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May 2013 (33)
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25: Courtship of the Pin-tailed Whydar (0)
24: Saving MacRitchie forest: A youngster’s view (3)
23: © FORAGING BROWN BARBETS OF SE ASIA PART 3 (0)
22: Poikilospermum suaveolens and birds (0)
22: Ashy Tailorbird – vocalisation… (0)
21: Cormorant Fishing – Guangxi, China (0)
20: Blue-rumped Parrot eats starfruit (Averrhoa carambola) (2)
20: Bukit Brown and Bidadari do not a Global Eco-city make (2)
19: Nest building by a pair of Black-and-red Broadbills (0)
19: AUSTRALASIAN GANNET COLONY (1)
18: © Discovery: Nest cum Roost Site of Brown Barbets Part 2 (0)
17: Zebra Dove collects Pyrrosia piloselloides (0)
17: RED-BILLED GULLS BATHING (0)
16: Migratory birds, Bidadari and the threat to MacRitchie forest… (3)
15: White-bellied Sea-eagle just before fledging (0)
15: Brahminy Kite mobbed by a House Crow (0)
14: Breeding of Masked Lapwing in Singapore (0)
13: Jungle Mynas eating oil palm fruits (0)
13: BESG to expand its coverage beyond birds… (12)
12: WHITE-FACED HERONS FEEDING (0)
11: Asian Fairy-bluebird’s whistle (0)
10: Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker foraging (0)
10: Fledging Moments – Update on the Red Junglefowl Chicks (0)
09: Spotted Dove feeding on crepe ginger seeds (1)
09: LITTLE SHAG SUNNING (0)
08: Daurian Redstart Casting Pellets (0)
07: Bidadari: Maintaining the area as an open aviary? (1)
06: © Splitting Images of Brown Barbet Part 1 (0)
05: Plain Sunbird – feeding behaviour (0)
04: Javan Myna eats Elaeis guineensis fruit (3)
03: GLOSSY SWIFTLET – NEST CONSTRUCTION (0)
02: Little Green Bee-eaters taking a sand bath (3)
01: Feldging moment of the Red Junglefowl (5)

April 2013 (29)
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29: Bidadari: A challenge to Nature Society’s birdwatchers… (39)
28: The beauty of the beast: Crested Serpent-eagle (1)
27: BAR-TAILED GODWIT FEEDING AND PREENING (0)
26: Straw-headed Bulbul contact call (2)
25: Female Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker collects tiny bits of bark (0)
24: Black-Naped Oriole Behaving Like Mangrove Pitta (0)
23: Barn Swallow – plumage (0)
22: PIED STILT FEEDING AND PREENING (0)
21: Female Olive-backed Sunbird Sips Nectar – In Slow Motion (0)
20: Rescue of a barbet chick in Trivandrum, Kerala, India (0)
19: Birds in different regions have their own variations of calls (2)
18: © Two Watercocks In Hand Worth One In Bush… (1)
17: Little Egret – breeding plumage transformation (0)
16: TUI and Silvereye FEEDING ON FLAX FLOWERS (0)
15: Blue-crowned Hanging-parrot Takes Yellow Flame Nectar (0)
14: Rescuing Yellow-vented Bulbul chicks… (1)
13: Oriental Pied Hornbill – Courtship Feeding on Oil Palm fruits (0)
12: Steere’s Liocichla (1)
11: Little Heron – social behaviour (0)
10: VARIABLE OYSTERCATCHER FEEDING (0)
09: Dawn chorus… (0)
08: Painted Stork eats filamentous algae (4)
07: © Mist-Netting –One Full Circle (0)
06: Baya Weaver feeding on Chrysopogon aciculatus seeds (0)
05: Birds do eat the dragon fruit Hylocereus undatus (6)
04: SOUTH ISLAND PIED OYSTERCATCHER FEEDING (0)
03: Long-tailed Parakeet eating MacArthur palm fruits (0)
02: White-breasted Waterhen – feeding on a mollusc (0)
01: Bidadari: Birdwatchers and the call for its conservation (6)

March 2013 (31)
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31: RED-WHISKERED BULBUL TRIO VISIT FIG TREE (0)
30: SOUTH ISLAND PIED OYSTERCATCHER HIGH-TIDE ROOST (0)
29: Masked Lapwing, six years on (2)
28: Black-winged Stilt – feeding, flight and call (3)
27: Red Junglefowl Third Brood (1)
26: PARADISE SHELDUCKS FEEDING (0)
25: Eastern Cattle Egret Eating A Frog (0)
24: Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker collecting nectar from flowers of Erythrina sp. (0)
23: Encounter with the Black Magpie in Perak, Malaysia (0)
22: In-between White-breasted waterhen (0)
21: Brown-throated Sunbird takes nectar from Melaleuca cajuputi (0)
20: BLACK SHAG FEEDING ON EEL (0)
19: Book Review: The Unfeathered Bird by Katrina van Grouw (1)
18: Nesting of White-rumped Munia (0)
17: Black-naped Oriole Collects Nesting Material from Epipremnum pinnatum (0)
16: Chinese Egret Foraging Amongst Waves (0)
15: CHICK OF BLACK-BACKED GULL (0)
14: How many Oriental Pied Hornbills can Singapore support? (4)
13: © MALE TROGON FEEDS JUVENILE WITH GRASSHOPPER PREY (2)
12: Common Tailorbird: 2. Disaster… (1)
11: Golden-backed Weaver: Stages of moulting (1)
10: PIED SHAGS BATHING, PREENING AND PANTING (0)
09: Oriental Pied Hornbill fledges at Changi Village (4)
08: Common Tailorbird: 1. Nest building (0)
07: Olive-winged Bulbul and Dillenia suffruticosa (0)
06: BLACK-BACKED GULL BATHING (0)
05: © CREAM-VENTED BULBUL EATS OIL PALM FRUITS (0)
04: Scaly-breasted Munia feeding on algae (2)
03: First day fledgling – Blue Whistling-thrush (0)
02: SILVEREYE FEEDING ON FEIJOA FLOWERS (0)
01: Lesser Whistling-ducklings all in a row (3)

February 2013 (29)
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28: Pockets of wild growth: Are they worth conserving? (1)
27: Paddyfield Pipit’s territorial display (0)
26: RED-BILLED GULL BREEDING COLONY (7)
25: Laughing Kookaburra casting pellet? (0)
24: BLACK-BACKED GULL FEEDING on bivalves (1)
23: Yellow-vented Bulbul eating a flower (4)
22: Monk Parakeets in Singapore (1)
21: Feeding strategies: 2. Birds feeding on palm fruits (0)
20: ©LACED WOODPECKER PAIR EATS OIL PALM FRUITS (0)
19: Ruby-cheeked Sunbirds – adult male feeding young (0)
18: PARADISE SHELDUCK FAMILY (0)
17: Javan Myna with deformed wing (3)
16: Myna Having a Free Cool Drink (5)
15: Black-naped Oriole stole an egg (0)
14: Happy Valentine’s Day (2)
13: Nesting of Black-headed Munia (4)
12: Brown-throated Sunbird Visits Male Papaya Blooms (0)
11: Black Baza feeding on praying mantis (0)
10: Common Greenshanks’ aggressive behaviour (0)
09: Pink-necked Green-pigeon collects nesting material and Black-naped Oriole takes nectar from Callistemon sp. (0)
08: White-breasted Waterhen juveniles foraging and bathing (0)
07: Brown-Throated Sunbird Visit Pulasan Tree for mistletoe flowers (0)
06: Birds feeding on rats in the rice fields of Ulu Dedap, Perak, Malaysia (1)
05: Mating display and call of the Crimson Sunbird (0)
04: Barn Swallow’s worn tail feathers (1)
03: House Crow’s novel way of mobbing Peregrine Falcon (2)
02: Raptor Calendar 2013 (3)
02: Passage to India… Part 4. (0)
01: Birding in the Da Lat highlands, S. Vietnam (3)

January 2013 (32)
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31: Black-naped Oriole manipulating a katylid (0)
30: Asian Openbills at Batang Tiga, Malacca, Malaysia (2)
30: Passage to India… Part 3. (0)
29: Asian Openbill migrating south (1)
28: Diet and feeding behaviour of the Long-tailed Shrike (2)
27: Common Tailorbird’s Nest (2)
26: Nesting behaviour of the Long-tailed Shrike (1)
25: PASSAGE TO INDIA… Part 2 (0)
24: Coppersmith Barbets allobilling? (1)
23: Common Kingfisher and Pied Kingfisher sharing a single pole (0)
22: PASSAGE TO INDIA… Part 1 (4)
21: Grey-headed Fish-eagle mobbed by Osprey (0)
20: Black-winged Stilt at Seletar, Singapore (2)
19: Grey-chinned Minivet at Cameron Highlands, Malaysia (0)
18: BAYA WEAVERS – FEEDING ON GRASS SEEDS (0)
17: Common Kingfisher: Comfort and feeding behaviour (1)
16: Calls of Common Tailorbird and Yellow-vented Bulbul (2)
15: Masked Finfoot – immature male, foraging and roosting (0)
14: Masked Finfoot – immature male sighted in Ipoh (4)
13: Less House Crows… more Asian Koels… (0)
12: Red-Breasted Parakeet & Tanimbar Corella Feeding on Mango (5)
11: Bird Encounters at the Northeast Neighbourhood (0)
10: PURPLE HERONS – ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAYS (1)
09: Yellow Bittern – leucistic? (0)
08: BESG and the Singapore Memory Project (6)
07: Black Kite Reunion (0)
06: Rose-ringed Parakeet eating fruits of Caesalpinia pulcherrima var. Flava (0)
05: Red-capped Plover and its broken-wing display (0)
04: The Complete Plant-Bird Relationship – version 1.0 (0)
03: BLACK BAZA – PREENING and STRETCHING (0)
02: Pied Triller – nest building (0)
01: 2012: The year in review… and the fears of birdwatchers (2)

December 2012 (32)
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31: Crows harassing Black Kites (0)
30: Intermediate Egret with odd looking wings (0)
29: Australian Pied Oystercatcher foraging (0)
28: LINEATED BARBET – PREENING AND STRETCHING (0)
27: Feeding strategies: 1. Birds feeding on Figs (Ficus spp.) (0)
26: Pied Triller – juvenile in nest (0)
25: Migratory Terns: Flocking and Communal Bathing (2)
24: Purple Heron – Comfort Behaviour (0)
23: COTTON PYGMY-GEESE – PREENING AND STRETCHING (0)
22: Straw-headed Bulbul – contact calls? (0)
21: Pied Imperial-pigeon feeding on Rhopaloblaste ceramica fruits (3)
20: Crested Serpent-eagle – thermal spirals (1)
20: Video clip on Amur Falcon Massacre in Nagaland (0)
19: BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON – DIVERSITY OF FISH PREY (1)
18: ‘CLOCKING’ BIRDS IN PAPUA (IRIAN JAYA) (0)
17: Oriental Pied Hornbill calls… (0)
16: Encounter with a Minivet in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (3)
15: Muntingia calabura and the feeding behaviour of flowerpeckers (0)
14: The Calls of the Collared Scops Owl (2)
13: Feeding frenzy and rice left for stray dogs (0)
12: Sunbirds sipping nectar from flowers (0)
11: Greater Green Leafbird feeding on fruiting Muntingia calabura (0)
10: Pellet casting: Collared Kingfisher and possibly, Banded Woodpecker (0)
09: Plant-Bird relationship: 16. Addendum – Plasticaceae (1)
08: Indian Cuckoo feasting on caterpillars (2)
07: A sparrowhawk’s kill (1)
06: Yellow-vented Bulbul swallowing Muntingia calabura fruit (0)
05: Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (0)
04: Foraging White-breasted Waterhen and Great Egret (0)
03: ASIAN GLOSSY STARLING – NESTING MATERIAL and PREENING (5)
02: Seven kingfishers… (1)
01: Bulbuls feeding on wild pepper (0)

November 2012 (38)
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30: Red-breasted Parakeet eating tamarind fruits (0)
29: Plant-Bird relationship: 15. Miscellaneous herbs and their families (0)
28: CORMORANTS FISHING (0)
27: ©Helmeted Friarbird of Papua feeds on Queensland Umbrella Flowers (0)
27: Birds eating the fruits of Nephelium lappaceum (0)
26: Parrot intelligence… (0)
25: Whiskered Tern vomiting fish (0)
24: Pin-striped Tit-babbler – feeding behaviour or anting? (0)
23: Plant-Bird relationship: 14. Miscellaneous trees and shrubs and their families (0)
22: White-throated Kingfisher: Sunning or courtship? (0)
21: Dollarbird, Greater Racket-tailed Drongo… hawking insects (0)
21: Red-necked Stints in a feeding frenzy (0)
20: BLUE-BEARDED BEE-EATER: NEST-HOLE EXCAVATION & FEEDING (2)
19: Yellow-Rumped Flycatcher Taking A Bath (0)
18: Plant-Bird Relationship: 13. Bignoniaceae, Bombacaceae, Bromeliaceae, Caricaceae, Casuarinaceae and Combretaceae (0)
18: White Wagtail and its image (0)
17: BLACK DRONGO – CATTLE ASSOCIATION (1)
16: Large-billed Crow – sex differentiation (1)
15: Holiday in Perth, Australia… (0)
15: Juvenile Black-shouldered Kite fell from its nest (0)
14: Plant-Bird Relationship: 12. Agavaceae, Amaranthaceae, Araceae, Araliaceae and Avicenniaceae (0)
13: ASIAN OPENBILL – BASKING IN SUN (0)
12: © ‘Queensland Umbrella Tree’- A favourite with some Bird Species (0)
11: Thais and the Large-billed Crow (4)
11: Plant-Bird Relationship: 11. Non-Flowering Plants (0)
10: Thick-billed Green-pigeon and Ficus virens (0)
10: Eurasian Tree Sparrow eating fruits of Acalypha siamensis (0)
09: Azure-winged Magpie in Beijing, China (0)
08: GREAT HORNBILLS – PREENING and CALLING (0)
08: Bidadari Cemetery – soon to be a site for the living (0)
07: Plant-Bird Relationship: 10. Anacardiaceae, Annonaceae and Apocynaceae (0)
06: Ruddy Kingfisher collided onto a glass window (0)
06: Any guess as to the identity of the victim? Anybody? (0)
05: Massacre of Amur Falcon in Nagaland (3)
04: ORIENTAL PIED HORNBILLS – AFFECTIONATE BEHAVIOUR (0)
03: Sightings of engraved colour flags on shorebirds (0)
02: Plant-Bird Relationship: 9. Myrtaceae (0)
01: Olive-Back Sunbird and Flowering Plants (0)

October 2012 (31)
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31: The magic waterholes (0)
30: Neem (Azadirachta indica) – An Important Food Source for Garden Birds (7)
29: HORNBILLS FEEDING ON FIGS IN LANGKAWI (1)
28: Juvenile Little Grebe’s Feet (0)
27: “Matching trees and birds” – A birdwatcher’s response (4)
26: Yellow-vented Bulbul uses a plastic bag to construct a nest (3)
25: The Use of Birds in the Civil Service of Ancient China (4)
24: Another Leucistic Javan Myna spotted (0)
23: A FAMILY BIG DAY, a personal ‘bird race’ (12)
22: Plant-Bird Relationship: 8. Meliaceae (0)
21: Ruddy-breasted Crake having a bath (0)
20: Matching Trees and Birds… A naturalist’s response (6)
19: Arrivals of the migrant shorebirds… (2)
18: Cattle Egret’s association with a horse (0)
17: Plant-Bird Relationship: 7. Loranthaceae (0)
16: Tanimbar Corellas fighting over Passiflora laurifolia fruit (0)
15: Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker collecting nesting material (0)
14: Plant-Bird Relationship: 6. Palmae (1)
13: Common Sandpipers’ Tail-Fanning & Raised-Wings Displays (1)
12: Spotted Dove bathing (0)
11: Plant-Bird Relationship: 5. Fabaceae (0)
10: Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker: Time to Fledge (0)
09: Garden Bird Bath (0)
08: Plant-Bird Relationship: 4. Poaceae (0)
07: Red Junglefowls In My Condo – More Observations (0)
06: Oriental Magpie-robin – odd nesting site (0)
05: Migratory Birds: Foraging Behavior of a Tiger Shrike (2)
04: Plant-Bird Relationship: 3. Euphorbiaceae (1)
03: Olive-backed Sunbird – nectar of the Rain Tree (0)
02: Slaty-Breasted Rail Behaviour (0)
01: References on plants of Southeast Asia (1)

