Ducks@SBG

Lesser Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna javanica) or Wandering Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata)
Hopefully, they are Lesser Whistling Ducks, native water fowl.

Lesser Whistling Duck and Wandering Whistling Duck as both look almost the same. There are some differences as below:
Lesser: yellow eye ring, not-so prominent white plumes, no spot on breast, red uppertail coverts, lack of prominent dark crown and nape.
Wandering: no yellow eye ring, prominent white plumes, spots on breast, pale undertail coverts, prominent dark crown and nape.
From:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/lawrenceneo/sets/72157624124726639/comments/

It seems necessary to take some photos from Jurong Bird park later.

Yellow Bittern@SBG

Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis

Just like the pond in the Japanese garden, you can always find yellow bittern around the Eco lake of SBG. However, this guy is more alert and ready to fly away. To take photo of this bird really needs more patience.

Sunbird @ Singapore Botanic gardens

A female sunbird, but not sure the specific ID

Would like to get some suggestion from you

植物园SBG trip after NUS open house

再见，泰坦魔芋Say good bye to Titan (8am,10th,Dec)

The park staff have moved the titan arum back and now it is time to celebrate Christmas in SBG. Hopefully, other titan will bloom soon!

看来昨天说的没错，再次看到泰坦魔芋要等到下次开花了。

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Celebrating Singapore's Biodiversity 2010 on FACEBOOK shares the Final video of the Titan - spathe has folded up & spadix has flopped downwards (video taken in the night, 9th, Dec).

泰坦魔芋花（titan arum）盛开还是凋零will fully open or close?(9am, 9th, Dec)

如果能看到完全绽放的泰坦魔芋，该有多好！难道真的要等到下一株开花吗？

泰坦魔芋花（titan arum）慢慢开opening sloooowly(8am, 8th, Dec)

Can it fully open in this week? Toooooooooooo slow!!!!!

There is another opinion that the titan arum may wither instead will open fully.

Normally it takes one to two days for titan arum to fully open and close three or four days later, here are some links:

http://biology.fullerton.edu/facilities/greenhouse/amorphophallus/tiffy2003.html

http://www.clemetzoo.com/animal_plant/horticulture/cronus-2010.asp

不知道泰坦魔芋花能否完全打开，因为以往的观察显示泰坦魔芋一两天就完全绽放了，然后很快就关了，上面有两个链接可以参考。

泰坦魔芋花（titan arum）即将绽放opening soon(8am, 7th, Dec)

泰坦魔芋花（titan arum）即将绽放opening soon(8pm, 6th, Dec)

泰坦魔芋花（titan arum）即将绽放opening soon(9am, 6th, Dec)

泰坦魔芋花（Titan Arum）即将绽放Opening soon（4th,Dec）

Hopefully, it can be fully opened tomorrow morning

前两张照片拍摄于周日下午四时许4pm, 5th, Dec

后两张拍摄于周六下午三时许3pm, 4th, Dec

泰坦魔芋花还是没有开放 The flower of Titan Arum is still not open :(

已经超过预计开花期十天左右了，泰坦魔芋还是没有打开，但是有一点点变化。

泰坦魔芋花（Titan Arum）仍含苞待放（9am,28th,Nov）

Next week？

泰坦魔芋花（Titan Arum）仍然含苞待放（9am,26th,Nov）

Will it open soon？

泰坦魔芋花（Titan Arum）依旧含苞待放（7pm,24th,Nov）

请继续等待吧

泰坦魔芋花(Titan Arum)含苞待放(morning,22nd,Nov)

今早九点拍摄于植物园

野生泰坦魔芋生长在苏门答腊，据说这是世界上最大的花朵，同时它独特尸臭味不但吸引了苍蝇甲虫传粉，也吸引了人们的注意。

经过生物学家的探索，各地植物园在温室里人工培育了泰坦魔芋，不过等待开花的盛况需要极大的耐心。新加坡植物园于2006年从美国加州Huntington植物园引进泰坦魔芋球茎栽培，终于要开花了。

下图显示了泰坦魔芋的生活史：

Poster引自www.botany.wisc.edu/art/pages/posters.html

Macro Photography Workshop @ SBG显微摄影

以前没尝试过拍微小的动物，因为觉得自己的相机和技巧不够档次。今天有幸参加了显微摄影的培训，才发现原来普通的相机也可以拍出小细节。感谢LUAN KENG 和 COLLEEN。