A late afternoon at Ubin's Pekan Quarry proved a good spot for birdwatching. The usual suspects showed up. A grey headed fish eagle, stork-billed kingfisher, two common kingfishers, a dollarbird, barn swallows, bee-eaters, a flock of asian glossy starlings, a white bellied sea-eagle, a couple of brahminy kites, a pair of straw headed bulbuls, two oriental magpie robins, an oriental pied hornbill and lots of grey herons.
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| Common Kingfisher |
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| Barn Swallow |
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| Stork-Billed Kingfisher |
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| The endangered Grey Headed Fish Eagle |
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| Grey Herons loving the first installation of the new floating wetlands at Pekan Quarry. |
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| Grey Heron with Common Kingfisher |
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| Oriental Pied Hornbill |
The grey herons were enjoying the new floating wetlands installation. There were 4 to 5 islands of rafts lined with coconut husk fibres mat with some planted vegetation. Some of the herons, presumably juveniles, were actively picking at the reeds. This might be to practise their targeting skills.
The floating wetlands were also a hit with a group (about five) of visiting otters, (likely smooth-coated otters). Otters have only occasionally been seen at Pekan Quarry and it was great to see them using the newly installed floating wetlands. It also looked like 2 of the otters were spraying the coconut husk matting with their faeces which may be a sign that they are claiming the area as theirs.
Hope the otters like the wetlands enough to make it a permanent home.
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