13-Jul-2014 Bukit Timah Nature Reserve Sunday Dairy Farm to HQ

Dairy Farm Loop ( left) Main Road Summit , Main road , Keruing Path,  Taban loop, HQ ... Bus 170 - Botanic Garden MRT - Bishan - Home

WIng seed floating through the air..  the actual close up view below image

Junked by the monkey after a few bite.. the sweet white pulp inside. Ant knows better.

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Flying lemur Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

Finally spotted one in Taban loop Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.

Flying Lemur

Sunning bulbuls

High up in the canopy, even the x50 didnt reach near enough. Homalium grandiflorum -  flowering once every 20 years! Thanks Joseph Lai for this info

Zoomed in more grainier image but showing clearly the  odd number 7-petals flower and leaf structure.

Sometimes the lighting is better and show the shine of the feather instead of pitch black

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HSBC Tree Top View from Venus Drive June 29 2014 Sunday

Venus Drive to TTW

Elevation plot of the TTW walk from Venus Drive. After the bridge crossing there is a long flight of stairs to the highest point and then descending all the way. ( the pavement road leading to the TTW entrance is the peak left of the shaded one)

   View from the top

He picked up a jar of peanut butter with the top lid smashed 

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TDairy farm loop -> HQ

Dairy Farm Loop Routine staring CarPark B  - added coverage to include the steep pavement onto HQ and back to Car Park B. 

To extend the coverage i took in the main road to HQ and back from HQ main road back to the right hand branch of the Dairy Farm loop.  The pavement steep incline is seen on the way down at 4-5.5 km and up 6.3 -7km

The wide 'V' shape on the right represent the walk down the steep pavement and walk up on my return trip.

Surprise to find the chng tng leaf and fruit here. The parent tree is unconfirmed

Gluta wallichi

I look up and spotted the flowers at x50 zoom end

Screw pine with a spiky fruit

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What look like a liana vine can give rise to fruits from FIG ? Thanks to Joseph L this is  Kadsura scandens. Not far from the main road away in direction towards HQ and a short distance before the summit path. 

** Merombong tree as back drop with the vine winding up. 35 steps to the Summit path

Two punctured holes at each fruit - petiole? Kadsura scandens

Over head i notice the web and the owner

Woodpecker 

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Caterpillars 

Fallen stink-horn or delicacies ?

The cylindrical concrete structure in Dairy Farm loop