Botanics 17...Yipeee!

When I was at SBG on the 17th......

That day, my sis and my mum brought me

to SBG. While getting ready to start,( already

@ SBG ) this large moth came flying around.

It was soo lovely, that I thought it was a butterfly

at first.

I got that pic of it when it landed on one of the

wood sculptures in the vicinity. In the marsh

garden, it was really muddy. I got my pants soaked

with mud while trying to shoot this pointed line blue.

Walking around the swan lake, I do not know

how, but I spotted this spider. It was quite

colourful, and I managed a head shot.

Then, near the dell lake, my mother pointed this

ashy tailorbird out while I was busy chasing waterhens.

He was on a low branch just above me. In his beak

was a worm, and he was knocking it against the branch,

to kill the worm.

Here he is, perching proudly after his meal.

When we neared the forested patch, one of S'pore's

most beautiful birds showed up. The white rumped

shama. I went to BTNR many times to find him,

and there he was. This pic shows the white rump.

With bright orange underparts, glossy mantle

and wings, and the super long tail, the shama

steals the hearts of people who see it.( Him )

The tail is so long that I cannot show the whole

of it in the pic below.

It was a very successful day, but it began to look

darker... We were all parched so we headed for

the water cooler gazebo. From there we could see

a pair of collard kingfishers sitting on a coconut

palm.

Just when we were walking back to the entrance,

the calls of hill mynas caught our attention.

There were two in the tree, I managed to

get a shot of the lower one. This is the first time I

shot him nicely!

At the entrance, while my mother and sis waited

for a taxi, I snapped this shot.

Wow! I did rather well with bird photography

that day, and nailed some that I had never seen

before.... It was a wonderful day!

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