September 2012 (30)
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30: Brown-throated Sunbird feeding on Poikilospermum suaveolens (0)
29: Plant-bird relationship: 2. Moraceae (figs, etc.) (3)
28: Call of the Pin-striped Tit-babbler (0)
27: Banded- and Crimson-winged Woodpeckers and their calls (0)
26: Plant-bird relationship: 1. Need for a catalogue (2)
25: Little Grebe’s Splashing Good Time (0)
24: Olive-backed Sunbird – nectar from Bougainvillea (6)
23: Grey Heron with chick under its wing or is it a tumour? – Part 2 (2)
22: Bar-Tailed Godwit’s Reach … (1)
21: “Photographing” Birds, the Early Days: “Pioneer” Bird Artists (5)
20: Flocking and roosting of Purple-backed Starlings (5)
19: Raptors Galore on Coney Island (3)
18: Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica javanica – calls at rest (0)
17: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Vocalisation (0)
16: Checklist of Bird Calls and Songs for Singapore and Malaysia (0)
15: Breeding Purple Herons at Kampar, Perak, Malaysia (0)
14: © Lesser Whistling Ducks –The Illusionists (0)
13: Little Egret eating fruits? (4)
12: Birds and the caterpillars of the Atlas moth (0)
11: Miscellaneous Bird vocalisation 3 (0)
10: © Foraging Ruby-cheeked Sunbird in Classical Habitat (0)
09: Three million visits and “The Pleasure of Finding Things Out” (4)
08: Grey Heron – breeding (0)
07: HAND FEEDING BABY BIRDS (9)
06: Grey Heron with chick under its wing or is it a tumour? (0)
05: Java Sparrow – courtship behaviour (0)
04: Oriental Pied Hornbill raided Little Heron’s nest (0)
03: Yellow Bittern feeding (0)
02: Miscellaneous bird vocalisation 2 (2)
01: The three Little Grebes at Lorong Halus Wetland taking a bath (0)

August 2012 (31)
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31: Partially Leucistic Javan Mynas (0)
30: Call of the adult Yellow-bellied Prinia (0)
29: © A Homage visit to 19th Century Birders – Kuhl and Van Hasselt (4)
28: Adult Pied Fantail feeding a juvenile Rusty-breasted Cuckoo (3)
27: Calls of the Common Iora (0)
26: Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker feeding and calling (0)
25: Do Yellow-vented Bulbuls commit suicide? (2)
24: Yellow Bittern – nesting site (2)
23: ©Nest Building- A Different Approach by Black & Red Broadbill Pair (0)
22: Banded Woodpecker feeding (2)
21: Handheld Bird Photography (19)
20: Attacked by a Rock Pigeon (3)
19: Golden-bellied Gerygone – Failed Nesting (0)
18: Common Tailorbird leaf bathing (0)
17: Red-legged Crake takes a snake (2)
16: Progress in the study of birdsounds (0)
15: AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR OF STRIATED HERON: Fight, Flight or Fright? (3)
14: A closer look at the Chestnut-headed Bee-eater (1)
13: Crow anting in an anthill (2)
12: Tanimbar Corella eating fruits of Moringa olifera (0)
11: Red-crowned Barbet: Brood care and feeding behaviour (0)
10: Yellow Bittern foraging (0)
09: Brown-throated Sunbird and the fruits of the Pagoda Flower (0)
08: Sun Chong Hong: A fascination with birdsound (1)
07: BIRDS FISHING ALONG ROCHOR CANAL (2)
06: Courting behaviour of the Whiskered Treeswift (0)
05: Olive-backed Sunbirds feeding chicks (0)
04: Birds in frenzy (0)
03: Black-naped Oriole’s 50 Different Calls (0)
02: Ficus consociata: 5. Adult Blue-eared Barbet (0)
01: BESG Housekeeping (4)

July 2012 (30)
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31: © An Encounter With Common Hill Mynas Part 2 (1)
30: Fledgling Olive-backed Sunbird and Noni flowers (0)
29: Ficus consociata: 4. Juvenile Blue-eared Barbet (3)
28: Common Tailorbird collects fibres for its nest (0)
27: Yellow-crested Cockatoo family feeding on papaya (1)
26: Little Tern Hovering (1)
25: Ficus consociata: 3. Gold-whiskered Barbet (0)
24: White-crested Laughingthrush foraging in rubbish bin (1)
23: Bird-plant relationships at Singapore’s Punggol Park (0)
22: Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker eating fruit of Melastoma malabathricum (0)
22: Ficus consociata: 2. Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker (0)
20: Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker feeding on Myrmecodia fruits (0)
19: Brown-throated Sunbird feeding in the evening (0)
18: © AN ENCOUNTER WITH COMMON HILL-MYNAS Part 1 (9)
17: Ficus consociata: 1. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker (0)
16: Sunbird collecting nest material (3)
15: Whistling-Ducks and Hybrid Ducklings (1)
14: Lesser Whistling-ducks at the Singapore Botanic Gardens (2)
13: Glossy Swiftlet – juvenile waste disposal (1)
12: Olive-backed Sunbird feeding chicks (1)
11: Hornbills at Lily Avenue, Singapore (1)
10: Juvenile Grey Heron and the Fiddler Crab (2)
09: Little Egret facial skin variation (0)
08: White-crested Laughingthrush having a very long laugh… (2)
07: Oriental Pied Hornbill and Sterculia fruits (0)
06: Little Egret breeding in Peninsular Malaysia (0)
05: Collaboration with Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research (0)
04: BESG starting a mirror site (7)
02: Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush – calls (1)
01: Please do not “rescue” young birds… (8)

June 2012 (30)
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30: Blue-Crowned Hanging Parrots Foraging for Caterpillars (3)
29: Yellow Vented Bulbul – feeding on orchid flowers (2)
28: Laced Woodpecker and durians (3)
27: White-crested Laughingthrush encounter (2)
26: Common Tailorbird Nesting – Nest details (1)
25: Brown-Throated Sunbird Collecting Cocoon Silk (0)
24: ©WHISTLING ENCOUNTER WITH PITTA GRANATINA VS. PLAYBACK RECORDINGS IN SARAWAK (0)
23: Common Tailorbird Nesting -Outcome of 2nd Juvenile (0)
22: The BESG and its impact on birdwatching in Singapore (7)
21: Common Tailorbird nesting – feeding and fledging behaviour (0)
20: Female Indian Peafowl Prejudiced Against Albino Offspring (8)
19: Common Tailorbird – food for nestlings (2)
18: GREAT CRESTED GREBE FISHING IN LAKE (0)
17: White-bellied Fish Eagle roosting (0)
16: Collared Kingfisher Bathing in Sea Water (0)
15: Common Tailorbird nesting (3)
14: Sub-adult Greater Coucal (2)
13: MUTE SWAN DEFAECATION AND PREENING (0)
12: Are Atlas moths popular with birds? (1)
11: Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush and Poikilospermum suaveolens (0)
10: © INTRICACIES OF A COMMON TAILORBIRD’S NEST (2)
09: Everett’s White-eye: Identification and diet (1)
08: Crested Serpent-eagle and the Red Junglefowl (0)
07: Poikilospermum suaveolens (Urticaceae) and birds (2)
06: Banded Yellownape – adult male drinking (0)
05: Early Flight of A Juvenile Dollarbird (0)
04: Pipturus argenteus and the birds it attracts (2)
03: White-bellied Erpornis in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia (0)
02: Why do birds call when preening? (2)
01: Oriental Pied Hornbills in urban Singapore (0)

May 2012 (31)
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31: © HOMING ON COPPERSMITH BARBETS’ NESTING INTERIOR (0)
30: Blue-winged Leafbird – adult male calls (0)
29: Subsongs – Asian Glossy Starling & Olive-winged Bulbul (1)
28: Javan Myna – leucistic adult (4)
27: Oriental Honey-Buzzard in Action (0)
26: Laced Woodpecker foraging on the ground (2)
25: Breeding display of the Yellow Bittern (0)
24: Oriental White-eye eating flower bud of pink mempat (2)
23: © FORAGING HABITS OF BLUE-CROWNED HANGING PARROTS (0)
22: Asian Koel takes Murraya koenigii fruits (0)
21: Intermediate Egret breeding in Peninsular Malaysia [IV] (0)
20: Updates on the Olive-backed Sunbirds’ nesting – A casualty (0)
19: © SPIDERHUNTERS’ mascot Bird: Grey-Breasted Spiderhunter (0)
18: Video-journal of a Thailand birding trip (0)
17: Intermediate Egret breeding in Peninsular Malaysia [III] (0)
16: Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrushes encounter a lizard (0)
15: Pink-necked Green-pigeon building nest (0)
14: Citron-crested cockatoo spotted at East Coast Road (2)
13: Red Junglefow’s chicks (3)
12: Intermediate Egret breeding in Peninsular Malaysia [II] (0)
11: Blue-crowned Hanging-parrot feeding on guava (0)
10: Juvenile Asian Koel Takes an Afternoon Nap (0)
09: Banded Kingfisher with Prey (0)
08: Indian Pond-heron Spotted in Singapore (2)
07: Intermediate Egret breeding in Peninsular Malaysia [I] (3)
07: Barred Buttonquail taking a dust bath (2)
05: © Nesting Building – Large Woodshrikes (0)
04: A Common Sandpiper Coming Face-to-Face with A Wasp (0)
03: Common Moorhen and Black-backed Swamphen foraging (1)
02: White-throated Kingfisher – Urban Jewel (0)
01: Chronicles of the Olive-backed Sunbird (2)

April 2012 (31)
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30: Crested Goshawk sighted with prey (2)
29: Male Olive-backed Sunbird attacking female (4)
28: Oriental Pied Hornbill feeding on discarded rice (1)
27: Red Junglefowl Mother Hen and Chick (3)
26: Peaceful (Zebra) Dove: 4. Fledging (0)
26: Anting at the Singapore Botanic Gardens (0)
25: Indian Peafowls on Sentosa (0)
24: © Nest-building: Grey-Rumped Treeswifts. (0)
23: KHAO YAI AND KAENG KRACHAN (31 MARCH 2012 – 6 APRIL 2012) (0)
22: A white-eye entangled in a spider’s web (4)
21: Peaceful (Zebra) Dove: 3. Brooding (0)
20: Munias feeding on pennisetum grass (0)
19: An unknown shrike (4)
18: Chinese Pond-heron In Bishan Park (1)
17: Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot (0)
16: Peaceful (Zebra) Dove: 2. Incubating to brooding (0)
15: Yellow-vented Bulbul in my garden… (0)
14: Black-shouldered Kites – aerial acrobatics (3)
13: A family of Little Grebes (0)
12: Common Iora feeding on a katydid (0)
11: Peaceful (Zebra) Dove: 1. Nest building to incubation (0)
10: An extremely tame House Crow (10)
09: Yellow Bittern’s Stance (0)
08: Call of the Mangrove Pitta at Pasir Ris (2)
07: Cream-vented Bulbul having an evening bath (0)
06: The adult male Little Bronze Cuckoo (0)
05: Water Birds In Bishan Park (2)
04: Streaked Weaver’s Nesting Colony (0)
03: Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker nesting at Pasir Ris (0)
02: ©Sexing Black-headed Pittas (Pitta ussheri) in N. Borneo (1)
01: Encounter with a family of Oriental Pied Hornbills (0)

March 2012 (31)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Tanimbar Cockatoo eating seeds of the drumstick (0)
30: A Beautiful Nest And Nature-programmed Hygiene (3)
29: Collared Kingfisher with Changeable Lizard brunch (0)
28: Paddyfield Pipit enjoying a dust-bath (0)
27: Silver-eared Mesia – animal prey (2)
26: Laced Woodpecker foraging on the ground (3)
25: Spotted Doves’ moment of intimacy (2)
24: 2012 Annual raptor watch at Port Dickson, Malaysia (0)
23: Courtship of Spotted Doves and an intruding Javan Myna (0)
22: Java Sparrow juveniles feeding on bamboo seeds (0)
21: Blue-crowned Hanging-parrot eating leaf galls (0)
20: © Nest Building – Black-naped Monarchs (1)
19: White Wagtail of Vietnam (0)
18: Fire-breasted (Buff-bellied) Flowerpecker Dicaeum – male fruit feeding (0)
17: Sunbird nesting in my underwear… (31)
16: Tiger Shrike’s Unique Bill (0)
15: © Observation of Black-headed Pittas Whistling in N. Borneo (0)
14: The Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata of Malaysia (4)
13: FOUR LITTLE EGRETS – FISHING ALONG CANAL (1)
12: Video of Eagle-owl yawning and stretching (0)
11: Collared Kingfisher caught a vinegar crab (0)
10: Fire-breasted (Buff-bellied) Flowerpecker – female fruit feeding (0)
09: Neck-Twisting Spotted Dove (0)
08: Common Kingfisher casting a pellet (0)
07: © Courtship Feeding Behavior of Gold-Whiskered Barbet Pair (0)
06: Blyth’s Hawk-eagle preening after rain (0)
05: Oriental Honey-buzzard loses its balance (0)
04: More video clips of the Mangrove Pitta at Pasir Ris (0)
03: Long-Tailed Shrike Catches A Caterpillar (0)
02: Olive-backed Sunbird taking a leaf bath (0)
01: Juv Javan Myna Sips Water From Leaves & Enjoys A Water Bath (1)

February 2012 (29)
Detailed Monthly Archive

29: © LARGE WOODSHRIKE’S NEW FOOD RECORD – GECKO (0)
28: More on the food of the Large Woodshrike (1)
27: Plumage of the adult female Little Pied Flycatcher (1)
26: Feeding Spotted Dove: 21. Javan Myna aggression (0)
25: Oriental Pied Hornbills sighted (3)
24: Video clips of the Mangrove Pitta at Pasir Ris (0)
23: Streaked Spiderhunter catching spiders (3)
22: Crested Goshawk caught a myna (0)
21: Oriental Scops Owl at Pulau Ubin (2)
20: Little Bronze Cuckoo in Courtship Feeding (2)
19: Less common call of the White-throated Kingfisher (1)
18: © Observation of a Breeding Cinnamon Bittern (3)
17: Protecting Vernal Hanging Parrots through ecotourism (0)
16: Adult male Banded Yellownape foraging (0)
15: Bird behaviour during a birdwatching trip (2)
14: GREY HERON – NIGHT FISHING (1)
13: Oriental Honey-buzzard Mobbed By House Swallows (0)
12: Honeyeaters of Australia: Convergent Evolution of Nectar feeders – Sunbirds, Hummingbirds & Honeyeaters (1)
11: Green Imperial Pigeons Spotted at Pasir Ris Park (1)
10: Banded Woodpecker cooling off @ bukit brown (0)
09: Sub-adult Blue-eared Kingfisher (0)
08: © COURTSHIP FEEDING & GENDER OF CEYX ERITHACA in N. BORNEO (7)
07: Mangrove Pitta handling crabs (0)
06: Brown Shrike– adult female with nesting material and behaviour (1)
05: White-bellied Sea Eagle: Early nesting behaviour (4)
04: © SPIKY DURIAN AND GREATER GREEN LEAFBIRD (0)
03: Pacific Swallow foraging for flies (2)
02: Crying fowl (0)
01: The Calls of the Asian Koel (1)

