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Emerald Dove crashes into a house

on 21st October 2009

Desmond Wong a.k.a. des95446 reported an Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica) crashing into a glass pane at his aunt’s house in Janda Baik, Pahang, Malaysia. The impact caused a loud sound that attracted attention. The bird simply rested as seen in the image on the left the entire night, not moving much. The next morning it glided down the slope to the grass patch below, stretching our its wings.

John Vickerman commented: “This bird certainly looks as if it has come off second best in a wrestling match! The fact that it survived the night sounds good news. It was probably winded and a bit bruised by the impact, and almost certainly traumatised by the event. A night’s rest would have helped it. More serious internal organ damage would almost surely have led to its demise overnight. Hopefully, after a controlled glide down the slope (at which time any broken wing would have become visibly apparent), it was able to feed and drink and remain clear of ground predators to allow it to regain full strength again.”

Birds regularly crash into large glass panes as seen in our earlier posts under the category “glass, reflection.”

Image by Desmond Wong.

This post is a cooperative effort between NaturePixels.org and BESG to bring the study of bird behaviour through photography to a wider audience.

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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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