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“Fun With Nature” encounters laughingthrushes

on 24th February 2009

“I was up at Telok Blangah Hill this morning supporting the Nature Society (Singapore) Education Group’s Fun with Eagles. Just before the session started, some of us spotted a pair of White-crested Laughingthrushes (Garrulax leucolophus) sharing an intimate moment just above where the kids gathered.

“After an entertaining and educational talk, we were lucky to have more than a dozen raptors arrive, in under an hour, to cap off the session. Brahminy Kites (Haliastur indus), Oriental Honey Buzzards (Pernis ptilorhyncus), Changeable Hawk Eagles (Spizaetus cirrhatus) and Black Bazas (Aviceda leuphotes ) – they appeared singly or in twos and threes, much to the delight of the kids and the NSS aunties and uncles.”

Lena Chow
Singapore
15th February 2009

Note: These laughingthrushes are allopreening or preening each other as shown in an earlier post

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YC Wee

Dr Wee played a significant role as a green advocate in Singapore through his extensive involvement in various organizations and committees: as Secretary and Chairman for the Malayan Nature Society (Singapore Branch), and with the Nature Society (Singapore) as founding President (1978-1995). He has also served in the Nature Reserve Board (1987-1989), Nature Reserves Committee (1990-1996), National Council on the Environment/Singapore Environment Council (1992-1996), Work-Group on Nature Conservation (1992) and Inter-Varsity Council on the Environment (1995-1997). He is Patron of the Singapore Gardening Society and was appointed Honorary Museum Associate of the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) in 2012. In 2005, Dr Wee started the Bird Ecology Study Group. With more than 6,000 entries, the website has become a valuable resource consulted by students, birdwatchers and researchers locally and internationally. The views and opinions expressed in this article are his own, and do not represent those of LKCNHM, the National University of Singapore or its affiliated institutions.

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