Tag: birds
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Two Weeks of Fruitful Night Walks Around Singapore

It’s been great to be back in Singapore after almost four months of working and visiting relatives in the United States. Even though I was born in the US, I’ve just always felt more at home on the other side of the world in Asia, so I’m grateful to still be able to live in…
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Costa Rica (2024): Quepos

The third and final chapter to my June 2024 Costa Rica adventure with Seba and Celia takes us from the cool, misty highlands of Monteverde Cloud Forest to the hot, steamy lowlands of Quepos, on the Pacific Coast, where we spent our last 3 full days (Day 7-Day 10) getting our final fill of Costa…
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India (2024): Birding in Udaipur and Agra

This post is an account of all the birding I did over the course of three days in Udaipur and 24 hours in Agra during my family’s March 2024 trip to India. It also showcases the best of my 2024 India wildlife photography, apart from the photos taken on our Leopard safari. A broader summary…
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Birding and Plant Hunting in Singapore’s Last Virgin Rainforest

It’s been a busy semester for me. Busy to the point where, in the past month or so, I hadn’t gone out birding or nature-exploring much. Unusual for me. More on my mind in recent weeks toward the end of the term have been grades, friends, college, and did I say grades? But nevertheless, the…
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My Epic South African Safari! (2019)

It was a dusty, dry July afternoon in 2019 that I set out amongst the spectacular landscape of the Sabi Sands Game Reserve with my family on a three-day safari. It is world-famous for its fearless and iconic African wildlife, and especially its leopards. Very difficult to observe leopard behaviour can be seen here easily,…
