2 Crocs at Sungei Buloh

Another long overdued entry. Went to Sungei Buloh last Sunday, and were really lucky to see 2 crocodiles!


Bumped into Dr Chua, who pointed out this little Estuarine Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) at the far side of a disused prawn pond.


As we were about to leave the reserve on the main bridge, I saw another crocodile!


After a while, it opened its mouth.


All of the sudden, it snapped its mouth, and bit on this api-api root next to its head.


The root didn't break though, and remain in its mouth, poking the upper jaw. Thought it would feel rather uncomfortable. But even as we were leaving after taking photos for quite a while, the root remained inside...


Anyway, other animals we saw during the trip include this Green Crested Lizard (Bronchocela cristatella), which has caught an insect.


Along the boardwalk, we saw lots of Shield Bugs (Calliphara nobilis) behind a leaf.


As usual, we saw a number of Giant Mudskipper (Periophthalmodon schlosseri).


There were also a few Collared Kingfishers (Todiramphus chloris).


Saw these bugs behind a leaf. Looks like the nymph of some kind of cotton stainer to me. I think I have seen them on Ubin before, also on the leaves of Mangrove Tit-berry (Allophylus cobbe).


There were a few Malayan Water Monitors (Varanus salvator) sun tanning by the pond.


It appeared as if the one on the right noticed that it was facing the wrong direction.


And decided to turn over... Haha


Been finding this Four-lined Tree Frog (Polypedates leucomystax) around the same area for the past few trips.


There were several Common Greenbacks (Hylarana erythraea) in the pond.


Looks like a Crab-eating Frog (Fejervarya cancrivora) to me.


There were lots of halfbeaks in Sungei Buloh Besar.


There were many Little Egrets (Egretta garzetta) and other waders in the various ponds.


More waders...


A mixture of different egrets in the prawn pond.

Well, it was a great day! Guess I will be back here more often... hope to get closer shots of the croc :P