January 2012 (30)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Mangrove Pitta at Pasir Ris Park (1)
30: Aggressive behaviour of Purple Swamphen (2)
29: Random video clips on birds… (1)
28: Yellow-vented Bulbul: Food for the chicks (0)
26: ©FRUITY RAMBUTANS AND BROWN-THROATED SUNBIRD (0)
25: Nesting Black-shouldered Kite (0)
24: Black-naped Oriole’s courtship (0)
23: Hornbills and palm fruits (2)
22: Brahminy Kite altercation with House Crow (4)
21: ©FRUITY RAMBUTAN & BLUE-CROWNED HANGING-PARROT (1)
20: White-bellied Sea Eagle feasting on fish (0)
19: Lesser Adjutant co-existing with Long-tailed Macaques (0)
18: Common Flameback and its reflection (1)
17: Pond Herons foraging (0)
16: Daisy O’Neill, the Avian Writer from Penang, Malaysia (6)
15: Common Sandpiper: Sex for pleasure? (1)
14: Black-headed Bulbul feeding on fruits of Macaranga bancana (0)
13: A close encounter with a Brahminy Kite… (1)
12: Black-naped Oriole collecting spider’s silk (0)
11: Oriental Pied Hornbill feeding on palm fruits (3)
10: Large Woodshrike – group foraging and calls (0)
09: Lesser Adjutant: Growth bars of feathers (0)
08: Blue-tailed Bee-eater catching insects from a perch (1)
07: Lineated Barbet calling (0)
06: Asian Koel comfort call? (9)
05: Brahminy Kite passing on prey in midair (3)
04: An Extraordinary Oriental Pied Hornbill at Pulau Ubin (3)
03: Blue-and-white Flycatcher and Macarange bancana fruits (0)
02: ©Foraging Behavior of Borneo’s Endemic Brown Barbets (0)
01: BESG: A new year… a new start… (3)

December 2011 (30)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: The Bird Ecology Study Group acknowledges contributors… (2)
30: Call of the Stripe-throated Bulbul (0)
29: Lesser Adjutant feeding in the mud (0)
28: Smooth-coated Otter at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (2)
27: Little Egrets’ Territorial Dispute (1)
26: Feeding behaviour of sunbirds (0)
25: ©A New Photographic Record: Jv. Malaysian Honeyguide in Borneo (3)
24: Asian Glossy Starling: A portrait (1)
23: Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot takes Macaranga bancana fruits (0)
21: Red Junglefowl Hens’ Plumage (3)
20: Golden-bellied Gerygone feeding Little Bronze Cuckoo chick (0)
19: Pied Fantail bathing behaviour and sexing (0)
18: Brown-throated Sunbird takes Nectar from Rain-soaked Tabebuia Flowers (0)
17: Juvenile Greater Green Leafbird feeding on Ficus benjamina figs (0)
16: Common Flameback attacking own reflection… (1)
15: Birds and the giant mahang Macaranga gigantea (0)
14: White-headed Munia feeding on grass seeds (0)
13: A flock of Blue-tailed Bee-eaters (2)
12: Brown-throated Sunbird taking nectar from a ginger flower (1)
11: Chinese Pond Heron feeding on a skink (0)
10: Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker taking Viscum ovalifolium fruits (0)
09: Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker foraging in Lagerstroemia tree (0)
08: Olive-backed Sunbird taking nectar from heliconia flower (0)
07: Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker feeding on fruits of Scurrula (0)
06: Yellow-eared Spiderhunter taking nectar from durian flower (0)
05: Heat loss by birds (0)
04: Odd behaviour of the Brown Barbet (0)
03: Nesting Grey Herons – Part 12: Begging Behaviour (0)
02: Barred Buttonquail foraging (3)
01: Pink-necked Green Pigeon eating sea apple leaf (0)

November 2011 (30)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: Spiderhunter stealing nectar from durian flowers (0)
29: Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis maculates feeding on Madras Thorn fruit (0)
28: Innocent Juvenile Common Flameback (5)
27: Yellow Vented Bulbul’s classical territorial call (0)
26: The need to document plants associated with birds (2)
25: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo – calls (0)
24: A family of Common Tailorbird in communication (0)
23: A one-footed Blue Rock-thrush (0)
22: Juvenile Oriental Magpie-robin Moulting into Adult (0)
21: Folivores – birds that feed on leaves (0)
20: Moulting Pied Fantail (1)
19: Birds using ferns as nesting sites (4)
18: The concealing behavior in owls (4)
17: Videoclips from Kinabalu, Borneo (2)
16: Orange-bellied Flowerpecker and fruit of Muntingia calabura (0)
15: Yellow-vented Flowerpecker and fruits of Muntingia calabura (2)
14: Planting for birds: Muntingia calabura (0)
13: Of Bird Watching, Bird Photography and the Like (0)
12: Little Grebe Processing A Dragonfly (0)
11: THE SINGAPORE MISTLETOE STORY (1)
10: A tribute to Clive Briffett: Birdwatcher and conservationist (1)
09: Chattering Lory sighted in Malaysia (0)
08: Gardening for birds: 7. Tropical mistletoes (0)
07: Oriental Scops Owl spotted at Kent Road, Singapore (1)
06: Call for more observations on the Little Bronze Cuckoo (2)
05: Greater Coucal calling (0)
04: Gardening for birds: 6. Climbers, Scramblers and Epiphytes (3)
03: Wild Red Junglefowl sighted at Sin Min Avenue (Part 2) (0)
02: Lowland “bird wave” (mixed foraging party) (0)
01: Pacific Golden Plover guarding turf (0)

October 2011 (31)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Gardening for birds: 5. Shrubs (0)
30: White-crested Laughingthrush Soliciting for Food (0)
29: Juvenile Brown-throated Sunbird (0)
28: Gardening for birds: 4. Plants for nectar-feeding birds (2)
27: Wild female Red Junglefowl sighted at Sin Ming Avenue (Part 1) (5)
26: Asian Paradise Flycatcher takes a cicada (1)
25: Oriental Magpie Robin – display/behaviour (0)
24: Gardening for birds: 3. Trees (3)
23: Crimson-rumped Waxbills in my garden (2)
22: Food of the Asian Koel (3)
21: Oriental Magpie Robin: Contractions of the vent (0)
20: Lena Chow: A new breed of nature videographer (4)
19: Asian Koel swallowing Morinda citrifolia fruit (1)
18: Gardening for birds: 2. Figs (1)
17: Oriental Magpie Robins – Father & Son or Brothers? (0)
16: Little Grebe nesting in a barren pond (0)
15: Hand feeding of wild Javan Mynas (9)
14: Common Redshank foraging (0)
13: Gardening for birds: 1. The garden (5)
12: Javan Myna moving north in Peninsular Malaysia (1)
11: Blue-winged Pitta flew into a house in Malaysia (1)
10: White-Crested Laughingthrushes and Prey (0)
09: More Eurasian Tree Sparrows with eye problems (0)
08: Nesting of Jungle Myna on a limestone outcrops (0)
07: Gaping Dollarbird (0)
06: Whimbrel foraging on mudflat (0)
05: Migration patterns of the Blue-throated Bee-eater (2)
04: White-throated Kingfisher foraging (0)
03: Grey Heron feeding (1)
02: Red-crowned Crane dancing during an earthquake (0)
01: Little Bronze Cuckoo processing a hairy caterpillar (0)

September 2011 (27)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: Gold-whiskered Barbet – courtship feeding? (0)
29: Nesting Grey Herons:11. A Strayed Juvenile (1)
28: Oriental Pied Hornbills and the crow (1)
27: Male Red-throated Barbet with insect prey (0)
26: Rose-ringed Parakeet Taking Peacock Flower Seeds (0)
25: Trapping Oriental White-eye (3)
23: Birds and the Indian cherry tree (Muntingia calabura (3)
21: Plumage of the Asian Glossy Starling (1)
20: Asian Koel found dead by a highrise apartment building (8)
19: Peaceful Doves mating (0)
18: Has the Bird Ecology Study Group emerged as the top dog? (2)
17: Little Egret fishing (0)
15: Striated Heron Defending its Fishing Ground (4)
14: “Fearless” Oriental Magpie Robin (2)
13: Herons fly past (8)
12: Feeding Spotted Dove: 20. Intelligent feeding II (0)
11: Black-naped Oriole feeding on neem fruits (0)
10: Pin-Striped Tit Babbler: Tail moult? (0)
09: Feeding of Sooty-headed Bulbul chicks (0)
08: Nesting of the Black-naped Oriole: 2. Feeding chicks (0)
07: Nesting of the Pied Fantail: 3. Brooding (1)
06: Brown Shrike impaling centipede before eating it (2)
05: Birds at the polluted river in Nepal (0)
04: Crows and oil palm fruits: A call for more observations (1)
03: Olive-backed Sunbirds moulting (0)
02: Feeding Spotted Dove: 19. An explosion of feathers (2)
01: Savanna Nightjar – gular fluttering (0)

August 2011 (30)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Activities around an Oil Palm (0)
30: Olive-backed Sunbird hovering (0)
29: The sad story of a partially blind Eurasian Tree Sparrow (3)
28: Meet Dwarf Kingfishers of the Orient: Ceyx Rufidorsa vs. Ceyx Erithacus (4)
27: Farting birds – food for thought (0)
26: Olive-Backed Sunbird’s Affinity for Bicycles (0)
25: Altitudinal migration: Eurasian Tree Sparrow (0)
24: Oriental Magpie Robin in comfort behaviour (0)
23: A Company of Birds by Loke Wan Tho (Michael Joseph, London, 1957) (0)
22: Observations on House Crow-Asian Koel interactions (0)
21: Book Review: The Crossley ID Guide, Eastern Birds (0)
19: Common Iora – breeding adult male foraging (1)
18: Spotted Dove taking grit (0)
17: PACIFIC REEF EGRETS – FISHING IN PULAU TIOMAN, Malaysia (1)
16: Singapore stamps and money: One for the birds (1)
15: Cattle Egrets feeding at rubbish dump (0)
14: Black-naped Oriole: Juvenile and adult (0)
13: Bronze Mannikin drying after a bath (1)
12: Birds feeding on Morinda citrifolia fruits (0)
11: Expressions of a Javan Myna (1)
10: Feeding Spotted Doves: 18. Intelligent feeding (0)
09: Black-naped Oriole feeding water apple and mango to juveniles (0)
08: Interesting behaviour of Black-crowned Night Heron in Hong Kong (0)
07: Brown-throated Sunbird harvesting nectar from coconut flowers (0)
06: A family of Blue-throated Bee-eaters (0)
05: Video of Red-breasted Parakeet eating seeds of African tulip (0)
04: Feeding Spotted Doves: 17. A feeder for the birds (0)
03: Madras thorn (Pithecellobium dulce), a little known bird tree (1)
02: Dance of the juvenile Little Terns (0)
01: Book Review: Avian Architecture (0)

July 2011 (30)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Peaceful Dove feeding juveniles with crop milk (0)
30: Little Terns hovering before plunge-diving (0)
29: Red Turtle-dove in courtship mode (0)
28: “Birding in Singapore” – The strange behaviour of a birdwatcher… (6)
27: White-crowned Hornbills at Kinabatangan River, Borneo (3)
26: Failed Nesting of the Brahminy Kite (0)
25: Oriental Pied Hornbill eating tree-climbing crab (2)
24: White-bellied Sea Eagle mobbing Grey Herons (0)
23: Common Iora – two calls of the juvenile/young adult (0)
22: Feeding behaviour of juvenile munias (1)
21: An encyclopedia of Singapore’s Biodiversity (0)
20: Feeding Little Tern chicks with a big fish (0)
19: ASHY TAILORBIRDS – DUET, SPARRING and SONOGRAMS (0)
18: Call of the adult female Pied Triller (0)
17: Janice Kwek’s Olive-backed Sunbirds (6)
16: Nest of the Brown-throated Sunbird (0)
15: “Citizen science and the monitoring of hornbills in Singapore” (2)
14: Asian Glossy Starling collecting nesting material (0)
13: Finch Haven at Singapore’s Bishan Park (4)
12: Juvenile Asian Glossy Starlings begging to be fed (0)
11: Photography at a nature park (0)
10: Brown-throated Sunbird: Male and female vocalisation (0)
09: Little Heron calling (1)
09: Leucistic Javan Myna (0)
07: Baiting Grey Heron for photography (0)
06: Oriental Pied Hornbill eating crabs (0)
05: Oriental Magpie Robin nesting in a mailbox (7)
04: Little Grebe feeding on fish (0)
03: Waxbills in Singapore (0)
01: BESGroup report: May 2010 to May 2011 (2)

June 2011 (28)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: Juveniles of the Scaly-breasted Munia (1)
28: Whimbrel in Buntal Bay Village, Sarawak (0)
27: White-throated Kingfisher attacks monitor lizard (3)
25: The Yellow-Vented Bulbul: The Malaysian-Singaporean Bird (0)
24: Video of Common Iora feeding Banded-bay Cuckoo fledgling (0)
23: Nictitating membrane and very soft calls of White-Throated Kingfisher (3)
22: Feeding Spotted Doves: 16. Two adults and a juvenile (0)
21: BIRD WAVES IN MALAYSIA’S CAMERON HIGHLANDS (0)
20: Weavers (SubFamily: Ploceinae) in Singapore (4)
19: Atlantic Puffins catching sandeels for their chicks (0)
18: House Crows and juveniles of Asian Koel (3)
17: Black-headed Munia feeding on grasses (0)
16: Eurasian Tree Sparrows feeding in the rain (0)
15: Common Iora feeding Banded-bay Cuckoo fledgling (0)
14: Olive-backed Sunbird’s blue nest: Continuing saga (0)
13: Pacific Swallow nesting (0)
12: Baby birds calls: Yellow-vented Bulbul (1)
11: Nesting of Pacific Swallows – Successful nest building (0)
10: Red-bearded Bee-eater takes a cicada (0)
09: Nesting of the Pied Fantail: 2. Egg incubation (0)
08: Courtship of the Asian Golden Weaver (0)
07: Yellow-vented Bulbul: Recycling old nests? (3)
06: Coppersmith Barbet removing dead chick from nest (0)
05: Common Myna – baldness not an obstacle to “love” (0)
04: Videography: The way to go in studying birds (3)
03: Encounter with a Brahminy Kite and an Oriental Pied Hornbill (0)
02: Nesting of the Pied Fantail: 1. Nest construction (0)
01: Asian Golden Weaver nesting (4)

May 2011 (31)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Judy Quah’s sunbirds return to nest yet again (6th and 7th nesting) (0)
30: Nesting of the Yellow-vented Bulbul (0)
29: Nesting Grey Herons: 10. Sexual assault (3)
28: Pacific Swallow – failed nesting (0)
27: Tanimbar Corella: DEXTROUS FEET and POWERFUL BEAKS (0)
26: Javan Myna: Juveniles begging for food (0)
25: Collared Kingfisher feeding on a cockroach (0)
24: Yellow-vented Bulbul nesting in a potted plant (2)
23: Sighting of the exotic Cut-throat Finch (0)
22: Adult Chestnut-headed Bee-eater feeding juvenile (0)
21: Oriental Magpie Robin mimics call of Black-naped Oriole? (0)
20: Nest building by the Common Iora (2)
19: Adult female Brown Shrike with nesting material (0)
18: Black Scoter takes a mollusc (0)
17: Spotted Dove that lost its tail feathers (2)
16: Ground pecking Laced Woodpecker (2)
15: COLLARED KINGFISHER – BREEDING ALONG CANAL (3)
14: Peaceful Dove – sex differences and courting (0)
13: MY ENCOUNTER WITH FIRST-WINTER MALE SIBERIAN THRUSH (0)
12: Olive-backed Sunbird harvesting nectar from heliconia (0)
11: BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS – NOCTURNAL FISHING WITH STRIATED HERONS (0)
10: Scaly-breasted Munias feeding on seeds of Tridax procumbens (0)
09: Nesting of the Black-naped Oriole: 2. Nest attachment (0)
08: Lineated Barbet takes a praying mantis (0)
07: Butterfly enthusiasts saved an injured White-bellied Sea Eagle (1)
06: CHINESE POND HERONS – BREEDING PLUMAGE, FEEDING & PANTING (4)
05: Brown-throated Sunbird – adult foraging behaviour (0)
04: White-bellied Sea Eagle feeding behaviour (2)
03: Black-naped Oriole feeding on scraps of Sea Apple fruits (1)
02: Termite hatch on video (2)
01: PACIFIC REEF EGRET IN PURSUIT OF LITTLE EGRET (0)

