Land & Hunting-Seeking Survey 4th-5th December 2009

There was a land survey on Pulau Semakau from 4th-5th december which also ended with a hunting-seeking survey on its inter-tidal area.

Starting with hunting-seeking survey on the 5th, this was what i saw:

sandfish sea cucumber (Holothuria scabra)

fan worm (Sabellastarte indica)

peacock anemone (Order Ceriantharia), a pretty sight to behold

Acanthozoon sp.

pygmy squid

dog-faced water snake (found in the area belonging to next group)

Gafrarium pectinatum

Onch slug

a species of Nerita

Lightning Dove Shell. It's really pretty!

Porcelain Fiddler Crab

a juvenile crab, probably sentinal crab?

Bead Anemone

Cerithidea cingulata, hundreds of them on the sandy/rocky area

For the land survey, this was the sad fate of the insects after they were caught (by the 'sadist' insect team, haha) :

R.I.P. you guys will be kept for posterity!

this was a huge Oval St. Andrew's Cross Spider (Argiope aemula)

weird looking fly-like insectpretty blue pansy butterfly (Junonia orithya)Common Tiger Butterfly (Danaus genutia)
and a toad (*wadcha looking at?!) caught by Robert!

Due to the overcast weather, there wasn't many birds caught by the Bird Team:

a black-headed munia (Lonchura atricapilla) , notice it's rather thick blueish beak, made for cracking open seeds.

Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis) we caught two of them, one on the 4th and the other on the 5th

nothing is as splendid as the beauty of a morning greeting by the sleepy sun

the long winding road

sorry for the poor-quality pictures and snappy captions, will try to do a better job next time! =)