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Sunday, 29 December 2013

TTW Saturday 28 2013


TTW in reverse order.

Shorten my travel time. Took a taxi from AMK to venus drive.

The TTW my >17 visits

The view 25 metre from above. I was there to look out for the cheng tng tree but didn't locate it



The thorny branches of Rattan Mantang

TTW

This large male appeared from no where. 

Statistics 

One man operated hut. Traffic is one way.
A six-toe palm like creeper with yellow tips


Honey Bees : In July this year i encountered the same type of nests build on the same tree. Watch  my yout ube video post to wildnut66 for the flickering of lines of bees and the gentle swaying of the nests in the breeze. 


Can you spot the honey bee's nest? 

The little stream Venus Drive 




Wednesday, 25 December 2013

DTL - Down town line ( new MRT stations) Telok Ayer

Far East Square - Telok Ayer
Nice model of the street buildings 

Take me there
Caged bulbs

Spiral and the man
Sprouting flower on the roof structure

Saturday, 21 December 2013

River Safari Dec 21 2013



Squirrel monkey

They are very  playful and active jumping from branches to branches

Toco Tucan face-on look

Golden-headed Lion Tamarin 
Up in the branch

Red panda closer view

Golden Pheasant with a coat of gold-like feather.  

Yangtze Alligator with short snout.
So you know where the term 'sitting duck' came from. Notice the fan-out  triangular pattern on the front portions

It actually rolls the eyelid like a shutter. So i waited for the shutter to move away... who wanted a closed eye look


Notice the short segment of the tracks are being lowered inside the tunnel... to raised the next boat one level up. Gravity-assist gave the boat the momentum to move forward.
Netted look of the flamingos shot in the boat ride. As this zip by you probably will miss 50% of the animals and even higher % if you want to capture their pics.

The Bill Board says it all 

Crowded  Saturday Morning


Red  panda - more agile than the jia jia , kai kai


Panda  FLAT out! and the other fellow was no where to be seen.


Lungfish

'7 candles' a common wasteland flowers
All facing the same direction in single file

Monday, 16 December 2013

Fort Canning revisited and a short stay

I waited for the fellow to walk further to lend a scale to the traveler's palm and staircase. 

The light house and the autumn looking foliage.
Nice figs.

This is terap Artocarpus elasticus. This time i can reach the fruit using my x50 optical zoom and hugged the lamp post as a giant monopod.   I recalled in past years i brought back a fruit and sectioned only to find it was sterilized and could not form any seeds inside.

Have to look up what this is being called. My version is Dr WHo disappearing / teleporting  chamber....

Now i  saw a tree house up there. My guess is the Horn-bill Project. Didn't see any occupant though....

Coming to the Fort Canning Park from Funan side I notice this pretty wild fowl perching on a tree branch. 
This little fellow - Asian brown flyeater was making a loud two syllable note.  
The fort - wide enough for a car to drive through. A side door on the inner left allow you to to the top
A police car was seen patrolling the trails  - my first time encounter in this park. Immigrant workers were seen  enjoying themselves picnicking gathering singing etc. There was even a dance fighting going on.  Little Indian rioting last week was still fresh in everyone's mind.  There are still places for photo shoot i didn't cover in this short trip.One day i will return.
Armenian church - from across the street i noticed something was sitting there. But the profile was  just too thin..  I walked up and saw a angel statue instead.

This is not from Fort Canning but from Yishun. Was heavy downpour on the saturday and this lone Collared KF taking a break.