The heart of MacRitchie...

After the initial rains, I've finally surveyed a total of 12 sites around MacRitchie reservoir and even finding time to take a walk along the canopy bridge. Guess what I found sleeping in the hollow of a dead tree...


Collared scops owl (Otus bakkamoena)

...during noon time! It seemed totally unaffected by the blazing sun beating down on everything. If only I had this owl's capability to sleep right through everything during NS...

Right now, I'm dead tired from all that walking, bashing and tree-hugging. Need rest, before heading to Upper Mandai forest, somewhere between Seletar and Upper Peirce reservoirs, with 12 more sites. Getting the GPS readings for the actual sites were tough, with all that canopy cover. So much for modern technology, stumbled by simple cloud and tree cover...