April 2011 (30)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: Black-naped Oriole feeding on nectar (1)
29: Lena Chow’s video bird-report of her trip to Nepal (0)
28: Lineated Barbet feeding chick (7)
27: LITTLE EGRET – BREEDING PLUMAGE (0)
26: Proliferation of storks around Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1)
25: Dusky Munias of Sarawak, Malaysia (0)
24: Nesting of the Black-naped Oriole: 1. Incubation (0)
23: Javan Myna taking nectar from African tulip flowers (0)
22: ASIAN KOEL FEEDING ON MACARTHUR PALM FRUITS (0)
21: Greater Coucal: A snake for the chick (4)
20: Entangled Pacific Reef Egret feeding on sea slater (0)
19: Confirmed Photographic Food Record of a Passage Migrant 2011. Siberian Thrush Zoothera sibirica (2)
18: Encounter with an injured Ruddy Kingfisher (1)
17: Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker foraging (2)
16: A cuckoo chick in a Golden-bellied Gerygone’s nest (2)
15: Brown Barbet – less commonly seen foraging method (0)
14: COLLARED KINGFISHER – CICADA PREY and cicada rain (2)
13: Yellow-vented Bulbul nesting in a hanging basket (2)
12: Black-and-white Mannikin spotted (1)
11: Nesting Grey Herons: 9. Conflict (0)
10: Lesser Whistling-duck foraging and flying (0)
09: Shameful slaughter of a Great Hornbill (4)
08: Call of the Collared Kingfisher… continued… (0)
07: Early Easter Eggs (2)
06: Vocalisation of Coppersmith Barbet (0)
05: Chestnut-headed Bee-eater building nest (0)
04: Pink-necked Green Pigeon: A case of failed nesting (3)
03: Javan Mynas in “gangster” fight – on video (0)
02: PACIFIC REEF EGRET – FISH PREY (1)
01: Oriental Pied Hornbills moulting rectrices (0)

March 2011 (37)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Call of the Ashy Tailorbird (0)
30: Song of the Oriental Magpie Robin (0)
30: Golden penda (Xanthostemon chrysanthus) and nectar feeders (0)
29: COMMUNICATING PAIR OF WHITE-BROWED CRAKES (0)
28: Rose-ringed Parakeet eating seeds of peacock flower (0)
27: Black-naped Oriole’s coarse call (0)
26: Call and behaviour of the Collared Kingfisher (4)
25: White-breasted Woodswallow takes a butterfly (0)
24: Black Swan’s aggression (6)
23: Little Egret’s leg-tapping foraging strategy (1)
22: Call of the White-breasted Waterhen (3)
22: Olive-backed Sunbird displaying pectoral tufts in the drizzle (2)
21: Pied Fantail mobbing Asian Koel (2)
20: Attracting Eurasian Tree Sparrows to my garden (1)
19: Coppersmith Barbet: Courtship feeding and mating (0)
18: Nest building with the wrong material (0)
17: Interaction between raptors and non-raptors (3)
16: MOSSY-NEST SWIFTLET BREEDING (1)
15: Pink-necked Green Pigeon – call (0)
14: Straw-headed Bulbul duetting (3)
14: Sunbird harvests nectar from Wrightia religiosa (1)
13: Nesting Grey Herons: 8. Feeding strategy (1)
12: Savannah Nightjar nesting in Ipoh, Malaysia (0)
11: ATTRACTING KINGFISHERS TO SUBURBAN GARDENS (1)
10: Long-tailed Parakeet and the Dendrophthoe pentandra mistletoe (4)
09: Blue-tailed Bee-eater feasting on hymenopterans (1)
08: Chestnut-headed Bee-eater: social/group behavior (3)
07: Scaly-breasted Munias’ bill contact (0)
06: Eggs of the Red Junglefowl (0)
06: Brahminy Kite eating prey in flight (0)
05: Violet Cuckoo handling caterpillars (0)
04: An adult Red-Billed Malkoha (0)
04: Pacific Reef Egret preening (0)
03: The Birds of Singapore… in progress… (1)
02: Vocalisation and soundtrack: Interpretations and analyses (1)
01: Laced Woodpecker cleaning out its nest hole (0)
01: Large-billed Crow takes ceram palm fruit (1)

February 2011 (42)
Detailed Monthly Archive

28: An immature male White-rumped Shama? (1)
28: A female Olive-backed Sunbird collecting nesting material (3)
27: Parakeets eating Swietenia macrophylla seeds (2)
26: Red-breasted Parakeet eats seeds of Lagestroemia speciosa (0)
25: Birds of a feather flock together (0)
25: Call of the male White-rumped Shama (0)
24: Nesting Grey Herons: 7. Feeding ritual (1)
24: Collared Kingfisher attacked and killed a flycatcher (11)
23: Little Egret – More Foot Tapping (1)
22: Grey Heron washing fish before eating it (2)
21: Oriental Magpie Robin courting (0)
21: Chestnut-bellied Malkoha takes a draco (5)
20: Stork-billed Kingfisher’s fishy antics (4)
19: Spotted Doves in territorial dispute (0)
19: Javan Mynas harassing a monitor lizard (2)
18: Feeding behaviour of herons: 4. Little Egret (0)
18: Crimson Sunbird confronting reflection (2)
17: Features of an adult male Great Hornbill (2)
16: Crimson-rumped Waxbill, another exotic canary (3)
15: Rufous Woodpecker and the air-conditioning unit (0)
14: Courtship feeding in Coppersmith Barbet (6)
14: Oriental Pied Hornbills in Pasir Ris Park (0)
13: Nesting of the White-throated Kingfisher (1)
13: Changeable Hawk-eagle crashed onto to a window of a building (3)
12: Songs of the Hill Mynas (0)
12: Coppersmith Barbet excavating a nesting hole (1)
11: The beginning of another breeding season? (1)
11: Olive-backed Sunbird and Caesalpinia pulcherrima (0)
10: Little Egret: Foot tapping (2)
09: SINGAPORE’S FIRST NARCISSUS FLYCATCHER (2)
09: A male and a female albino Red Junglefowl? (5)
08: Great Hornbill’s strange behaviour (0)
07: Tribute to a Great Birdwatcher: Guy Charles Madoc (1911-1999) (8)
06: Juvenile Tiger Shrike takes a gecko (0)
06: Feeding behaviour of herons: 3. Little Heron (1)
05: A caged Crested Jay (3)
04: Vulturine Guineafowl spotted in Singapore (2)
03: Oriental Pied Hornbill foraging like a woodpecker (0)
03: Odd feeding behaviour of the Brown Shrike (0)
02: *Courtship of the Spotted Dove (3)
01: Javan Myna with deformed upper mandible (0)
01: Pacific Reef Egret: Foot tapping (0)

January 2011 (36)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Antics of a juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron (4)
30: Purple Swamphen: Social behaviour and calls (1)
29: Red Junglefowl at Tanjong Pagar, Singapore (2)
29: An albino Red Junglefowl (2)
28: An Oriental Honey-buzzard entangled in a tree (1)
27: Call of the Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (2)
27: Yellow-fronted Canary and White-rumped Seedeater spotted (1)
26: Japanese White-eye eats Carmona retusa fruit (1)
25: Hill Myna vocalisation (0)
24: Orange-bellied Flowerpecker eating palm fruit (0)
23: An encounter with a pair of Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo (3)
23: Albino crow from India (0)
22: Eurasian Tree Sparrows sand-bathing (1)
21: Feeding behaviour of herons: 2. Intermediate Egret (1)
20: Nesting Grey Herons: 6. Chick development (1)
19: Black Bittern stalking quarry (7)
18: Emerald Dove – window kill (5)
17: Feeding behaviour of herons: 1. Chinese Pond Heron (3)
16: Osprey in comfort behaviour (0)
16: Oriental Pied Hornbill feeding on a spider (2)
15: Common Tailorbird singing (0)
14: An adult male (?hybrid) Red Junglefowl (0)
13: Red Junglefowl: adult male, female, chick and call (2)
12: Black Baza in comfort behaviour (1)
12: Javan Myna takes a centipede (0)
11: Calls of the Grey-headed Fish Eagle (1)
10: Olive-backed Sunbird building a nest (3)
10: Judy Quah’s sunbirds are back (0)
09: Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker eating fruit of Indian cherry (1)
08: Little Grebe at the Singapore Quarry (0)
08: Call of the Fluffy-backed Tit Babbler (0)
07: A chick forced out of its nest (3)
07: Mating of the Greater Coucal (1)
06: The Bird Ecology Study Group in review: 2005-2010 (5)
06: Cattle Egrets foraging (0)
05: Nesting Grey Herons: 5. Predation‏‏ (0)

December 2010 (26)
Detailed Monthly Archive

26: Cannibalism in Steppe/Tawny Eagle? (0)
25: Starling Central a.k.a. Starlingation (2)
24: UNCOMMON SIGHTINGS: 1. COMMUNAL BATH BY GOLDEN BABBLERS (0)
23: Little Grebe struggling with a large fish (1)
22: A distressed Black-naped Oriole (0)
21: Milky Stork interacting with Malayan Water Monitor (0)
20: Nesting Grey Herons: 4. Incubation (0)
19: Feeding Black-naped Oriole from a highrise building (3)
18: Black-crowned Night Heron: Breeding colony (0)
17: A strange looking minivet (3)
16: Mugimaki Flycatcher takes a caterpillar (0)
15: Secretarybird catches an insect (1)
14: Pied Triller – male, juvenile and call (0)
13: Feeding Spotted Dove: 15. Courtship (4)
12: Asian Koel regurgitates pellet (1)
11: Purple Heron flight landing sequence (0)
10: Great Egret hunting in the rain (1)
09: Feral populations of Javan and Common Mynas appearing in Sarawak (1)
08: Asian Glossy Starling regurgitating seed of Michelia champaka (0)
07: Nesting Grey Herons: 3. Copulation (0)
06: Drinking birds (7)
05: Baya Weaver’s failed attempt at nest building (0)
04: Javan Myna confronts a monitor lizard (2)
03: Long-tailed Shrikes and fledglings (1)
02: Nesting Grey Herons: 2. Nest building and maintenance (0)
01: White-breasted Waterhen moulting (2)

November 2010 (35)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: Javan Myna clinging onto a tree trunk (0)
30: Javan Myna takes on a dragonfly (0)
29: Tanimbar Corella feeding on unripe papaya fruits (1)
28: Courtship display of the Secretarybird (0)
27: Blue-tailed Bee-eater in the rain (0)
27: Brown-throated Sunbird in Kuching City, Sarawak, Malaysia (1)
26: Asian Glossy Starling eats seeds of Michelia champaca (0)
25: Gold-whiskered Barbet feeding on fruits and call (0)
24: Nesting Grey Herons: 1: A New Heronry (2)
23: Feeding Spotted Dove: 14. Papaya seeds (2)
22: UNUSUAL BIRD ENCOUNTERS IN THE CITY (4)
21: Blue-tailed Bee-eater ringed on the wing (0)
21: Calls of the Common Hill-myna (0)
20: Southern Ground-hornbill catches a snake (1)
19: Video of Oriental Magpie Robin foraging with vocalisation (3)
18: Olive-backed Sunbird robbing nectar from Malvaviscus (0)
18: Banded-bay Cuckoo chick and Common Iora in India (0)
17: Aerial Chase of Tanimbar Corellas and Little Egrets (0)
16: Peaceful Dove in courtship mode (0)
15: Nesting of sunbird (1)
15: Perching behaviour of White-breasted Woodswallow (0)
14: White-crested Laughingthrush eating a peanut (0)
13: Feeding of Spotted Dove: 13. A pair of Peaceful Doves (0)
12: Migrating Lanceolated Warbler crashed against glass door (1)
11: Ficus villosa and birds (0)
10: An innocent white Rock Pigeon (4)
09: The Yellow-billed Oxpecker and the giraffe (0)
08: Kwong Wai Chong: A student of bird behaviour (2)
07: Laughing Dove: 1. Behaviour during incubation (1)
06: Adult Blue Whistling Thrush with prey for young (0)
05: Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker: Family outing (1)
04: A little munia fell out of the sky (1)
03: A family of Ostriches (0)
02: Roosting of a mixed flock of starlings (1)
01: Immature Savannah Nightjar (1)

October 2010 (32)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: SRI LANKA Birding & Nature Holiday: A newbie’s perspective (1)
30: Long-tailed Parakeets eating tropical mistletoe fruits (1)
29: A Blue-tailed Bee-eater lost its way due to the thick haze (5)
28: Collared Owlet of Fraser’s Hill, Malaysia (1)
27: Of rambutan, sea olive and the birds they attract (0)
26: Iridescent ‘moustachial stripe’ of the Ruby-cheeked Sunbird (0)
25: Mating Ostriches (1)
24: Foraging Pied Fantails (0)
23: Caring for a cardinal that collided against a window pane (0)
22: Barred Buttonquail in territorial fight (0)
21: Sri Lanka Junglefowl (2)
20: Feeding of Spotted dove: 12. Singing with bill closed? (1)
19: More on Coppersmith Barbets’ feeding behaviour (0)
18: Setting Up the Ideal Garden: Garden Birdbaths to Feeders (0)
17: Grey Heron in breeding and non-breeding plumage (1)
16: Brown-throated Sunbird foraging along a tree trunk (0)
15: Blog Action Day – The Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (1)
14: Long-tailed Parakeet eating fruits of yellow simpoh (0)
13: Long-tailed Sibia feeding on moths (0)
12: Crimson Sunbird confronting its own image (0)
11: Emerald Dove encounter and eyelids (0)
10: The eyes of the Red-breasted Parakeet (7)
10: Bird Ecology Study Group links up with GreenAnswers (0)
09: Oriental Pied Hornbill catches insects (7)
08: Red Junglefowl – eclipse adult male (0)
07: Feeding of Spotted Dove: 11. Five months on (4)
06: Calls of the White-throated Kingfisher (0)
05: Nesting of Grey Herons (1)
04: On how to deal with a hooked White-breasted Waterhen (0)
03: Rufous-bellied Eagle honing its hunting skill (6)
02: Bathing Oriental Magpie Robin (1)
01: BESG website has a new face and a sister site (1)

September 2010 (30)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: Banded Woodpecker excavating nest and vocalisation (0)
29: Collared Kingfisher catches a froglet (0)
28: Feeding Spotted Dove: 10. More on eyelids (0)
27: How to attract Northern Cardinals using birdfeeders (3)
26: Paddyfield Pipit sand bathing and in moult (3)
25: Sleeping behaviour of the Common Tailorbird (5)
24: House Crows fishing (3)
23: Common Myna altercation over nest ownership (0)
22: Grey Heron displays tongue in flight (1)
21: Brown Hawk Owl calling (4)
20: Does the Fire-turfted Barbet sing with its bill closed? (0)
19: An adult Red-eyed Bulbul and its juvenile (0)
18: Another myna fight… (2)
17: The Birds of Singapore – an online book (7)
16: Feeding of Spotted Dove: 9. Her partner has returned (0)
15: How frequent do Pacific Swallows breed? (0)
14: Glossy Swiftlets nesting in the city (1)
13: Balding mynas (8)
12: Olive-backed Sunbird harvesting nectar (0)
11: Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker feeding on guava (0)
10: Feeding Spotted Dove: 8. Aggression (2)
09: Oriental Bay Owl calling throughout the night (1)
08: Nesting behaviour of Yellow-vented Flowerpecker (0)
07: Milky Stork sunning (3)
06: Whimbrel feasting on fiddler crabs (0)
05: Some perils of birdwatching in the Malaysian jungle (1)
04: Stork-billed Kingfisher fishing (1)
03: Common Iora collecting cocoon as nesting material (0)
02: Cream-vented Bulbul and Short-tailed babbler bathing (1)
01: Black-naped Oriole’s 16 different calls (0)

