Colugo find @ Bukit Timah Nature Reserve near HQ
Started on the left from Car Park B - Dairy Farm Road > Seraya>Jungle Fall> Summit Path> Catchment Rock Path*> South View> Hindhede Park
Intro to our friends of BTNR before it close down in mid Sept
Main features - climbing the stairs Seraya , look out from Seraya Hut for Singapore Quarry, must visit Summit Rock 163 Metre, Rock path for the climbing down the granite rock face and Hindhede park for the pretty H. Quarry serene scenery and not forgetting the HQ for changing / wash up. Last but not least is the Ranger displays of wing seeds, Coluga, snakes specimen in alcohol etc and chatting with them.
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| Dipterocarp wing seed and colorful runners |
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| Flowering near HQ |
The ladies strike a post with the majestic forest giant. Rock Path
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| Spotted the calugo against the trunk straight away. |
Unlike the few weeks before, this time the Colugo was just on a tree nxt to the walkway to Hindhede Park.
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| The conspicuous pair of tiny red ears |
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| The inner lining of the flying machine |
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| Singapore Quarry - T platform Different activities today. Assignment under the hot sun! |
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| Saw a floating object thought was a water monitor. Closer look in x50 zoom resolved into three ducks! They have the whole quarry by themselves. |
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Well camouflaged and blended in well with the tree trunk color and texture
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| Leave study - a still living leaf with 'eaten' away portions. |
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| Hindhede Quarry Cliff Face close crop |
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Chng Tng ( Scaphium macropoda) Boat-shaped leaf
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| Jack fruit ( as contrast with the white one from Tarap) |
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| Group members for this Sat BTNR trekking |
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