Thursday, January 25, 2024

21 January 2024 Singapore: Singapore Botanical Gardens

 




We took the metro to the Botanical Gardens and it could have not been any easier.  The station was in the basement of the hotel, we just used a credit card to get thru the turnstile and it was only 7 stops to get to the botanical garden.  New birds, giant monitor lizards, turtles, a funky squirrel, a huge blue bee and more were seen and enjoyed.  We walked at a leisurely pace to get to the National Orchid Garden



No Durians!


The gates to the gardens


Botanical Gardens


The Red Junglefowl


Gigantic monitor lizards


Four or five feet long


Gigantic blue bees


Blue Dragonfly


More plant covered walkways


Dutchmen's pipe pitcher plants


Life Bird #1:  Malaysian Pied Fantail


Water lilies


A type of ginger


Turtles


Up for air


A big headed fish


The squirrel


Birds of paradise


A different kind of bird indeed


Ornate Sunbird: life bird #2


A huge snail shell


Yellow Vented Bulbul


Life Bird #3


I never knew what to do should I encounter otters


Lifebird #4: Common Hill Myna also see in the first picture



It has been 1 year and 231 days since we began our Migration