Bizarre Encounters At Lower Peirce

Lower Peirce Reservoir North, Singapore September 2012 Cloudy Today seemed to be a bad day for a nature walk. There were several zones along the track with sheets of stationary bees. The honey bees and carpenter bees also seemed more active than usual. Definitely not a time to be putting on your favourite perfume today! After the recent newspaper reports about aggressive wild boars in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Merlion Wayfarer...

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Low Tide In The North-East

North-East, Singapore September 2012 Cloudy   Merlion Wayfarer had embarked on her Journey To The East. At low tide, Merlion Wayfarer discovered that, if one pays attention, there can be lots of fascinating macro subjects.    Tiny shrimps no bigger than a thumbnail. Notice how their transparency and orange-brown camouflages them against the sand and coral...       (How many can you spot in this photo?) The...

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Nature's Sonic Boooom

North-East, Singapore September 2012 Cloudy It was "Low Tide In The North-East" when Merlion Wayfarer kept hearing cracking sounds in the water. Remember the scene in Street Fighter when Guile (Yeah, that spiky yellow-haired guy with bulging muscles!) bends his body and two blinding arcs of light emit from his hands? Sonic Boom!!! In the natural world, there is a finger-sized shrimp with an oversized claw that does just that. The...

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Journey To The East

Punggol North-East, Singapore September 2012 Cloudy       The first day of September seemed to be a good day to wake up early to see sunrise. At 0600h, when the skies were still pitch black, Merlion Wayfarer set off on her journey to the east...     Today happened to be a cloudy day, and her hopes were not high as she looked out of the window. (Haiz!) Monet-like clouds in the lightening skies... Early morning...

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