August 2010 (32)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Sunda Pygmy Woodpeckers foraging along tree trunk (0)
30: Miscellaneous bird vocalisation I (0)
29: An Oriental Magpie Robin and a green parakeet (3)
28: Encounter with a family of Dark-necked Tailorbird (0)
27: Javan Mynas in a fight (3)
26: Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush’s tender moments (0)
25: Scaly-breasted Bulbul feeding on Ficus villosa (0)
24: Streaked Spiderhunter stealing nectar from angel’s trumpet (0)
23: Anatomy of a Coppersmith Barbet’s nest (2)
22: Fire-tufted Barbet’s calls (1)
21: Call of the Fire-tufted Barbet (2)
20: Another White-throated Kingfished strangled by kite string (1)
19: Red-Breasted Parakeets and an escapee parakeet (0)
18: Protective behaviour of a Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (0)
17: Painted Stork catches a crab (0)
16: Scavenging birds of Perth, Australia (8)
15: Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher with a skink in its bill (3)
14: Birds and fruiting Ficus benjamina in Ipoh, Malaysia (0)
13: Oriental Magpie Robin: Vocalisation (1)
12: Straw-headed Bulbul eating petals of bauhinia (1)
12: Laced Woodpecker catches a worm? (0)
11: Songs of the Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (0)
10: Black-naped Oriole – plumage difference (1)
09: Black-rumped Flameback check out a concrete hole (1)
08: Red-backed Woodpecker checking a concrete hole (2)
07: Common Iora: Vocalisation (2)
06: White-throated Kingfisher entangled by kite line (1)
05: Macaranga bancana: More birds feeding on fruits (0)
04: Pink-necked Green Pigeon feeding fledglings (6)
03: Feeding Spotted Dove: 7. A strange feeding behaviour (0)
02: Nest building by Spotted Dove (0)
01: Oriental Pied Hornbill eats Leucaena and Moringa seeds? (2)

July 2010 (31)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Yellow-vented Bulbul chick hanging from the nest (3)
30: Nesting behaviour of the Coppersmith Barbet (2)
29: Distracting feeding behaviour of Zitting Cisticola (0)
28: Chivalry lost in Eden (0)
27: Feeding Spotted Dove: 6. Affection (4)
26: Javan Myna anting: Photographic documentation (3)
25: Nest of the Zitting Cisticola (0)
24: A bat caught in a mist net (0)
23: Feeding Spotted Dove: 5. Family visit (4)
22: Changeable Hawk-eagle tearing into a Black-naped Hare (1)
21: Pacific Swallow family conflict (3)
20: Oriental Magpie-robin catching lizards (4)
19: Asian Glossy Starlings catching alate termites (1)
18: Feeding Spotted Dove: 4. The eyelids (2)
17: Observations on feeding behaviour of Lineated Barbet (0)
16: Blue-throated Bee-eater sunning (1)
15: Videocam: A powerful tool for studying birds (4)
14: Barn Owl electrocuted (5)
13: Birds feeding on alate termites (2)
12: Birds and a packet of cooked rice (1)
11: Olive-winged Bulbul nesting (0)
10: Feeding Spotted Dove: 3. Comfort behaviour (2)
09: Common Mynas and their unusual nesting sites (2)
08: Two subspecies of Coppersmith Barbet (3)
07: Asian Koel in courtship mode? (2)
06: Feeding Spotted Dove: 2. Feeding behaviour (5)
05: A family of Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (0)
04: Yellow-vented Bulbuls ‘rain dance’ – an answer at last? (4)
03: Blue-bearded Bee-eater takes a carpenter bee (0)
02: Mountain Leaf Warbler with prey for its young (1)
01: Feeding Spotted Dove: 1. Introduction (6)

June 2010 (34)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker catches a larva (0)
29: An injured juvenile Pink-necked Green Pigeon (1)
28: Clothes hanger and crow’s nest (0)
27: Oriental White-eye’s failed nesting (0)
26: Oriental Pratincole: broken wing display and vocalisation (0)
25: Olive-winged Bulbul taking a bath (1)
24: The many faces of birding: I and the Bird #128 (8)
24: Everett’s White-eye takes nectar from Eucalyptus flowers (1)
23: Bird tree: Syzygium polyanthum or salam
22: Pin-striped Tit-babbler feeding Drongo Cuckoo fledgling (2)
21: Java Sparrows around the limestone hills of Ipoh, Malaysia (1)
20: Asian Palm Swift feeding chicks (0)
19: Eye movements of the Brown-throated Sunbird (0)
18: Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher and spiders (2)
17: Call of the Oriental Pied Hornbill (2)
16: Lesser Coucal sunning (0)
15: Red-wattled Lapwing: Moulting of primary flight feathers (0)
14: Leaves, caterpillars and yellowness in birds (0)
13: Greater Coucal foraging along a branch (0)
12: A flock of Lesser Whistling-ducks (1)
12: Agitated Black-crowned Night Herons (0)
11: Mangrove Blue Flycatcher feeding nestling (2)
10: Blue Rock-thrush around Ipoh’s limestone hills (0)
09: Paddyfield Pipit’s failed nesting (0)
08: Mobbing of a Long-Tailed Shrike (0)
07: Mugimaki Flycatcher catches an insect larva (6)
06: Song of the Silver-eared Mesia (0)
06: A less common feeding behaviour of the Paddyfield Pipit (0)
05: Ochraceous Bulbul bathing (0)
04: Baya Weavers teaching fledglings to fly (1)
03: White-tailed Robin of Cameron Highlands, Malaysia (0)
02: Hatchings and their parasites
01: International Year of Biodiversity – 2010 (0)
01: Asian Glossy Starling feasts on fruits of MacArthur palm (0)

May 2010 (38)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Whiskered Treeswift nesting (0)
30: Do owls preen and stretch during the day or night? (0)
29: Baya Weaver completing nest (5)
28: Cattle Egret associating with water buffalo (1)
27: Coppersmith Barbet: Fledging of a chick (0)
26: Do birds swallow papaya seeds? (4)
25: What happened to the Yellow-vented Bulbul’s nestlings? (0)
24: Scaly-breasted Munia nesting (0)
23: Chinese Pond Heron in a feather-raising posture (0)
23: Indian Skimmer skimming (0)
22: Brown-Throated Sunbird in comfort behaviour (9)
21: Rose-ringed Parakeet eats Caesalpinia pulcherrima seeds (1)
20: Distinguishing the Green-billed Malkoha in the field (0)
19: Vogelcop Bowerbird and his bower (0)
19: Documenting bird calls and songs (4)
18: Pied Fantail: Call and behaviour (5)
17: Hornbill eating, preening, regurgitating and losing balance (4)
16: Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot eating mango (2)
16: Thinking of home while transiting in Abu Dhabi (1)
15: Juvenile Dark-necked Tailorbird sleeps with one eye closed (0)
15: Do birds sleep with their eyes closed? (1)
14: Should attempts be made to tame wild birds? (2)
13: Brown-throated Sunbird eating flowers of Hura crepitans (1)
13: Hovering Crimson Sunbird (2)
12: Blue-throated Bee-eaters sunning… (5)
11: Olive-backed Sunbird’s blue nest (2)
11: Olive-backed Sunbird builds nest around a light bulb (1)
10: Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker and Indian cherry berries (5)
09: Is it desirable to tame birds? (14)
08: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo catches a praying mantis (0)
07: Strange behaviour of the Coppersmith Barbet chick (2)
06: Courtship and mating of the Spotted Dove (0)
05: Flocks of White-headed Munia (0)
04: Four nesting of a pair of Olive-backed Sunbirds (7)
03: Stork-billed Kingfisher manipulating a tilapia (0)
02: Feeding behaviour of a pair of White-breasted Waterhen (2)
02: Can all birds be tamed and will they stay tame? (5)
01: Nesting of the Chestnut-headed Bee-eater (2)

April 2010 (34)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: White-throated Kingfisher’s eyelid (0)
30: Red-headed Quelea dismantling Baya Weaver nest (4)
29: Hooded Pitta rescued in Ipoh, Malaysia (4)
29: A Hooded Pitta visits Joyce’s backyard (9)
28: Woodpecker-like feeding behaviour of drongos (0)
27: Eye movements of the Buffy Fish Owl (3)
26: Raptors and prey that managed to get away (0)
25: Sleeping birds at Kinabatangan, Sabah (1)
24: Courtship ritual of the Little Grebe (1)
23: Catapulting birds at a Malaysian National Service camp (7)
23: Sooty-headed Bulbuls at Lake Toba resort, Indonesia (1)
22: A family of Zitting Cisticola (1)
21: Red-headed Trogon feeding stick insect to chick (0)
20: Spotted Wood Owl sunbathing (5)
19: Green Bee-eater casting pellet (3)
18: Grey Heron manipulating prey (2)
17: Spotted Owlet and Indian Roller fighting for a nesting hole (0)
16: Jungle myna feeding on maggots from a dead snake (0)
15: Mangrove Pitta breeding: 5. Faecal sac (1)
14: Brown-throated Sunbird seeking out micro-moth pupae (1)
13: Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher casting pellet (2)
12: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo perching on a tree trunk (2)
11: Birds learning from one another (2)
10: Nesting behaviour of the Long-Tailed Shrike (4)
09: Mangrove Pitta breeding: 4. Food for hatchings (3)
08: The vocalisation of the Indian Cuckoo (1)
07: Nesting of the Little Grebe (0)
06: Buffy Fish Own catches a crab (0)
06: An odd looking sub-adult Yellow-vented Bulbul (1)
05: Javan Myna with yellow collar (1)
04: Mangrove Pitta breeding: 3. Vigilance and parenting (2)
03: The Indian Peacock (1)
02: Nesting behaviour of the Paddyfield Pipit (2)
01: Olive-backed Sunbird in comfort behaviour (3)

March 2010 (37)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Indian Grey Hornbill bill grappling and aerial jousting (3)
30: Courtship of the Common Iora (1)
30: Lineated Barbet feeding on fishtail palm fruits (2)
29: Orange-bellied Flowerpecker eating Piper aduncum fruits (0)
29: Observing birds… according to J Delacour (3)
28: Mangrove Pitta breeding: 2. Predators (2)
27: Oriental Pied Hornbill in courtship mode (5)
26: Scaly-breasted Munia eats elephant grass seeds (1)
25: Parrots, bagworm moth and cocoon (2)
24: Collared Kingfisher feeding chick (1)
23: Brahminy Kite with worn out feathers (7)
22: Ruby-cheeked Sunbird foraging (0)
21: Rufous Piculet drumming (0)
21: Mangrove Pitta breeding: 1. Who’s who (10)
20: Yellow-vented Bulbul chick from a tissue paper nest (7)
19: Status of the Bali Starling (3)
18: Glossy Swiftlet steals nest materials from Baya Weaver II (1)
17: Grey Wagtail confronts its reflection (0)
16: Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker feeding fledgling (0)
15: Birding in Singapore and the challenges of the 21st century (4)
14: Long-tailed Sibia feeding on fruits (1)
13: Orange-breasted Trogon mating (1)
12: Opportunistic survey of the bird market in Bali, Indonesia (8)
11: Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS – birdwatcher extraordinarie (60)
10: A close look at an Oriental Pied Hornbill (0)
09: Grey Heron in confrontation (1)
08: Crimson Sunbird feeding at spider’s web (0)
08: Crimson Sunbird harvesting nectar from hibiscus (3)
07: Oriental Pied Hornbill nesting in earthern pot (2)
06: Pink-necked Green Pigeon killed by lizard (0)
05: Black-headed Bulbul collecting nesting material (0)
05: Black-headed Bulbul feeding on figs (0)
04: Red-legged Crake chick learns to forage (2)
03: Crimson Sunbird hovering to harvest nectar (3)
02: Drama in the garden as the Asian Koel appears (1)
02: Asian Koel in confrontation (1)
01: Oriental Pied Hornbill in moult (3)

February 2010 (37)
Detailed Monthly Archive

28: A male Dark-necked Tailorbird (0)
28: Immature Ashy Minivet in a mixed species foraging flock (0)
27: Grey Heron in courtship mode (0)
26: Blue-tailed Bee-eaters sunning or enjoying the drizzle? (1)
26: Why do birds stand on one leg? (7)
25: Little Pied Flycatcher’s call (0)
25: Whiskered Treeswift’s 180º head turn (0)
24: Observations on the Streaked Wren Babbler (0)
23: Green Junglefowl (1)
22: Juvenile Malaysian Night Heron taking on adult plumage (2)
22: Crows predating chicks (2)
21: White-browed Shrike Babbler ‘hopping’ backwards (2)
21: Nests of the Yellow-vented Bulbul (6)
20: Pink-necked Green Pigeon swallows MacArthur palm fruits (1)
19: Courtship feeding in Asian Koel (1)
18: Three woodpeckers in one location (0)
17: Red-breasted Parakeet eats cocoon (4)
16: Feeding behaviour of the Blue-tailed Bee-eater (2)
15: Sanderling eats frozen shrimp (1)
14: Black-naped Oriole eating mango (1)
13: Male and female Silver-eared Mesia (3)
13: Oriental Honey-buzzard visits KC Tsang yet again (0)
12: Oriental Pied Hornbills at Singapore’s Chinese Garden (3)
11: Crested Goshawk chasing Lineated Barbet (4)
11: Blue-throated Bee-eater in post-juvenile moult (0)
10: Scaly-breasted Munia eating Axonopus compressus seeds (2)
09: Jungle Myna – Cattle Egret association with water buffalo (0)
08: Encounter with Chinese and Little Egrets (4)
07: Oriental Pied Hornbill eating guava and rambutan (3)
06: One-eyed Oriental Honey-buzzard (0)
05: A juvenile Barred Eagle Owl named Prince (0)
04: Common Flameback foraging (0)
04: Little Egret foraging in shallow water (1)
03: White-rumped Shama taking a bath (3)
02: Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot feeding on lichen/fungus? (1)
01: Starling and bulbul feeding on Macaranga sp. (4)
01: Common Kingfisher and the fish that got away (4)

