Shots from a couple of days in transit in Singapore in late february and early march. A very confiding Blue-winged Pitta had spent the winter in the Botanical Gardens to the delight of local and visiting birders alike, and I was lucky that it was still present on february 19th which was long after the initial rush to see the bird had died down. As far as I know it has not been seen afterwards, but I suspect that not many people have actually tried. A resident Red-legged Crake made a short appearance, too, and stepped into the sunlight. The second major point of interest were a couple of spots along Lower Peirce boardwalk where at least two Oriental Dwarf Kingfishers had been found. They were tricky to see though, and a lot of time and patience was necessary to observe them. To make things worse for me, the Sarace Tree at Lower Peirce Reservoir Dam was flowering just then which is a well-known hotspot to see Purple-throated Sunbird from close, a species that is rather hard to observe in Singapore else. In the end I decided to spent most of my limited time at the flowering tree which paid off well, but unfortunately I never got a close view of the kingfisher.