Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
I spent one afternoon walking around the reserve photographing a bunch of different birds, monitor lizards and mudskippers. When I was heading back out (on the main entry bridge) I was fortunate enough to have an Oriental Pied Hornbill searching the trees for food come very close and get some fantastic photos of the encounter.
![The entrance sign to the reserve](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/17acd672-8087-4d8d-9947-2b440d357504_rw_1920.jpg?h=202d9d65568cb9d23550f36e756a3ca5)
The entrance sign to the reserve
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/2547d6a9-22f5-44b7-9b0e-065ee87f7acb_rw_1920.jpg?h=4ba03d3f9eedfc62af453c44caa9e8fa)
![Hmmm, no swimming then...](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/1a9fa525-399a-4f81-ab7f-16862a92a8b3_rw_1920.jpg?h=4b92563c2d2b44853707114fa52460dc)
Hmmm, no swimming then...
![Plantain squirrel](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/307550a0-0ab1-4de1-a3d9-c72b940a1251_rw_1920.jpg?h=94cf51aafcbbf4cf99d0b359f6646cab)
Plantain squirrel
![Plantain squirrel](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/29fe9542-8a6c-4e57-a584-ed4d6b8eff50_rw_1920.jpg?h=bbc0d25142133cb44306b1fad98dee68)
Plantain squirrel
![Grey-headed Fish Eagle](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/c0b4596a-5f87-4527-83ba-2255872a856e_rw_1920.jpg?h=fe15f04139c3a884766022b951e70dc9)
Grey-headed Fish Eagle
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/01a67d74-4a66-47ee-a707-18d8c26f48d4_rw_1920.jpg?h=3ae81f9a39a0c056256cd27a6fa8995a)
![Osprey mobbing a White-bellied sea eagle that stole it's perch](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/dceac5d2-310d-416e-8e07-1d99d8bddc40_rw_1920.jpg?h=c7d61be0ef064219916ffa2e1996815f)
Osprey mobbing a White-bellied sea eagle that stole it's perch
![Giant mudskipper](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/1c5ad09c-9a3b-4ef7-afe2-e81f0c92e786_rw_1920.jpg?h=366bc61047f43e6de4cf3e9cdf40e50b)
Giant mudskipper
![Giant mudskipper](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/8b1d582e-3eb9-4173-a164-573e57986df4_rw_1920.jpg?h=49bea46b943c8d45dd2cc6794a22ff9b)
Giant mudskipper
![A tree-climbing crab](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/85c7e4c6-112e-49a4-a53f-bfc2936d908c_rw_1920.jpg?h=f18ee991615329f82ecc89c534d704c8)
A tree-climbing crab
![Blue-spotted mudskipper](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/f40eb390-81b3-489d-947c-219cf37e7a05_rw_1920.jpg?h=0f1ec9554d82ce2e8f03f3d0e2efc6fc)
Blue-spotted mudskipper
![Giant mudskipper](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/605e9000-8f0c-4949-aac1-03e274f02138_rw_1920.jpg?h=ce6a2d8a8df8018609d05f47d559e574)
Giant mudskipper
![Blue-spotted mudskippers having an argument](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/b4717630-b7e6-43cc-bdcd-8d61b71458e7_rw_1920.jpg?h=bbb755c0c5ae6bc31d8e2e578cf3a93f)
Blue-spotted mudskippers having an argument
![Blue-spotted mudskippers](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/6e944cec-e8d2-4dfe-932c-952462e2663f_rw_1920.jpg?h=b05885298ca6d0fa5d692b038f90e87b)
Blue-spotted mudskippers
![Blue-spotted mudskipper](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/372cf5c0-e3f3-4793-9d70-cf02378b5646_rw_1920.jpg?h=85d082c40f79946bcd23f9bf79f8fff2)
Blue-spotted mudskipper
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/65c4c12b-5d15-4198-a6b3-03be8d86d34a_rw_1920.jpg?h=89c4498863ec75b6a91f90719f7a2fac)
![Aren't you supposed to be in the water?](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/bbbbc6f2-6ffe-4745-8f5a-20ec986510d8_rw_1920.jpg?h=a2c0993e7c36e39626de116cba36f6e6)
Aren't you supposed to be in the water?