January 2010 (40)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher casting pellet (4)
30: Tanimbar Corella eating sea almond and leucaena (0)
29: Cotton Pygmy-goose breeding in Peninsular Malaysia? (1)
29: Red-legged Crake and earthworms (2)
28: Hanging parrot, leafbird and spiderhunter eating rambutan (2)
27: Re-introduction of a male Rhinoceros Hornbill: An update (3)
26: Paddyfield Pipit taking a sand bath (0)
26: Common Myna with deformed bill (2)
25: A choking Blue-winged Pitta (5)
24: Parasitic fly on Spotted Dove (1)
24: Appearance of Dark-sided and Asian Brown Flycatchers (1)
23: Baya Weaver and animal prey (0)
23: Subadult Large Hawk Cuckoo* (3)
22: Long-tailed Shrike preying on a bird (2)
21: Malayan Night Heron takes a Garden Supple Skink (0)
21: Long-tailed Shrike’s cross bill (6)
20: Blue throat patches of the Chestnut-winged babbler (0)
19: Oriental Magpie Robin takes a termite alate (2)
19: Little Egret swallowing a prawn (0)
18: Weird behaviour of a Malaysian Night Heron (1)
17: Parakeets eating leaves of mangrove plant (1)
16: Masked Finfoot’s feet (1)
15: Immature sub-adult Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (1)
15: Long-tailed Shrike eating impaled skink (2)
14: Masked Finfoot sighted in Singapore (8)
13: Chestnut-winged Cuckoo eats Privet Hawk Moth caterpillar (1)
12: Scarlet-backed Flowerpeckers and mistletoes (0)
12: Malayan Night Heron stalking earthworms (1)
11: Long-tailed Shrike impales lizard (14)
10: Migratory flock of Black Baza in Ipoh, Malaysia (3)
10: Milky Stork fighting for the fish (3)
09: White-bellied Sea Eagles catch sea snakes (7)
08: Osprey collecting sticks for nest (1)
07: Recent field trip to Nam Sang Wai, Hongkong (3)
06: Brahminy Kite in fright moult (3)
05: Four injured bitterns all in a row… (0)
04: Brown Hawk Owl joins in a badminton game (10)
03: Common Kingfisher swallows fish tail-first (3)
02: Aerial battle: Brahminy Kite vs Changeable Hawk Eagle (1)
01: Crimson Sunbird and Water Canna (2)

December 2009 (44)
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31: Crest of the Malayan Night Heron (0)
31: Vocal communication in White-crested Laughingthrush (1)
30: Nesting behaviour of Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (2)
29: Grey Heron swallows large Walking Catfish (4)
28: Rescue of a mobbed Amur Falcon in India (1)
27: White-throated Kingfisher dive bathing (2)
26: Pacific Swallow building nest (0)
26: Striated Swallow collecting mud (4)
25: Oriental Pied Hornbill and papaya (2)
25: Another Red-Legged Crake found dead (3)
24: Coppersmith Barbet excavating a cavity II (0)
23: Tongue of the Little Spiderhunter (2)
23: Grey Heron feeds on fish (2)
22: Courtship behaviour of the Indian Skimmer (2)
21: Yellow-vented Bulbul and bananas (1)
21: Clash of the Common Sandpipers (5)
20: Flight reaction of roosting birds (2)
19: Feeding Behaviour of the Brown-Throated Sunbird (3)
18: Black-naped Oriole takes a caterpillar (2)
17: Coppersmith Barbet excavating a cavity I (0)
16: Drongo Cuckoo feeding on caterpillars (0)
16: Tiger Shrike swallows prey (0)
15: Straw-headed Bulbul takes Leea indica fruits (2)
14: Malayan Night Heron catches an earthworm II (4)
13: Barn Swallow flocking (0)
13: A snake and a barbet in a hole… (0)
12: Songs and calls of the Tiger Shrike (3)
12: Brown Hawk Owl finds a home (2)
11: White-bellied Sea Eagle in battling a crow (0)
10: Eurasian Tree Sparrow and cockscomb (1)
10: Bird aggression… (1)
09: Striated Heron: Big fish or small fry? (3)
08: Blue-tailed Bee-eater: Breeding in Ipoh, Malaysia? (1)
07: Asian Koel takes a noni fruit (2)
07: Eurasian Tree Sparrow on ixora plants (3)
06: Courtship ritual of the Great Crested Grebe (0)
05: Sunbirds and Macaranga heynei (2)
04: Pacific Golden Plover catches a worm (3)
04: Pied Fantail in partial moult (0)
03: Dollarbird – Jungle Myna confrontation for nest cavity (2)
02: A tame Scaly-breasted Munia? (2)
02: Banded Woodpecker harvesting ants (0)
01: Courtship of the White-throated Kingfisher (1)
01: “Raising a Family” – A photographic exhibition (2)

November 2009 (41)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: Perching Asian Paradise-flycatcher (0)
30: Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker – Pipturus argenteus (1)
29: White-bellied Sea Eagle regurgitating fishing line? (1)
28: Pink-necked Green Pigeon eats petals (1)
28: Malayan Night Heron catches an earthworm (1)
27: White-bellied Sea Eagle mobbed by crows (5)
26: Grey-headed Canary Flycatchers in a bird wave (0)
26: Oriental Magpie Robin’s failed nesting (3)
25: A sad encounter with migratory Amur Falcons in Nagaland (1)
24: Mating of Grey Herons (0)
23: Chestnut-bellied Malkoha: bill and periorbital patch (0)
23: Family of Milky Storks (1)
22: Lineated Barbet – Laced Woodpecker confrontation (0)
21: Macaranga bancana and spiderhunters (2)
21: Oriental Honey-buzzard visits KC Tsang yet again (1)
20: Courtship feeding of the Chestnut-headed Bee-eater (2)
19: Encounter with a dead Red-legged Crake (2)
18: Red-legged Crake – road kill (2)
18: Common Sandpiper takes an insect (2)
17: Macaranga bancana and bulbuls (2)
16: Purple Heron in comfort mode (3)
15: Macaranga bancana: An excellent bird tree (3)
14: Tanimbar Corella’s eating behaviour (5)
13: Glossy Swiftlet steals nesting materials from Baya Weaver (4)
12: Little Heron confronts a Banded Bullfrog (0)
11: Tiger Shrike catches a praying mantis (2)
10: Eyes of the Peaceful Dove (1)
10: Macarange bancana attracts Green Iora and flycatchers (4)
09: Juvenile Peaceful Doves in play mating (2)
09: Juvenile male Oriental Magpie Robin moulting (2)
08: Collared Kingfisher eats pufferfish (2)
07: Whitehead’s Trogon (4)
06: Macaranga bancana and sunbirds (4)
05: Grey-tailed Tattler at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (2)
05: Flocking display by Purple-backed Starling (3)
04: Yellow-vented Bulbul eating terong pipit (1)
04: White-bellied Sea Eagle (1)
03: Green-billed Malkoha foraging on the ground (1)
03: Spotted Dove nesting (2)
02: Little Tern hunting (2)
01: Stork-billed Kingfisher catches crayfish (0)

October 2009 (52)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Blue Winged Pitta found dead (4)
31: Daurian Starlings flocking (5)
30: Blue-winged Leafbird takes on a long-horned grasshopper (0)
29: Yellow-vented Bulbul feeding on neem fruits (8)
28: Tawny Frogmouth (4)
27: Orange-bellied Flowerpecker feeding on nectar (0)
27: Comfort behaviour of the Spotted Wood Owl (1)
26: Flight pattern of birds in fright (1)
26: Barn Swallow: Fledgling behaviour (2)
25: Sub-adult Greater Coucal (3)
25: Dark-necked Tailorbird feeding juveniles (1)
24: Bees, hornets and bee-eaters (1)
23: White-rumped Munia nests (1)
23: Juvenile White-bellied Sea Eagle (3)
22: Rufescent Prinia and its insect prey (2)
21: Emerald Dove crashes into a house (0)
21: Scaly-breasted Munia feeding on green alga (13)
20: Scaly-breasted Munia eating casuarina seeds (1)
20: Blossom-headed Parakeet sighted (1)
19: Juvenile Laced Woodpecker (0)
19: Whiskered Treeswift mating (0)
18: Dusky Broadbill and dragon’s-scale fern (0)
18: Whitehead’s Broadbill nest (0)
17: Oriental Pied Hornbill interlocking bills (2)
16: Adult Tiger Shrike does arrive in Singapore (3)
16: Black-throated Sunbird feeding on nectar (2)
15: Birds and climate change (2)
14: Foraging behaviour of the Little Egret (2)
14: Rufous Babbler sighted at Yelagiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, India (2)
13: Barbets eating figs (0)
13: Black-throated Sunbird’s hunting technique (1)
12: Close encounter with juvenile Coppersmith Barbets (0)
11: Broadbills and their diet (2)
11: In search of …10 Kings behind the Wallacea Line (0)
10: Do birds perspire? (2)
10: Brown Shrike dismembers grasshopper (3)
09: Pacific Swallow starting a nest (0)
09: Dusky Broadbill builds a nest (2)
08: House Swift strange behaviour (2)
08: African Harrier-hawk: The woodpecker-raptor (1)
07: Banded Broadbills (1)
07: House (Pacific) Swallow collecting nesting material (3)
06: Tail fanning as a foraging strategy (1)
06: Ruddy Turnstone turns a stone (1)
05: Plaintive Cuckoo handling caterpillars (0)
04: Wildlife photography (4)
04: Scarlet Backed Flowerpecker eating Indian cherry (1)
03: Rufescent Prinia’s nest (1)
03: Juvenila Tiger Shrike with eye infection (0)
02: Grey Wagtail catches caterpillar (0)
02: Asian Paradise-flycatcher bathing (0)
01: White-rumped Shama: Feather condition (0)

September 2009 (39)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: Black-headed Munia mating (2)
29: Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (9)
29: Great Bowerbird of Kakadu National Park (1)
28: Yellow-bellied Prinia nesting (0)
27: Yellow-rumped Flycatcher: Hunting-perching behaviour (0)
27: The tailorbirds return for the third time to nest (0)
26: Oriental Pied Hornbill – Tanibar Corella confrontation (2)
25: The Jesus bird (2)
25: Chestnut-Bellied Malkoha collecting nesting material (1)
24: African Fish-eagle: The voice of Africa (2)
23: Bird Ecology Study Group blog… (1)
23: Ruddy Kingfisher eats one-legged crab (4)
22: Orange-bellied Flowerpecker and pulasan (0)
22: Gold-whiskered Barbet feeding on morinda (0)
21: Yellow-vented Bulbuls’ rain dance (3)
21: Wintering Tiger Shrikes (0)
20: Night feeding by Masked Lapwing (0)
20: Yellow-fronted Canary appears in Canada (2)
19: Thirsty birds (1)
19: Bee-eater hybrid… 3 (0)
18: Bee-eater hybrid… 2 (1)
18: Roosting of Savanna Nightjar (2)
17: BESG received a million hits… (18)
16: Pin-tailed Parrotfinch feeding on bamboo seeds (0)
15: Striated Heron chicks wandering out of nest (0)
14: Plaintive Cuckoo’s nictitating membrane (2)
13: Of blogs, newsletters, magazines, journals and books… (2)
12: Greater Green Leafbird and others feeding on figs (0)
11: Blue-tailed x Little Green Bee-eater hybrid? (5)
10: Juvenile Black-naped Oriole eating figs (0)
09: Baya Weavers do build odd-shaped nests (1)
08: A sparrowhawk’s kill (1)
07: Cooperative breeding and Jungle Myna (1)
06: An odd-looking weaver bird nest? (2)
05: Black-thighed Falconet hunting during nesting (3)
04: Common Iora catching and swallowing caterpillar (1)
03: Peregrine Falcon in urban locations (4)
02: What motivates cross-breeding? (1)
01: Orange-breasted Trogon feeding on a cicada (4)

August 2009 (32)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Olive-backed Sunbird’s tongue (1)
30: Barred and Little Cuckoo Doves roosting together (1)
29: Yellow-vented Bulbul’s reaction to chick’s death (3)
28: Nesting White-rumped Shama (2)
27: Short-tailed Green Magpie catches a cicada (4)
26: Large Niltava eating snake (1)
25: Nesting of Whiskered Treeswift (2)
24: Owl and heron strangled (4)
23: Insight into the mixed-species bulbul breeding (1)
22: Greater Flameback ‘kissing’ (1)
21: Mynas as pets (2)
20: Nesting Laced Woodpecker (1)
19: Banded Woodpecker picking ants (0)
18: Baya Weaver, acacia and pennisetum grass (0)
17: Pied Fantail takes a dragonfly (2)
16: Mixed species bulbul feeding juvenile (0)
15: Black-naped Oriole came for a visit (1)
14: Pacific Swallow chicks have fledged 2 (0)
13: Pairing of Yellow-vented and Sooty-headed Bulbul (8)
12: First two days in the life of a Little Tern chick (0)
11: Crimson Sunbird stealing nectar from flowers (5)
11: Common Kingfisher bashing fish (0)
10: Sunbird and spittlebug (0)
09: Black-capped White-eye (1)
08: Juvenile Banded Bay Cuckoo fed by adult Common Iora (3)
07: Thick-billed Green-pigeons feasting on figs (2)
06: Malayan Whistling Thrush: Importance of images and publishing your observations (8)
05: Oriental Pied Hornbill’s bill (3)
04: Rictal bristles (2)
03: A family of Olive-winged Bulbuls (0)
02: Raffles’ Malkoha building nest (1)
01: Dusky Broadbill nesting (0)

July 2009 (44)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Baby cuckoo fed by tailorbird (3)
30: Brown-throated Sunbird and Macarange heynei (0)
30: Cream-vented Bulbul eating salam fruits (0)
29: Blue-throated Bee-eater: 11. Reflection (2)
28: Wrinkled Hornbill at Panti forest, Johor (2)
27: Blue-throated Bee-eater: 10. The chicks (1)
26: Collared Kingfisher: Food for the chick (4)
25: Pacific Swallow feeding chicks I (1)
25: A story of nesting tailorbirds from India (3)
24: Blue-throated Bee-eater: 9. Release (2)
23: A nesting tailorbird encounters sunbirds… and a cat (0)
23: An Oriental Honey-buzzard came a-visiting (0)
22: Blue-throated Bee-eater: 8. Excavating two further nests (1)
21: Releasing munias in our nature reserves (1)
21: Zitting Cisticola catching caterpillar to feed chicks (0)
20: Lineated Barbet: Food for the chicks (1)
19: Blue-throated Bee-eater: 7. Excavating the nest chamber (1)
18: Rufous Woodpecker feeding juvenile (0)
18: White-headed Munia and Panicum maximum (0)
17: Blue-throated Bee-eater: 6. Tragedy (0)
16: Flowerpeckers and Clidemia hirta (2)
16: Azure-winged Magpie defending its food (0)
15: Yellow-vented Bulbuls’ display after rain (12)
14: Blue-throated Bee-eater: 5. Developmental threat (6)
13: Scratching among birds II (0)
13: House Crow caching meat (1)
12: Blue-throated Bee-eater: 4. Flight sequence (3)
11: Spiderhunters and African tulip (1)
11: Quails in captivity (1)
10: Blue-throated Bee-eater: 3. Feeding the chicks (0)
09: Mating of the Red-breasted Parakeet (2)
08: Blue-throated Bee-eater: 2. Nest excavation (3)
08: Wood Sandpiper bathing, preening and feeding (1)
07: Oriental Pied Hornbill catches caterpillar (0)
06: Eyelashes of the Crested Caracara (0)
06: Black-collared Starling picks up earthworms (1)
05: Tracking whimbrels to breeding grounds near Hudson Bay (0)
05: Blue-throated Bee-eater: 1. Courtship and mating (10)
04: Death of a Little Tern chick (2)
03: Rail-babbler’s territorial display (2)
02: Little Spiderhunter harvesting nectar from torch ginger (3)
02: Olive-backed Sunbird: Removal of faecal sac (2)
01: Birding Ethics: For photographers, by photographers (3)
01: Nest of the Zitting Cisticola (0)

