Bukit Timah
Rail Corridor
Central, Singapore
May 2014
The start of the path seems to go on "forever" in a straight mud-track road. Along the way, several concrete pedestrian bridges crisscross it
Of Spiders & Creatures Caught In Somethings
A muscular Stoliczka's Crab Spider (Thomisus stoliczka) waving its front legs about
like Toy Story's Rocky Gibraltar...
A free-roaming Shield Bug (Pentatomoidea)wanders about on a leaf...
Oblivious to the plight of 2 of its friends who lie entombed in nearby webs...
A short distance away, a grasshopper (Orthoptera ) has a foot bath in a raindrop on a leaf...
The Natural Greenery
The figs are in season now - A laden sprig of Common Yellow Stem Fig (Ficus fistulosa)...
A strong smell wafts through the air - Likewise, the jackfruits are in season too...
Next to the durian, chempedaks and jackfruits have the strongest aroma. The jackfruit is a close cousin of the chempedak with a similar appearance, but is much bigger and rounder, about 4 times the size of a chempadak.
Of Butts & Dragons
A light Malayan Eggfly (Hypolimnas anomala) Butterfly rests on a fern...
A Blue Dasher (Brachydiplax chalybea) Dragonfly perches on a stalk of grass...
Of Birds That Fly & Chirp
This is a Pacific Swallow (Hirundo tahitica). The very same bird that zips around the sky and hovers above the surface of the water near water sources...
A very tame Javan Myna (Acridotheres javanicus). Instead of the pale yellow blue eyes of its papa and mama, this "baby" version has the clearest pale blue eyes...
(Not noisy too!)
It was certainly a peaceful walk away from the hustle and bustle of city life...