![Oriental Pied Hornbill grabbing massive caterpillars and feasting on them](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/e2ef81b4-0afb-4bfd-8b29-65c987702b6e_rw_1920.jpg?h=5df10d7a676fd30794213bd8ba61a92e)
Oriental Pied Hornbill grabbing massive caterpillars and feasting on them
![The hornbill kept searching the trees for more catterpillars](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/bd057089-1a2c-4f48-90c4-44d000ce8445_rw_1920.jpg?h=d89b0540d0ad5fe49231236afb773657)
The hornbill kept searching the trees for more catterpillars
![A Stork-billed Kingfisher, unfortunately I didn't manage to get this one up close. One day...](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/783fe719-5f46-4dc4-a5e0-83057a546075_rw_1920.jpg?h=dd56a531dc20be3d08aba7b2837cb680)
A Stork-billed Kingfisher, unfortunately I didn't manage to get this one up close. One day...
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/93cd18bc-c206-4571-94d9-1e8a064e87a9_rw_1920.jpg?h=bad124466c16cbcca271d64a7bd3d09b)
Then came the close-up! Oriental Pied Hornbill with a caterpillar in its beak
![Oriental Pied Hornbill](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/9a977e5b-218a-4317-86a4-a01f15c3175c_rw_1920.jpg?h=1f2777796d9d3e06b545ea98acb063e8)
Oriental Pied Hornbill
![Oriental Pied Hornbill](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/07c8c6d7-73df-44a4-9b28-b7bd7c748c5b_rw_1920.jpg?h=a621b99f0e1bc4bf16263251580294bd)
Oriental Pied Hornbill
![Oriental Pied Hornbill](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/0dc29640-248c-44c0-bd88-703d0f1661d5_rw_1920.jpg?h=a74aeb3f408e79e66963634b6ed8017a)
Oriental Pied Hornbill
![Oriental Pied Hornbill](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/0853c2fd-bf8d-44c7-9598-34c42dd942fc_rw_1920.jpg?h=bf611e5886366a3f0a3ac05e427c1591)
Oriental Pied Hornbill
![Oriental Pied Hornbill](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/45a89046-07e3-4183-945c-8616cacd1eb0_rw_1920.jpg?h=2df1a524f538ee4b99798cbd2ba8e3f0)
Oriental Pied Hornbill
![Little Egret](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/b67c6336-747c-4115-ae5e-401d0ad6e0ab_rw_1920.jpg?h=c824759686af0c0b189a182a3137e6d9)
Little Egret
![Water Monitor Lizard](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/315156b3-951e-4a94-82b1-cf8b8e4854dd_rw_1920.jpg?h=114dcb494f20f5bc0ca38c508120c28c)
Water Monitor Lizard
![Water Monitor Lizard](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/e0d8b5a8-0359-4d13-8c2e-f6a3c1bd7133_rw_1920.jpg?h=495777aec5f5d1ab334f8b152d3dfebb)
Water Monitor Lizard
![Water Monitor Lizard](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/5fc4b9b7-b8fe-48b1-9cdb-919176d0d972_rw_1920.jpg?h=9ede66ab1bdaa82b7a8c5a915938aea7)
Water Monitor Lizard
![The sun was nicely warming the pathway which attracted a lot of monitor lizard](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/4d9f220a-e0aa-4ef9-9d17-b1cb978381da_rw_1920.jpg?h=32157b938ededf2c53a5cb1591800b6f)
The sun was nicely warming the pathway which attracted a lot of monitor lizard
![Water Monitor Lizard](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/29e49d60-9764-41ac-9783-a9de6c1bc0c8_rw_1920.jpg?h=9af7791c75e2d1550071caf52e3791ec)
Water Monitor Lizard
![Water Monitor Lizard](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/92e27f4f-8203-4fe4-a20a-df81e23880a1_rw_1920.jpg?h=11c57f362374199356d9d28bfec7ceab)
Water Monitor Lizard
![Common Redshank](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/df6eb55f-3e43-4b99-b79a-a8dd136dae38_rw_1920.jpg?h=e9e4af8fa50578a63577e8102421fad6)