June 2009 (49)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: Do birds fart? (14)
30: Black-naped Oriole and its wandering chicks (4)
29: Hummingbirds harvesting nectar (1)
28: Red-bearded Bee-eater taking a beetle (0)
28: Storm’s Stork at Kinabatangan Jungle Camp (0)
27: Yellow-vented Bulbul: Fledging moment (0)
27: Citizen scientists document another hornbill nesting (1)
26: Barred Eagle-owl takes a monkey (4)
25: Another victim of abandoned fishing line: Hornbill (3)
25: Black-and-yellow Broadbill takes a caterpillar (1)
24: Lineated Barbet’s household chore (1)
24: White-crested Laughingthrush came crashing (2)
23: Fledging Lineated Barbet fallen from nest (0)
23: Pied Fantail nesting (1)
22: Sumba Hornbill: Highly endangered (2)
21: Tanimbar Corella eating golden shower fruits (2)
20: Peaceful Dove mating (1)
20: Large-tailed Nightjar’s failed nesting (2)
19: Blue-throated Bee-eater casting pellet (2)
19: Black-naped Tern’s unsuccessful attempt at copulation (0)
18: Flowerpecker’s nest (0)
18: SABAH Birding-Nature Holiday – List of birds, etc. (2)
17: SABAH Birding-Nature Holiday: 1. Trip Report (3)
16: Feathers for sexual display (0)
16: Nesting of the Mangrove Pitta (18)
15: Why is the juvenile bee-eater not fed bees? (0)
14: Blue-winged Pitta vs. Mangrove Pitta (0)
13: Blue-winged Leafbird and mistletoe (3)
13: Black-winged Stilt brooding chicks (1)
12: Oriental Pied Hornbill eats rambutan (5)
12: Buffy Fish-owl and a half eaten rat (0)
11: Crested Goshawk hunting squirrel (0)
10: Scratching among birds (4)
10: Olive-backed Sunbird: Nest building (0)
09: Starling hit by a passing car (1)
08: Black-and-red Broadbill and a mosquito (2)
08: Rufous-tailed Tailorbird takes a leaf bath (0)
07: Black-winged Stilt in aerial combat (2)
06: Albino Javan Myna in a flock of mynas (1)
06: Flycatcher eats grasshopper: Photographic evidence (0)
05: Moulting in sunbirds (0)
05: Yellow-vented Bulbul fledglings (0)
04: Response of nesting prinia to pre-recorded song (2)
03: Collared Kingfisher mating (2)
03: White-bellied Sea Eagle: 2. Attack by crows (2)
02: Black-shouldered Kites locking talons (1)
02: Tale of an albino crow (3)
01: Feather care in birds (2)
01: Asian Koels in battle (0)

May 2009 (49)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Lesser Coucal drying after a rain (0)
31: Plover stalking marine worms II (0)
30: Chestnut-headed Bee-eater catching insects (0)
30: White-bellied Sea Eagle: 1. Nesting (2)
29: Crows robbing grains from lorry (1)
28: More on hornbills locking bills (0)
28: Strange behaviour of a pair of Asian Glossy Starlings (1)
27: Leucism in crows (8)
26: Savanna Nightjar – feet (0)
26: Irresponsible disposal of fishing line (2)
25: Long-tailed Shrike feeding juvenile (0)
25: Changeable Hawk Eagle catches a rat (4)
24: Red-breasted Parakeet “confrontation” at Changi (5)
23: White-throated Kingfisher catches spider (2)
23: Munias eating grass seeds IV (2)
22: Jerdon’s Baza moulting (1)
22: Red-winged Starling, another escapee for Singapore (0)
21: Munia eating seeds of grasses III (5)
21: In-captivity development of a heron chick – PDF available (1)
20: Olive-backed Sunbird: Feeding of chicks (1)
19: Scaly-breasted Munia nesting (4)
18: Plover stalking marine worms I (2)
18: Nesting of the Blue-eared Kingfisher in Singapore (2)
17: Oriental Honey Buzzard or Blyth’s Hawk Eagle? (2)
16: K C Tsang: To be able to see, not merely look… (6)
15: Crows mobbing a Changeable Hawk Eagle (0)
15: Zitting Cisticola catches a spider/grasshopper (3)
14: Large-tailed Nightjar and its unique features (1)
14: Nesting Black-naped Monarch (0)
13: Malabar Pied Hornbills locking bills (5)
12: Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker and mistletoe (2)
12: Pink-necked Green Pigeon swallows MacArthur palm fruit (1)
11: Yellow-vented Flowerpecker eating the Indian cherry (1)
10: Munia eating grass seeds II (0)
10: Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker picking spider’s web (0)
09: Large-tailed Nightjar – gape (2)
08: I and the Bird #100 (0)
08: Nesting of the Coppersmith Barbet (1)
07: Chestnut Munia eating grass seeds (2)
07: Scaly-breasted Munia taking a leaf bath (1)
06: Nesting of the Banded Kingfisher (7)
05: Tiger Shrike takes a beetle (1)
05: Moringa and Common Iora (2)
04: Another escape: Yellow-fronted Canary (6)
04: Greater Bird of Paradise sighted (1)
03: Black Kites of North Vietnam (0)
03: Orange-breasted Trogon takes a moth (1)
02: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo building nest (3)
01: A woodpecker’s hyoid apparatus (1)

April 2009 (45)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: The Mangrove Pitta experience (1)
30: Lesser Coucal drying feathers (3)
29: Role of the camera in birdwatching (6)
28: Importance of dead specimens to museums (2)
27: White-rumped Shama collecting nesting material (0)
27: Red-legged Crake released after rescue (0)
26: Oriental Pratincole crouching… (4)
26: Terns and passing ships (3)
25: Nesting of the Savanna Nightjar (1)
25: Postings your observations and images (5)
24: Javan Myna feeding on fruits of Claoxylon indicum (3)
24: Great Hornbill manipulating a fig (2)
23: Red-bearded Bee-eater taking a cicada (2)
23: Tiger Shrike takes a moth (1)
22: Red-legged Crake hit by a car (3)
21: Feasting on a dead Common Flameback (4)
20: Common Flameback’s mirror confrontation (0)
19: Common Flameback’s strange death (7)
19: Buff-rumped Woodpecker foraging (0)
18: Blue-naped Parrot eating sea almond fruits and flowers (3)
17: Banana, barbet and oriole (0)
17: Tracking the Oriental Pied Hornbill in Pulau Ubin (6)
16: Sunbirds harvesting nectar from Lumnitzera (1)
15: Brown-throated Sunbird mobs Blue-tailed Bee-eater (1)
14: Hornbill breeding in the Jurong Bird Park (0)
14: The nesting season is on… (1)
13: Oriental Pied Hornbills: Stages in its breeding cycle (0)
12: Velvet-fronted Nuthatch taking a spider (1)
11: Of breeding Coppersmith Barbet: A chronological summary (Part 9) (0)
10: A second nesting for the Olive-backed Sunbirds (1)
10: Little Heron feeding on sea slaters (1)
09: Infanticide-cannibalism in Oriental Pied Hornbill (4)
09: Dusky Moorhen in Western Australia (1)
08: Of growing nestlings and Coppersmith Barbets (Part (0)
08: Brown-throated Sunbird drying after a bath (1)
07: Streaked Spiderhunter’s bill… (1)
06: A Great-Rhinoceros Hornbill hybrid (4)
05: von Schrenck’s Bittern takes a frog (2)
04: Of insect diet and nesting Coppersmith Barbets (Part 7) (3)
04: White-bellied Sea Eagle at play (0)
03: Courtship of the Purple-throated Sunbird (2)
02: Great Hornbill sunbathing (0)
02: A Pied Triller comes a-calling (0)
01: Chinese Pond Heron eats a skink (1)
01: Orange-headed Thrush (0)

March 2009 (49)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Chinese Pond Heron and the earthworm (4)
30: Lamp post storks (1)
30: Oriental Pied Hornbill and grasshoppers (4)
29: Orange-breasted Trogon copulating (1)
28: Grey-throated Babbler eating a moth (0)
27: Re-introduction of a male Rhinoceros Hornbill (4)
27: Great and Rhinoceros Hornbills’ new playground (4)
27: Peregrine Falcon mobbed by a crow (1)
26: 5th International Hornbill Conference, Singapore 2009 (8)
26: Yellow Bittern eating dragonfly (0)
25: New generation nesting box for Oriental Pied Hornbill (0)
25: A female Large-tailed Nightjar’s double wing distraction (1)
24: Birds of the Equinox: A pile of feathers… (0)
24: Nectar harvesting and pollination by spiderhunters (2)
23: Of sani-sentry duties and Coppersmith Barbets (Part 6) (1)
22: Cooperative breeding (0)
22: Bill diversity of shorebirds and food competition (2)
21: Oriental Pied Hornbill sunbathing (2)
21: Red-legged Crake taking a bath (0)
20: Yellow Bittern in camouflage mode (1)
20: Observations on egrets at Semakau Landfill (1)
19: Birds of the Equinox (0)
19: Wattles (2)
18: White-throated Kingfisher catching a lizard (1)
18: Of nestlings’ diet and Coppersmith Barbets (Part 5) (1)
17: Courtship of the Magnificent Frigatebird (1)
17: Al Gilbert & Shirley (1)
16: Aquatic copulation of the Purple Heron (2)
16: Copulation of a pair of Hardheads (1)
15: Yellow Bittern eating a damselfly (4)
14: Pellet casting by non-raptorial birds (4)
14: Long-tailed Shrike catches a worm (0)
14: Collared Kingfiher: A nesting in the making (0)
13: Of nesting shiftwork and Coppersmith Barbets (Part 4) (0)
12: Paddyfield Pipit catching centipede (2)
11: Oriental Pied Hornbill eating soursop fruit (0)
10: Escapee Palm Cockatoo sighted (3)
09: Moulting of a male Black-throated Sunbird (1)
08: Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher: Fright moult? (8)
07: Crested Kingfisher (0)
07: Forest birds (1)
06: Of nesting shift duties and Coppersmith Barbets (Part 3) (1)
05: Western and Eastern Marsh-harriers in Singapore? (5)
04: Antics of a bird trapper (0)
03: Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker catching caterpillar (4)
03: Copper-throated Sunbird leaf-bathing (0)
02: Antics of an Olive-backed Sunbird (2)
02: Nectar party at the saraca tree (1)
01: Nesting of Olive-backed Sunbird in the HDB heartland (8)

February 2009 (47)
Detailed Monthly Archive

28: Birds leaf-bathing at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (2)
27: White-breasted Woodswallows roosting (0)
27: Chestnut-headed Bee-eater: Prelude to breeding (1)
26: Birds and chillies (1)
26: Yellow Bittern catches a frog (1)
25: Mystery of the lost toucan solved (0)
25: Darter or snake bird sunning (0)
24: Crow mobbing White-bellied Sea Eagle (5)
24: “Fun With Nature” encounters laughingthrushes (1)
23: Olive-backed Sunbird: A tragic ending (3)
22: Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher taking a spider (3)
22: Blue-winged Pitta catching a worm (2)
21: Of nesting shift duties and Coppersmith Barbets (Part 2) (2)
20: Purple Swamphen in Western Australia (0)
20: Stork-billed Kingfisher and the tilapia (5)
19: Pittas, victims of window crash (1)
19: Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher catching a frog (1)
18: Common Flameback eating chempedak (2)
18: Barn Owl asleep on highway (4)
17: Craig Robson revised (3)
16: Of nesting shift duties and Coppersmith Barbets (Part 1) (2)
16: Tanimbar Corella eating cassis fruit (5)
15: Some thoughts on bird photographers (11)
14: Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher catches a prawn (2)
13: Slim Sreedharan is in town (1)
13: Family’s encounter with pair of nesting bulbuls (5)
13: Red-breasted Parakeet and Dillenia suffruticosa (0)
12: White-bellied Sea Eagle catching terrapin (5)
12: Yellow-vented Flowerpecker eating Indian cherry (2)
11: Pitta watching at the Singapore Botanic Gardens (1)
11: Oriental Pied Hornbill in courtship feeding? (1)
10: Bathing birdies (2)
09: Crimson Sunbird taking nectar from snakeweed (2)
09: Of “toky” calls and Coppersmith Barbets (1)
08: Yellow-vented Bulbul swallows figs (3)
07: Peregrine Falcon mobs Western Marsh Harrier (5)
07: Urban encounter: White-rumped Shama (4)
06: Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher and Bat Hawk sightings (2)
06: Sighting of Bat Hawk in Singapore (2)
05: Toucan sighting (0)
05: Fledgling playing statue (0)
04: Peregrine Falcon in Singapore’s heartland (2)
03: Red-winged Starling spotted in Jurong (2)
03: Indian Cuckoo in comfort behaviour (1)
02: Juvenile Black-shouldered Kites (0)
01: Javan Mynas and wild boars (3)
01: Of papayas and Red-throated Barbets (0)

January 2009 (49)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Blue-tailed Bee-eater and the dragonfly (5)
30: Blue-tailed Bee-eater landing on a perch (1)
29: Resident Black-winged Kite defending its territory (5)
29: What do waders do when it rains? (1)
28: Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush eating an atlas moth (2)
27: Oriental Pied Hornbill eating MacArthur palm fruit (1)
26: Birds and Dillenia suffruticosa (1)
25: Streaked Spiderhunter catching a spider (3)
24: Little Spiderhunter and wild banana plant (2)
24: Of papayas and Gold-whiskered Barbets (0)
23: Great-billed Heron catching an eel catfish (1)
22: Common Iora and chicks (2)
21: Little Tern feeding fledgling in the water (0)
21: Bidadari Cemetery, a new birding playground (4)
20: Emerald Dove at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (0)
20: Migrant raptor defending its territory I (1)
19: Black-capped Kingfisher in flight (0)
19: Asian Koel regurgitates seed (0)
18: Orange-bellied Leafbird taking fruits (2)
18: Birds of Sungei Balang, Peninsular Malaysia (1)
17: Olive-backed Sunbird robbing hibiscus nectar (7)
16: Last waltz with a noisy pitta (1)
15: Little Tern taking a bath (2)
15: Birds along the lower slopes of Mount Faber, Singapore (1)
14: Distraction tactic of a Red-wattled Lapwing (2)
14: Pacific Reef Egret: A fish too large to handle (0)
13: Peregrine Falcon preying on a Javan Myna (2)
13: Hoopoe foraging and in warning mode (1)
12: Dollarbird catching beetle (0)
12: Red-legged Crake: Aborted or experimental sex? (1)
10: Citizen Science and the collection of bird data in Singapore (5)
09: An Indian Cuckoo and three Straw-headed Bulbuls (0)
09: A male Crimson Sunbird and the torch ginger flowers (5)
08: Siberian Stonechat (0)
08: An encounter with a Siberian Blue Robin (1)
07: Malayan Night Heron sighted in Singapore’s Bidadari (0)
07: Red-bearded Bee-eater feeding chicks (1)
06: Pheasant-tailed Jacana at Sungei Buloh (2)
06: House Swift in the act of drinking water (2)
05: Eyebrowed Thrush at Bidadari (1)
05: What happened to the Grey Heron nesting colony? (0)
04: Northern Shoveler sighted at Sungei Buloh (0)
04: Comfort behaviour of the Lineated Barbet (0)
03: Do birds kneel? (2)
03: Oriental Pratincole drinking (0)
02: Indian Skimmer skimming (2)
02: Antics of the Pied Fantail (0)
01: Roosting of the Grey Nightjar (2)
01: ©Jabiru’s Prayer (2)

