Visited the Pasir Ris mangroves in early February and came across this wader sitting across from the mangrove viewing platform near the Heronry. It was quietly sitting on a branch amongst overhanging leaves. It was a little finicky in that it was keeping a lookout for any sudden concerns....a predatory raptor maybe? It was a high tide at that time and so the mudflats all around the mangrove would have been covered. Not much for a wader to do but to sit out the tide.
The wailing in the background was coming from some party function at a park shelter some distance away. The volume control knob must have broken off as it was rather loud. Perhaps the whimbrel was instead annoyed by the loud music instead.That would not have been surprising. Perhaps the park managers need to exercise some volume control over such sound intensive activities. The Pasir Ris mangroves are after all one of the last remaining mangrove patches on mainland Singapore's Northern coastline.
Time : about 4.00 pm
Location : Pasir Ris Mangroves, opposite viewing platform
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