Common Redshank
![Common Sun Skink](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/cc336b31-70c5-4de7-97c5-754bc02e2fb8_rw_1920.jpg?h=4da04418bb155777e33472e4282a4273)
Common Sun Skink
![Common Redshank](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/998d64e3-b153-4ff4-8a23-044305ed6921_rw_1920.jpg?h=1298a43887899e11e640dc9603e515de)
Common Redshank
![Collared Kingfisher](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/af6da635-197d-4d61-97c9-9f340875746d_rw_1920.jpg?h=269f25325aa2a75270d3ee4709ca78a4)
Collared Kingfisher
![Common Sun Skink](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/9cca2958-10ba-4ddb-8c56-0fbd10c3b597_rw_1920.jpg?h=8b813d37577619c906e96094544cb793)
Common Sun Skink
![Common Sun Skink](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/d89fa950-5df1-4f53-b735-f2f64947ae15_rw_1920.jpg?h=3cc38acb0bdda65c119b856fa662c298)
Common Sun Skink
![Common Sun Skink](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/590375fb-0158-4b65-835b-b1af10bda1ca_rw_1920.jpg?h=a21f4d88a0da0dd948b4d45742ea25d8)
Common Sun Skink
![Grey-headed Fish Eagle](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/0b21063a-8d4c-484e-b1c6-f6c8b0801f9d_rw_1920.jpg?h=71d8aaa2e50c3895572a8485012defd0)
Grey-headed Fish Eagle
![A pair of Collared Kingfishers](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/d3361b24-9bf7-4cf5-8b74-157165d9bf06_rw_1920.jpg?h=99a62e38a8368e84431387e5778365e8)
A pair of Collared Kingfishers
![Stork-Billed Kingfisher](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/ebae898a-f698-41f8-b6ef-54cb1bf18c33_rw_1920.jpg?h=a1c743ac9e1d12837c7ca3610ffcafed)
Stork-Billed Kingfisher
![Water Monitor Lizard](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/835f1410-4c1a-43ef-a52b-6e8806a7afdd_rw_1920.jpg?h=17f3532508f592964ebeba0d3ce99069)
Water Monitor Lizard
![Water Monitor Lizard](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/0f0e5349-f1fd-49bd-a05d-147ea1162527_rw_1920.jpg?h=fde3369fa6cf524050e3efe6599029c4)
Water Monitor Lizard
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/c3c2af45-dbf7-4537-b5d7-89f8ee744a1b_rw_1920.jpg?h=3c2b04634f1898bbd8a64103a0d3d3b9)
Singapore Botanical Garden
The next morning I visited the botanical gardens to check the plants and see what birds I could find there.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/a815b6b0-1587-49c0-b691-8a7e78e012fb_rw_1920.jpg?h=d679ff13faff6bf3a79d10a54bb14236)
![Pink-necked Green Pigeon](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/33507874-6863-4373-8c1d-c52b1aae9a4d_rw_1920.jpg?h=cb3dac137fd69d4711162d72cfedb7c0)
Pink-necked Green Pigeon
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/1b54bbbc-d37c-413b-914f-e6f3c0ff02fa_rw_1920.jpg?h=2e9569e9be982a0af729b37f2232ebc4)
![Javan Myna](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/28c64de9-14fb-4de6-a4ca-8ba11033cfd6_rw_1920.jpg?h=2aa47db70ca78b94c7021ae0e1551382)
Javan Myna
![Javan Myna](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/3616adf0-c244-4d4e-8edb-93c11e0cf441_rw_1920.jpg?h=2e756d902882ac78ca89b807ee3811f5)
Javan Myna
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/ad626830-56d0-4a8d-a904-e3cf945343b1_rw_1920.jpg?h=9f65d6c6cc26b6e4643cc81a113ff5ae)
![Little heron](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/3ea989bf-c742-4232-97af-8c4ff2119c02_rw_1920.jpg?h=c32834337a2a6dac4e53f3c924bb4631)
Little heron
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1da3c4a-c7e9-439f-99b8-7c35f231fcf0/540c43a7-6bbf-4de5-b5c2-19e43ef41180_rw_1920.jpg?h=3db05e01e1f6c94df3cb20f91a94c3cd)