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Birding Starter Pack
October 25, 2024 / October 28, 2024 by OkamotoKeitaSin | Leave a Comment
Binoculars are the most important piece of equipment for birdwatchers. Here are some tips on how to choose the optimal model for your own birding adventure.
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September 9, 2024 / September 9, 2024 by OkamotoKeitaSin | Leave a Comment
Field guides are not necessarily cheap, and purchasing one can be a huge commitment. Here are some tips on how to pick the optimal field guide that gives you the most bang for your buck.
February 4, 2024 / February 5, 2024 by raghavnarayanswamy | 2 Comments on Reporting your bird records: how you do it matters!
In a recent article, we covered hidden clues in the identification process which can come to your rescue with harder-to-ID birds. The next step is reporting your bird records. We’ve written previously on why you should share your bird records – it builds our community’s understanding of our birds. This article highlights the reasons why the way that you report and share your bird records is important.
January 8, 2024 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
Photos are often only one piece of the complex puzzle of bird identification. With a bit of attention to other details of a bird, you can often make it a lot easier to figure out the identity of a bird you're looking at.
Birding Starter Pack ID Articles
October 20, 2023 / October 13, 2024 by raghavnarayanswamy | 2 Comments on Introducing the Visual Guide to Singapore Raptors
Our new, comprehensive Visual Guide to Singapore Raptors will be your best friend as you scan the skies. In this guide, we have plates individually capturing each of Singapore’s 25 (as of writing) non-vagrant raptors, meaning every raptor species which appears more or less annually has its own page, including all residents. The remaining species are also illustrated on a smaller page. We also highlight the other migratory birds which are often seen from raptor watch sites like Henderson Waves on a separate panel.
September 30, 2022 / September 30, 2022 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
Trying to figure out your next birding destination but don’t know what to go looking for or what to expect? We’ve got you covered! The latest addition to the growing functionality on the Singapore Bird Database is date-based search (in addition to the existing species-based search on our page).
September 13, 2022 by taaanhuizhen | 1 Comment on 5 owl calls to know before your next night walk
Well-adapted to life at night and found in a variety of habitats, owls are always a delight to encounter. Come listen to the calls of 5 owls in Singapore to help you spot your next one!
August 25, 2022 / August 31, 2022 by raghavnarayanswamy | 4 Comments on Announcing our new migrant bar charts!
Have you ever asked when you should expect to start seeing warblers and flycatchers make their way to Singapore, or when to start watching the skies for the fall raptor migration? Our new MIGRANT BAR CHARTS seek to answer these questions and more!
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June 5, 2022 / November 1, 2023 by OkamotoKeitaSin | 7 Comments on 8 resident bird calls you should know from Singapore’s parks
There are ~400 species of birds in Singapore, but how many of them are you able to identify by call? Here are eight easy and commonly heard ones to get you started!
March 21, 2022 / August 4, 2023 by raghavnarayanswamy | 1 Comment on Exploring birds on this day in history
Drawing on our collection of nearly 1,500 records and counting, our new "On this day" page highlights past records on this day in history, accompanied by details and photos where possible.
February 13, 2022 / February 14, 2022 by ZacCzk | Leave a Comment
Eldon Ng is pursuing a Diploma in Mass Communications at Ngee Ann Polytechnic. As part of his work, Eldon has prepared a Beginner’s guide on “How to start birding in Singapore?”, which he has kindly shared with the Singapore Birds Project. Thanks Eldon!
February 5, 2022 / August 4, 2023 by raghavnarayanswamy | 1 Comment on More ways to interact with Singapore’s rare bird data
Our Records Committee page is growing rapidly, with over 1400 records and counting. The team is also hard at work to build on the content featured on the site. In this post, we discuss the latest addition to our functionality list: a bar-chart view for rare bird species to illustrate the best time of year to look for each species.
October 8, 2021 / December 3, 2021 by OkamotoKeitaSin | 3 Comments on Why you should start using eBird!
Imagine a world where you could predict the arrival of your favourite migratory bird, get immediate identification help for an unfamiliar bird, and contribute to science and conservation just by being out in the field. I have some fantastic news for you…that’s the world we live in now! BirdCast is a forecast map that utilises […]
August 1, 2020 / December 3, 2021 by OkamotoKeitaSin | 4 Comments on What bird is this, and why?
TLDR; When posting a photo on social media to ask for ID help Crop and brighten/darken the photos sufficiently so that the bird can be properly seen Edit the colours accurately to reflect what you saw in the field Post multiple angles so that different features of the bird can be seen Provide information about […]
January 12, 2016 / December 2, 2021 by Francis Yap | 2 Comments on A quick way to organize bird pictures
One of the pitfalls in nature photography in the digital age is that we take way too many pictures to manage and somehow, when asked to retrieve something we took 3-4 years back, we’re stumped as to where we put the picture files. Thankfully if we are using Adobe Lightroom, there are many ways to […]
