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It was a struggle out of bed on an early Saturday morning, but I was eager to participate in an event organised by the Bukit Timah Citizens' Consultative Committee and the Friends of Bukit Timah Forest. I was surprised to see so many people at the gathering point at Mayfair Park, which was later confirmed to be around 160 pax.

About 6 months back, their characteristic calls alerted me when I worked late that night. Looking around, I managed to find 4 Tanimbar Corella perched on a Rain Tree just beside the overhead bridge where I was. What a sight! This appears to their roosting spot every night, as I always see them if I ever leave my office late from then on.

A delayed post of 2 weeks, when I visited the first ever exhibition of ants in Singapore at Katong. It was an amazing exhibition from Zat's ant collection, 21 species in all. You can read more about this "ant-man" in the CNA article. 

After the recent trip to MacRitchie, I decided to recee Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, together with a colleague, to see if there's any signs of mass fruiting of our primary forest trees too.

It has been a few years since I stepped into the Central Catchment Nature Reserve. Work, life, and just plain inertia has stopped me from doing so. However, I heard that there was a masting, or synchronous fruiting event, so I decided to take a quick stroll through MacRitchie Nature Trail last weekend to take a look at the big trees. 

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  • Exploring the New Sungei Buloh
  • Sembawang Hot Springs
  • Walk along the Hill Park
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  • War on the Zanzibar Yam
  • Roosting Cockatoos
  • Ant Exhibition
  • Recee at Bukit Timah
  • Stroll along MacRitchie Nature Trail