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Vol 8 No 1 Apr 2001 Breathing organs in mangroves Bird watching techniques A place in space: epiphytes Bird ringing in 2000 Gems of the park: volunteers Our long suffering "mother" Public talks at the park Reflections of a nature warden		bird ringing in sungei buloh nature park in 2000 overview | new species | rare species | recaptures | tables rusty-breasted cuckoo asian dowitcher Examples of some rare species of interest that were caught are: Asian Dowitcher Oriental Scops Owl Rusty-breasted Cuckoo (aka. Indonesian Cuckoo) Cinnamon- headed Pigeon and Magpie Robin. A White-chested Babbler ringed in the Park on 22 Aug 96 was recaptured. oriental scops owl cinammon-headed pigeon The capture of the Oriental Scops Owl is believed to he only the third record for Singapore. The second record in 1998 was also from the Park. The Cinnamon-headed Pigeon was previously sighted in the Park in i988. This capture is the first following an absence of sightings after 12 years.
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