I have done a review on birding before and that was mainly because I was quite pissed off with someone's obnoxious remarks on birding. But I'm not talking about birding in general today but the specific event of the Bird Race held two Sundays ago.
This was my second bird race but instead of going for the photography category, I went for the birding category (spot and record) this time. And I was the designated driver for the rental car we had. I thought with driving and virtual flag-off, we ought to cover enough grounds to have plenty of spottings done. But we didn't have such luck, perhaps due to timing and choice of locations. We only got 40 species accounted for (first place got 71 species) and we didn't spot any of the three globally threatened birds as per the pins they gave out in their goody bags (Blue-rumped Parrot, White-rumped Shama, Greater Green Leafbird).
Albeit the slight disappointment, it was an enjoyable day out looking for various species of birds across Singapore. I managed to photograph three lifers in the process, nonetheless.
You would've thought five hours is a long duration to spot more species but alas, my team only got 40. I give the 36th Singapore Bird Race 4.5 stars. #SBR2020 #BirdDiscovery #0156