Could this be the end?

[2100]

2100,

Was the questions meant for me?

Yup, was asking about the black crowned night heron, that's your first pic right?. I lost that good site that you or someone else posted, naturia.per.sg or something which has a list of bird IDs.

Equipment still function, luckily. Luckily i got the glass 2nd hand so not so hard pain.

 

[Garion]

Yup, was asking about the black crowned night heron, that's your first pic right?. I lost that good site that you or someone else posted, naturia.per.sg or something which has a list of bird IDs.

Equipment still function, luckily. Luckily i got the glass 2nd hand so not so hard pain.

It's http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/birds/birds.htm

Anyways, glad to hear that your equipment still working well. 50-500 is quite a hardy lens.

 

[2100]

Thanks Garion! Yup, Sigma EXs are quite hardy, even though the coating is not.

 

[skfoo]

2100,

Yup, was asking about the black crowned night heron, that's your first pic right?.

The images that I posted in this thread were all grey herons. Images and information on the black crowned night herons (not by me) can be found in this link:

http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/birds/Nycticorax_nycticorax.htm

Cheers!

 

[2100]

Yup, next time must look for small herons with red eyes (little heron has yellow eyes). Still have not come across any of them....

Basket, they go and fogged that KB area and killed/chased thousands of them away?! @Q#$!@#$@! ;(

 

[2100]

Hey, just got this. Hope this is not classified info.


For the record,
we managed to cover 51 sites around our island with 94 volunteers
& searching & counting every nooks & corners especially those important
sites for heronry & their feeding grounds.

I had forward all the necessary data to Wang Luan Keng for her evaluation
on the current status of Grey & Purple Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron
& the inclusion of Cattle Egret for this year census to estimate the existing
population of them since the culling & wing-clipping exercises by the authorities.

During this weekend survey, we managed to clock about 10 species of "Ardeidae"
family - Egrets, Herons, Bitterns and a total count of 1162 birds. A wild estimation
of 468 Cattle Egret, 313 Grey Heron, 171 Little Egret, 128 Little Heron, 41 Purple Heron
& 33 Black-Crowned Night-Heron.

As for important areas for herons & egrets sightings are Lower Seletar Dam, Khatib Bongsu,
Kranji Marshes at Neo Tiew Lane, Kranji Dam / Mandai Mudflat, Sungei Punggol,
Sungei Serangoon/Hougang Canal, Sungei Buloh WR/Kranji Nature Trail, Sungei Simpang,
Straits of Johor & North-Eastern Islands.

There was very few sightings of Purple Heron as they prefer streams & reservoirs. Black-crowned
Night-Heron was very difficult to locate except their strong hold at Sungei Serangoon, Khatib Bongsu
West coastal & Jurong areas. There is a need to conduct more regular survey at the Bird Park, Zoo,
Seletar Camp, NSRCC (Tanah Merah & Kranji Courses) to monitor their declining population.

We wish to take this opportunity to thank everyone especially those novice & new friends from
Clubsnap & Nature Photography Society (S'pore) for coming forward & volunteer your time
during this survey.

 

[skfoo]

I would like to take this opportunity to thanks all who have participated in the Heron Watch 2004. Your volunteerism at short notice is indeed commendable. I am personally touched (so is Ashley) by your actions and your ever willingness to step forward to help and to support nature conservation. Your volunteerism spirits go to show that we CARE for nature and its continuing well-being.

Enjoyment from nature photography does not start and end with the outcome of photographic images. It’s about the process of going through it - being a part of nature, watching and listening to nature as it unfolds itself, getting to know more about ourselves in the process, embracing and appreciating lives etc. It is in this light that makes most of us nature lovers first and photographers second. We certainly hope our future generations can continue to enjoy nature in Singapore and perhaps learn a thing or two from nature (some of the great inventions today started with inspirations derived from nature).

There is more to be done for nature in Singapore. We have close to 4,000,000 people but how many of them actually care for nature? Not many. There are just too few people like us around. This is why creating nature awareness among the general public is important. It is through knowing that people will become interested in nature. It is these interests that will fuel and sustain nature conservation efforts in Singapore for years to come.

As of today, we have less than 5% of green areas remaining. Let us start to do something for nature now before we live to regret in later years.

Cheers!

 

[skfoo]

Just to share, I came across the following article/letter titled “Stop killing wild birds needlessly” by NSS under ST Forum today (1 Oct 2004).

http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,4386,275478,00.html?

 

[Sree]

Just to share, I came across the following article/letter titled “Stop killing wild birds needlessly” by NSS under ST Forum today (1 Oct 2004).

http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,4386,275478,00.html?

Thanks for sharing with all of us skfoo. I had also read it in the papers this morning. I am glad the letter from NSS got published!

I was so upset when I first heard the news 5 weeks ago. I still cannot bring myself to go to the zoo or JBP (family member there) because I disagree with their action. Plus point of this "boycott" is that I went to MOG for the first time last Saturday.

However after a month, I wonder how much damage has already been done? My younger son, especially, is extremely upset about the action by Wildlife Singapore. But then they are not conservationists are they? Just there mainly to run a profitable enterprise so, par for the course I suppose.