On October 24, 2012, I took Silk Air MI636 to Siem Reap for a week. Silk Air currently flies to Siem Reap everyday of the week, but on some days there is one stop in Da Nang, Vietnam. This was one of those days, but still it was a pleasant flight and I got to see a bit more from the air.
On Saturday, Sept 22, Danny, Kok Hui and I drove up to Malaysia to meet up with Ang to survey the paddyfields at Sungai Rambai, also known as Batu Gajah or Merlimau, two towns in the area.
Meeting on October 13 at 6:00 am at One Degree North marina we set out promptly reaching Sisters Islands at 6:15 am. We were the first to clear immigration, and were off to a good, but hazy start.
Another in the series of NParks sponsored surveys of the Straits of Singapore got underway shortly after 6:00am on Saturday, September 15th. The dawn was good and it would stay rainless the entire day, but rather hazy; and it grew quite hot and humid as there was almost no breeze. At times the sea was glassy smooth.
Sulawesi: 20 June through 2 July 2012
I recently completed a 13 day trip to Sulawesi, visiting two parks, Tangkoko Batuangus Nature Reserve (8,718 hectares) and Lore Lindu National Park (218,000 hectares). Tangkoko is one of the most accessible spots for a good introduction to lowland Sulawesi fauna and photography; and Lore Lindu is one of the best for highland fauna.
Meeting at 6:00 am at One Degree North yacht club on Sentosa, we began a self funded outing to check out the spring migration.
On Saturday Feb 19, 2012, Danny Lau, his son Jia Sheng and myself were bird watching in Panti Forest. We had spent the early hours near the second stream and sometime after 9 am we decided to backtrack towards the entrance of Bunker Trail. Continue Reading →
At 5 am on Friday, Nov 25, 2011, Danny, Jia Sheng and I set off for a three day, two night trip to Parit Jawa and the surrounding rice paddies.
Meeting at 6:00 am at the One Degree North marina, we began the last of the NParks sponsored surveys of the Singapore Straits.
Change of climate, anyone? Think of winter clothes, hats, gloves, boots, minus 10 degrees. Several of us went for a winter self-drive bird photography trip to Hokkaido in February 2011.
