‘I felt awed’: Flocks of daurian starlings sighted in Yishun and Sengkang

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Hailing from north-east Asia, the birds are visitors that have flown south to escape winter in the north. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE - Bird enthusiasts, wildlife photographers and residents have been treated to spectacular aerial displays in September as throngs of migratory birds danced in the skies above Yishun and Sengkang.

Mr Tan Gim Cheong, the chairman of Nature Society Singapore’s bird group, said this is the season for migration when birds like daurian starlings leave the northern areas where summer is nearing its end, and fly to warm areas like South-east Asia. Sporting a pale grey head and underparts, the male daurian starling has glossy, iridescent feathers in dark hues of green and purple. PHOTO: HONG YIJUN

 

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