Oriental Pied Hornbill pair @P.Ubin by Jeff

Male


Female, shown foraging in wild orchids


"From Ubin all the way to Ferry point Jeff heard a chain of loud cackle, yak-yak-yak. These feathers appear to omnipresent. A widespread and fairly common resident throughout most of the region. Rare resident in Singapore.

Came as a pair. Female's casque is smaller and darker than the male's. Shown pair in available evening light only."

Thanks to Jeff for kindly allowing me to reproduce his images here. All rights remain his!
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Oliva miniacea RODING, 1798 Cowrie @ Cyrene by Kev

IMG_1604_cowrie, originally uploaded by koiyau.

This cowrie(?) was a fast burrower in sand! I had left it on the sand hoping to take a few shots of it after a few landscape shots but it had nearly disappeared into the sand. After some gentle digging around I found it again. So I placed it on some nice green algae to get my shot then replaced it back into the sandy substrate. Anyone knows what this is?

edit:thanks to wei for the id and the additional info!

Pelagic Crab feeding on algae

IMG_1612_crab_algae-2, originally uploaded by koiyau.

Saw this little critter busy picking at the algae JUST when the tide's coming in and we all had to leave.. snapped a few shots thru the wavy water so the image isn't sharp.. a video would have be nicer...

Sandfish Sea Cucumber (Holothuria scraba) @ Cyrene by Kev

IMG_1608, originally uploaded by koiyau.

Geoff spotted this pretty specimen of a sea cucumber and fondly called it tiger stripes and got it to pose for me. Ha.. need to find out its species name.. it slips my mind for now.. I believe this is the edible variety (post processing of cos)

edit:gosh can't believe it took me so long to find the species name.
I proudly declare its found ha. but am still a little unsure.
erm supporting link here

Various Butterflies

excellent collection of butterfly pics here!

Mating Lesser Grass Blue Butterflies by t7330

View this excellent photo!
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Dolphins near St John's Island and Lazarus

DOLPHINS! 6-10 wild dolphins in our waters!
photos and clips on the urban forest blog
http://uforest.blogspot.com/2007/06/dolphins.html
and ashira blog
http://ashira.blogspot.com/2007/06/dolphins-in-singapore.html

p.s. sorry for long hiatus in posts! have been trying edit some photos to try to get them out on the blog  stay tuned!

Little Heron feeding by jayyquix

link to CS

Emerald Dove by DeSwitch

"Pardon my blur photo.. 1st time using my new lens then and this dove was so elusive. lierally chasing him around the forest..."

the photo is pretty sharp i feel heh check out this bird it seems to be uncommon in sg
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Black Tipped Reef Shark @ P. Semakau by Kevin

edit: added this google maps thingy. p.s. click on the satellite pic to see it in full glory!
p.s. coords are inexact now...

WOW! i was like shark??!?!???
haha boy was I lucky to have eagled eyed companions for today's teamseagrass survey. Sharp eyed Robin also identified the black tip which I can only verify later from my shots.
albeit blur and small.. (darn I need an canon IS telephoto zoom!!!)
you can roughly see the shark in mid day!

detailed account:
we were going for a tour of P.Semakau after a tiring seagrass survey and fighting the mozzies on the trail back. Just when we thought that's all the island had to offer us for the day. Someone shouted 'Shark!'. The nice bus driver slowed down the bus and then eventually stopped. Everyone was in disbelief and denial and there were quite a few 'where got??' (add to the fact that we were kinda late for the boat) so nobody really wanted to leave the bus until Robin gave an inspiring shout of " Get off the bus to see clearly lah!"
hahah so that's how i got the shot.. ;p

Dolphins @ St. John's

from wildsingapore:
Dolphins sighted in Singapore! with video clips!
on the habitatnews blog
http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/index.php?entry=/marine/20070407-dolphin_video-st_johns.txt

Paradise tree snake eating a gecko @ changi boardwalk by francis

Wow
I haven't seen the snake in the wild before but this lucky guy got it eating a gecko!

thanks to Francis for graciously providing the images for use here. all copyrights remain his :)
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knobbly seastar Protoreaster nodosus @ Cyrene

IMG_1384_raw seastar transect tape peg, originally uploaded by koiyau.

spotted this knobbly seastar (Protoreaster nodosus) at Cyrene reefs while helping out with teamseagrass surveys. Guess it wanted to join in the survey? haha sorry you are not big enough yet!

p.s. No seastars were moved in this posed shot. gears were surrepitiously moved around it instead lolz

Insects @ Lower Pierce by stevewhy

Thanks to stevewhy for graciously volunteering his images! Will label them when I get more time.

Spider marcos from Henry Park by tchuanye

Stunning macros once again from tchuanye!
there's a green crab spider with a nest and more!
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Paradise Tree Snake by Daniel Koh

Rather humourous shot of the snake peeking from behind a rock! Must see
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Thanks for Daniel for graciously allowing his pics to be used here.

Crow-billed Drongo @ P. Ubin by mphil

"P.Ubin's CBD - Crow-billed Drongo

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Not the business district, but a very shy and elusive bird. Managed to take some pics of this bird that has a beak like a crow and tail feathers of a drongo. There is at least a family of 4 CBDs living on the island. Spotted them several times before but never been able to get a clear shot of them yet."
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Sunda (brown-capped) Woodpecker Dendrocopus moluccensis by Daniel Koh

Excellent Close up of Sunda Woodpecker by Daniel Koh!
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Thanks to Daniel for allowing me to reproduce his images here!

Atlas moth @ Sungei Buloh by lovells19

I haven't seen its wings folded up before its antenna is also clearly shown in the pic! Someone posted the larva stage as well. Hmm seem to recall that their appearance is seasonal. Has it been a year already? Time flies
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Butterfly Common Rose @ Istana Woodneuk by espion

There's a Papilio polytes romulus (Common Mormon) and a Common Rose in the CS thread
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