园的荷花池是最常近距离观看紫鹭的地方

不过一定要仔细搜寻，因为它的颜色和枯萎的荷叶很相近

Chinese Pond heron ( Ardeola bacchus) with colorful breeding feather
池鹭是种候鸟，这是我们首次在裕廊湖一带观察到池鹭 。

This is the first time we spot it here, although ~mantamola~ showed a flock of Chinese pond herons appeared @ Pasir Ris Park recently

给池鹭拍照很吃力，它在长草丛里觅食，手头未升级的傻瓜相机无法很好的聚焦

This bird is extremely alert and fly away when I am still quite far from him
稍微靠近一点，这只池鹭就远走高飞了，留下模糊的背影

This Little Heron (Butorides striatus) visits the pond frequently
绿鹭也很机警，不过这只公园常客能够容忍摄影师的镜头

It seems most Cattle Egrets (Bubulcus ibis) left Singapore already and this one with bright breeding feather is still hanging around
曾经聚集了数百只牛背鹭的裕廊湖已经盛宴不再，只有少数几只牛背鹭没有北行，依然悠闲享受湖畔美景。内在的激素已经改变了羽毛的色彩,不知是否能够挑动它那一路北行的心

It is alone

Will this egret stay here?

A Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)
黄小鹭

Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis), male
鹊鶋，甜美婉转的嗓音险些让它们绝种

Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis), female

Pied Fantail (Rhipidura javanica)
 不知这只扇尾鹟是在喝水，还是洗漱

looks like a chick of Ashy Tailorbird (Orthotomus ruficeps)

流着口水的小鸟

在黄槿树下守候了老半天，终于拍到几张好动小鸟的照片

This yellow-vented bulbul (Pyconontus goiavier) is a common garden bird here.
想学习拍鸟吗，去公园里找黄臀鹎练手先

It is not shy and can be a very good model for photographer

This white-vented myna (Acridotheres javanicus) just landed before me and tried to find any food either in my plastic bag or my shoes and foot. It is so close to my camera and I have to change to macro mode to take this photo.
新加坡最常见的鸟：家八哥。它们的数量如此之多，聚集起来对食阁停车场环境影响之大，以至于新加坡政府不得不听取民意，将家八哥列为害鸟，甚至曾经组织队伍进行猎杀

A collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) and you should have heard their call if you ever visited Jurong lake or SBWR
白领翡翠

A female Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)
雌 躁鹃

Normally you can only notice them by their calls 

 在新加坡，不是雄鸡唱晓，而是躁鹃

A happy Plantain Squirrel (Callosciurus notatus)大蕉松鼠

First trip to Beting Bronok (BB)

There are at least two B.B. in Singapore: Bukit batok and Beting Bronok. However, most Singaporean are not familiar with Beting Bronok, a submerged reef located near Pulau Tekong and only exposed during extremely low tide.
Thank LK and Ron for the invitation of this unforgettable trip.

No jetty here and we have to use a ladder for the landing
and boarding

The crabs are camouflage experts. Here is a elbow crab (Family Parthenopidae)

Sponge crab (Family Dromiidae)

The sponge crabs normally hold a sponge or an ascidian, and move quite slowly

Spider crab (Family Majidae). This guy lets sponges grow and cover its body
So cute and I love it!

In the sea pen, there are many pretty sea pen porcelain crabs (Pocellanella picta) hide inside.

well camouflage

seems with a tiny sea star

flatworm (Class Turbellaria).

Purple-spotted yellow flatworm (Pseudoceros laingensis)
These guys are super thin and can slip into narrow space to hunt or hide

hell's fire anemone family (Actinodendronidae)
According to Ron, it gives painful stings, so stay away from this awesome guy

Bohol nudibranch (Discodoris boholiensis)
This guy eats sponge

A colorful nudibranch: uthona sibogae

More colorful without flash

A tiny and lovely pink sea urchin

sea urchin

pencil sea urchins named after its thick spines

sea star Nepanthia sp.

Biscuit Sea Star (Goniodiscaster scaber)

Sea pen

Common sea pen

lovely sea pen

sea hare will release this kind of purple color dye when disturbed. A lucky scientist use sea hare as a learning model and win noble prize.

tens of Hairy Sea Hares (Bursatella leachii) here

Sea cucumber

octopus

jelly fish

sponge

leaf slug

a onyx cowrie (Cypraea onyx) is laying eggs
Gong gong with a pair of strange eyes, and can jump

A spiral  melongena (Pugilina cochlidium)snail is laying eggs

flowery soft coral

  Tunicate (Phylum Chordata)

How time flies! The Sun is coming out and the tide is coming in, and we have to leave this wonderful place.
Sunrise

Don't know who set these traps and we cannot do anything for the unfortunate sharks and toadfishes in the cages

baby sharks?

These toadfishes and sharks are relatively luck as this cage is still in the water and they should survive longer compared with the dried fishes in another cage