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  Saturday 4th of November 2017 and I was off to the Botanical Garden and this time I went straight to the main gate, the Nassim Gate. Just inside the gate on the way down to the Symphony Lake I could hear two Black-naped Orioles in a tree. I played the Black-naped Oriole song and the birds started to look around for the “bird” I had people coming up to me to see what I was doing. Bird watching, there is always people to talk to and many times I have learnt a lot. I was soon leaving the Black-naped Orioles behind walking down to the “Kingfisher Walk” in the NW corner of the Symphony Lake. On the way there I spotted the Spotted dove and the Yellow-vented Bulbul. I could also hear the Olive-backed Sunbird but I never saw the bird.   Yellow-vented bulbul
 Yellow-vented bulbul
 Yellow-vented bulbul
 Yellow-vented bulbul
 Yellow-vented bulbul
 Yellow-vented bulbul
Approaching the “Kingfisher Walk” and I run in to a couple carry around big cameras. I asked if they were looking for birds. and yes, they were. Turned out they were from Finland and they were living here in Singapore. So I got a few handy bird watching tips. We compared notes for the day and we had seen the same birds: Black-naped Oriole, Yellow-vented Bulbul and the White-breasted Waterhen. I told them about the straw with the Kingfisher. The bird was sitting there every time I came. So now, but the Common Kingfisher took off before we got any pictures. I started by walking to the Orchid Garden , my new friends from Finland used to see Sunbirds there. Saturday night and there was a performance on the Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage. Many people and same when I got in to the National Orchid Garden, there was a lot of people and I didn't had much hope to see any birds. They charged me 5 Sing Dollars for the entrance to the National Orchid Garden. I took the opportunity to buy 2 bottles of water.  Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage
 Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage
 National Orchid Garden
 National Orchid Garden
 National Orchid Garden
 Yellow-vented bulbul
National Orchid Garden
 Spotted Dove
 National Orchid Garden
 National Orchid Garden
 National Orchid Garden
I got a Yellow-vented Bulbul and a Spotted dove out of my visit to the National Orchid Garden. It was starting to get dark and I wanted to have a walk on the rainforest walk before going back to my hotel. It was just a 100meters or so from the National Orchid Garden to the rainforest walk. Maybe I will see the Hornbill or the Greater racket-tailed Drongo. Took me 10 minutes or so to walk through the rain forest and it was time to go home. Coming out of the forest and I saw a guy taking pictures at some bushes and I went over to see if it was any bird pictures. Well, it was flowers he took pictures of. But I saw a Red Junglefowl with babies looking for food in the leaves on the lawn so I went to check it out.  17:35 when I come out from the Orchid Garden
 Entrance to the Rainforest Walk
 Rainforest Walk
 Female Red Junglefow
 Female Red Junglefow
 Female Red Junglefow
 Female Red Junglefow
 Female Red Junglefow
 Time to go home
 Getting busy at the Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage
Coming back to the clock tower and I was confused. The clock seemed to show the wrong time. I asked a guard and his wrist watch had the same time as my wrist watch. I pointed at the clock tower and he explained that it was a world clock. 4 sides with 4 different times. I said thank you and I started to walk back to the Nassim Gate. It was getting busy at the Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage and I met a lot of people entering the Botanical Garden with pick-nick baskets and blankets. I took a taxi to Singapura Plaza to look for a power bank for my phone. Playing the bird songs require a power bank. And after having run out of power back at the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, in the middle of nowhere with no taxi stand I decided to get a power bank for my birding adventures. Time to go back home tomorrow, my flight is in the evening and I have planned for a birding tour to the Botanical Garden in the morning. Click HERE to find out if I find any birds.
    
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