December 2008 (48)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: A seven-in-one tree for birds (2)
30: Hawking behaviour by a woodpecker (1)
29: Nordmann’s Greenshank catching a crab (0)
29: Pacific Golden Plover catching a crab (2)
28: Pied Imperial Pigeons eating palm fruits (7)
27: Blue-winged Pitta catching a snail (6)
26: Birds of the Solstice: Starlings, orioles and a drongo (2)
26: Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker taking a leaf bath (5)
25: Common Greenshank catching a prawn (1)
24: Why does the Hooded Pitta stand on one leg? (3)
23: Hooded Pitta eating a land mollusc (5)
23: Looking and studying birds at your doorstep (5)
22: Birds of the Solstice: Birding at Singapore’s Bidadari Cemetery (2)
22: Birds of the Solstice: Calls of the Black-naped Oriole (2)
21: Rufous-vented Niltava fledgling learning to forage (0)
21: Annual appearance of migrant starlings (4)
20: Naval aviation of Blue-tailed Bee-eaters (2)
19: The male Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker (1)
19: Chinese Pond Heron washing food before eating (1)
18: Black-naped Tern feeding chick (0)
17: Crimson Sunbird in the rain (3)
17: Common Sandpiper: Foraging behaviour (1)
16: Food brought to the nest of the Long-legged Buzzard (0)
16: Milky Stork forages with an open wing (1)
15: Does Asian Koel ejects House Crow’s eggs? (2)
14: Collared Scops Owl feeding fledgling (4)
14: Syzygium sp. and the birds it attracts (2)
13: Food for a kingfisher and a bee-eater (3)
13: Hooded Pitta at Jurong Lake Park (2)
12: Terek Sandpiper: Foraging behaviour (1)
11: Spectacled Spiderhunter and passiflora (0)
11: Nesting saga of Peaceful Doves: Part 6 of 6 (1)
10: Orange-bellied Flowerpecker and melastoma (2)
10: Red-wattled Lapwing defending its chick (2)
09: Grey-tailed Tattler (0)
09: Nesting saga of Peaceful Doves: Part 5 of 6 (0)
08: Narcondam Hornbill: Addendum (6)
08: Drongo Cuckoo in Singapore (2)
07: Nesting saga of Peaceful Doves: Part 4 of 6 (0)
06: Promiscuity in birds (2)
05: Black-capped Kingfisher (1)
05: Nesting saga of Peaceful Doves: Part 3 of 6 (1)
04: Portrait of a bird: Red-crowned Barbet (1)
04: An Oriental Scops Owl came for a visit (3)
03: Nesting saga of Peaceful Doves: Part 2 of 6 (3)
02: Peregrine Falcon feasting on a White-vented Myna (0)
01: Oriental Honey-buzzard: Wear and tear of feathers (2)
01: Nesting saga of Peaceful Dove: Part 1 of 6 (2)

November 2008 (48)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: Bottlebrush trees in Malaysia’s hill stations (3)
30: Why only juvenile Tiger Shrikes arrive in Singapore? (6)
29: Water monitor lizard and waders (2)
29: Blue-tailed Bee-eater manipulating a dragonfly (8)
28: Bird Strike at Singapore’s Changi International Airport (1)
27: BESG’s website logged half a million visitors (6)
26: I and the Bird #89 (12)
24: Cockatoos and Yellow Oleander (2)
24: Narcondam Hornbill sighted (6)
23: Common Kingfisher catching a prawn (1)
22: Observing the nesting of the Mangrove Pitta (9)
22: Nordmann’s Greenshank at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (5)
21: Tragedy of a road kill: Mountain Bulbul II (0)
20: Tragedy of a road kill: Mountain Bulbul I (0)
19: Peregrine Falcon feasting on a Javna Myna (1)
19: Arrivals of the Black Bazas (2)
18: Grey Heron and Blue-tailed Bee-eater cooling off (1)
18: Flowering umbrella tree (Schefflera actinophylla) and birds (3)
17: Asian Emerald Cuckoo: Confirmed record for Singapore (3)
17: Yellow-crested or Sulphur-crested Cockatoo? (8)
16: Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot and guava (3)
16: Common Kingfisher doing a head turn (2)
15: Orange-bellied Flowerpecker eating fruit of Indian cherry (3)
15: Encounter with a Satin Bowerbird (5)
14: Whiskered and White-winged Terns (2)
14: Butcherbirds of Australia (4)
13: Black-naped Monarch in display (4)
12: Oriental Honey-buzzard mobbed (1)
12: Oriental Honey-buzzard attacking wasp nest (1)
11: Oriental Pied Hornbill: Success of nesting boxes (0)
11: Common Kingfishers in confrontation (1)
10: Sacred way to kings “Down Under” (2)
09: Chinese Sparrowhawk sighted (0)
09: Barbets and cavity excavating (0)
08: Velvet-fronted Nuthatch (1)
08: Collared Kingfisher handling a crab (2)
07: Mark of the Oriental Pied Hornbill on the papaya fruit (2)
07: Mistletoebird of Australia (0)
06: Common Kingfisher bashing fish on the perch (0)
06: Common Kingfisher handling fish (0)
05: Blue-winged Pitta in a glass crash (2)
05: Chinese Egret, problems of identification (1)
04: Barbets and papaya (1)
04: Charlie Moores and the von Schrenck’s Bittern (2)
03: Great Hornbill at Bukit Timah (4)
03: Common Kingfisher in comfort behaviour (2)
02: Seed dispersal by bulbuls in Hong Kong (2)
01: Falcons, eagles and a kite all in one morning (1)

October 2008 (29)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Stork-billed Kingfisher foraging on a rotting branch (1)
30: Oriental Pied Hornbill came for a visit (6)
29: Pigeon “KLPR 2008 233682″ landed on M. V. Harrier (0)
28: Babbler feeding Drongo Cuckoo fledgling (3)
27: A handicapped Blue-winged Leafbird (0)
26: Eurasian Curlew at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (2)
25: Malayan Water Monitor catching catfish (3)
24: Common Flameback’s tongue (0)
23: Plain-pouched Hornbill’s eyelashes (1)
22: “Willie” the wagtail (1)
21: Southern Ground Hornbill sighted in Singapore (1)
20: Chinese Egret at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (6)
18: Crows caching food (3)
17: Gold-whiskered Barbet and papaya (0)
17: Southern Ground Hornbill (1)
16: Encounter with the Plain-pouched Hornbills of Perak (1)
15: Blog Action Day 2008: Migrants (1)
14: Smooth Otter at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (5)
13: Pied Fantail feeding juvenile cuckoo (1)
12: A simple feeder for the Spotted Dove (1)
11: Oriental Honey Buzzards attack bees’ nest (2)
10: Common Iora feeding bee to chick (1)
09: Pink-necked Green Pigeon eating seeds of yellow simpoh (8)
08: Orange-bellied Leafbird and bottle-brush trees (0)
07: Black-naped Terns and projectile vomiting: Published! (1)
06: Bee-eater catching fish in lake? (1)
04: Blue-throated Bee-eaters and dragonflies (2)
03: Chestnut-bellied Malkoha feeding chick a lizard (4)
02: I and the Bird #85 (0)

September 2008 (28)
Detailed Monthly Archive

28: Little Grebe: Piggybacking chicks (2)
27: Yellow-vented Bulbul: Another nesting tragedy (0)
26: Oriental Pratincole: Adult and juvenile (1)
25: Indian Silverbills reusing Baya Weaver nests (0)
24: Brood care in Malkoha: A collaboration with a photographer (0)
23: Changing face of birding in Singapore (2)
22: Bird plant: White-stemmed button vine, Cissus hastate (8)
21: Brown-capped Woodpecker chick fell from its nest (0)
20: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo catching praying mantis (1)
19: Sighting of the Pacific Reef Egret (0)
19: Sighting of the Pacific Reef Egret (0)
18: Publications of the Bird Ecology Study Group (1)
17: Raptors attracted to wet waste disposal (0)
16: Common Tailorbird’s food menu (1)
15: Blue Magpie sighted at Mt Faber (0)
14: Nesting of the Olive-winged Bulbul (0)
13: Oriental whip snake having Olive-backed Sunbird for lunch (11)
12: Mandarin Duck sighted by a canal (0)
11: Slim Sreedharan: Field ornithologist extraordinarie (10)
10: Oriental Pied Hornbill sighted at Mt Emily 100908 (0)
09: Rufous-bellied Eagle taking a Pink-necked Green Pigeon (3)
07: Spotted Wood Owl spotted (0)
06: Nesting of the Blue-winged Pitta (4)
05: Plain-pouched Hornbill: Injured juvenile rescued (1)
04: Black-thighed Falconet eating grasshopper (1)
03: Brahminy Kite eating on the wing (0)
02: Brown Wood Owl taking a grasshopper (2)
01: Blue Magpie eating Red-whiskered Bulbul (0)

August 2008 (32)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Striped Tit Babbler: A failed nesting (3)
30: Nature Society: The struggle for Singapore’s nature areas (3)
29: Mountain Fulvetta eating a hopper? (1)
28: Australia’s own Don Juan: The bowerbirds (2)
27: White-winged Tern: Hunting technique (1)
26: Oriental Pied Hornbill in comfort behaviour (4)
25: Chestnut-bellied Malkoha catching a grasshopper (0)
24: Black-necked Storks and the Australian Pelican (1)
23: Bronzed Drongo nesting (0)
22: Barbets of Singapore (4)
21: Black-thighed Falconet feasting on a bird (0)
20: Bee-eater taking afternoon dip in the lake (0)
19: A family of Pied Fantail (0)
18: Nest decorated with plentiful silk/floss (0)
17: Family of tailorbirds (5)
16: White-bellied Sea Eagle catching dead fish (2)
15: Stork-billed Kingfisher catching another fish (2)
14: Nesting of the Paddyfield Pipit (1)
13: Albino House Sparrow being fed by an adult bird (2)
12: BESG’s publications (0)
11: Spotted Dove on a pot of mint: Final saga (0)
10: Crimson Sunbird: Adult and juvenile male plumage (4)
09: Swift Parrot prospecting nest hole outside its breeding area in Tasmania (0)
08: Stork-billed Kingfisher catching armoured catfish (3)
07: Hunting strategies of two raptors (0)
06: Anting in review: A three-year wait (5)
06: BESG’s Russian connection (0)
05: Yellow-vented Bulbul: Tissue paper nest (1)
04: Javan Mynas anting in a tree (0)
02: Brown Hawk Owl with eye tumour (2)
02: Red-bearded Bee-eater: Green above, black below… (2)
01: Nesting habits of the Oriental Magpie Robin (1)

July 2008 (32)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Silver-eared Mesia feeding fledgling (0)
30: Rehabilitated Cinereous Vulture shot in Myanmar (4)
29: Yellow-vented Bulbul eating Tabernaemontana corymbosa fruits (4)
28: Red-bearded Bee-eater: Black inner feathers? (7)
27: Plain-pouched Hornbill: Migration or flocking? (2)
26: Nesting of Spotted Dove (6)
25: Oriental Magpie Robin taking cockroach (0)
24: A pair of munia’s nests: A misadventure (0)
23: Purple Swamphen eating mollusc (0)
22: Details of the Baya Weaver’s nest (0)
21: Rocky life on the aquatic edge (0)
20: Black-tailed Godwit in mandibular clash (1)
19: White-bellied Sea-eagle seized frog from pond (0)
18: Red-wattled Lapwing: Failed nesting (0)
17: Little Spiderhunter: Nectar from banana flowers (3)
16: Whimbrel in record migratory flight distance (2)
16: Dark-throated Oriole catching caterpillar (0)
15: Yellow-vented Bulbul: A courtship behaviour (5)
14: Chinese Bamboo-partridge along the road to Zhangjiajie, China (3)
13: What does a bee-eater do after a meal? (8)
12: Golden Babbler catching stick insect (0)
11: Feet of the Common Coot (2)
10: Eurasian Sparrowhawk on webcam: Update (0)
09: Oriental Pied Hornbill breaking out of her nest (0)
08: Injured Great Blue Heron (1)
07: White-winged Tern: Breeding, non-breeding and transitional plumages (1)
06: Encounter with juvenile bee-eater in an earth cavity (0)
05: Mountain Fulvetta collecting nesting material (0)
04: Broadbills of the Thai-Malay Peninsula: Nesting (0)
03: Broadbills of the Thai-Malay Peninsula (5)
02: Creeping with “Christ” bird (0)
01: Brown-capped Woodpecker nesting (0)

June 2008 (35)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker eating figs (14)
29: Changeable Hawk Eagle sighted at Southern Ridge (0)
28: Pheasant galore along the road to Zhangjiajie, China (1)
27: Anatomy of a nest: Yellow-vented Bulbul II (0)
26: Blue-winged Minla catching a moth (2)
25: Bee-eaters and comfort behaviour (1)
24: Spectacled Spiderhunter collecting nectar (3)
23: White-throated Kingfisher: Non-iridescent colours (0)
22: To handle or not to handle young birds? (0)
21: Chasing Rainbows (1)
20: Whiskered Treeswift: Courtship and mating (1)
19: Bee-eaters catching insects (0)
18: Blue-eared Barbet and its black gular sac (1)
18: Anatomy of a nest: Common Tailorbird? (0)
17: African Fish-eagle catching fish (1)
16: Blue-eared Barbet’s pouch: Vocalisation rather than storage (0)
15: Asian Glossy Starling: Learning experience (0)
15: Close encounter with an Asian Koel (0)
14: Nest parasitism: Banded Bay and Indian Cuckoos (3)
13: Grey Heron swallowing fish (1)
12: Asian Glossy Starling: Juvenile sex (7)
11: Striped-throated Bulbul (0)
11: Sophisticated architecture of Baya Weaver’s nest (3)
10: Injured Purple Heron: Seven months on (3)
10: Noisy Miner attacking Pied Currawong (2)
09: Dark-necked Tailorbird collecting floss (1)
08: Common Iora eating praying mantis and caterpillar (0)
07: Anatomy of a munia’s nest II (3)
07: Eurasian Sparrowhawk: Courtship and nesting (0)
06: Baya Weavers: Nest building and after (1)
05: Sighting of the Red Avadavat (2)
04: Blue-eared Barbet’s prominent black pouch (1)
03: Colourful butterflies and moths: Distasteful to birds? (9)
02: Dollarbird feeding nestling (1)
01: Sparrowhawk live on web-cam (0)

May 2008 (44)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Courtship of the Blue-eared Barbet (1)
30: Sightings of Himalayan Griffon in Singapore (0)
29: Thailand’s Adopt-a-Raptor Programme (2)
29: Sudden increase in Singapore’s hornbill population (20)
28: Common Iora collecting spider silk for nest material (1)
28: Noisy Miners harassing a Spotted Dove (7)
27: Yellow-bellied Prinia (4)
26: Peach-faced Lovebird found on Vesak Day eve (0)
26: Bee-eaters of the Thai-Malay Peninsula (0)
25: Owl @ Pasir Ris Park (3)
24: Feather damage in birds (0)
23: Asian Glossy Starling feeding fledglings (0)
23: Asian Glossy Starling feeding chicks (1)
22: Bathing Oriental Magpie Robin (0)
21: Laced Woodpecker crashed into balcony glass door (0)
20: Silver-breasted Broadbill building nest (0)
20: White-throated Kingfisher swallowing lizard (4)
19: Nesting of Black-naped Monarch (0)
18: Great Egret catching fish (2)
18: White-bellied Sea Eagle foraging in monsoon drain (3)
17: Jogging through a termite hatch (0)
16: Chestnut-bellied Malkohas sunning (4)
16: Nesting of Common Iora (0)
15: A family of Little Grebes (0)
14: House Swift nesting (1)
14: When birds die, they get recycled! (1)
13: Feast of termites under a lamp post (1)
12: Where do birds go when they die? (6)
12: Short-tailed Babbler (0)
11: Gold-whiskered Barbet eating a flowerpecker (4)
10: Silver-breasted Broadbill swallowing cicada (0)
09: Spotted Dove sunbathing (0)
09: Strange behaviour of a pair of Brown-throated Sunbirds (0)
08: Gold-whiskered Barbet preying on Eurasian Tree Sparrow (2)
07: White-throated Kingfisher catching Scaly-breasted Munia (6)
07: Common Iora handling caterpillar (0)
06: Excitement around a Collared Owlet (2)
05: BESG’s website logged 300,000 visitors: A tribute to bird photographers (0)
04: Black-capped Kingfisher catching a fiddler crab (1)
04: Antics of the Banded Woodpeckers (2)
03: Olive-backed Sunbird taking spider (1)
02: Encounter with a Collared Scops Owl (0)
01: Tiger Shrike eating cicada (0)
01: 1994 sighting of the Great Hornbill remembered (0)

April 2008 (35)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: Dollarbird feeding nestlings with shield-bug (2)
29: Sighting of Pin-tailed Whydah (2)
29: Blue-throated Bee-eater handling a bee (0)
28: Whistling Thrushes in Malaysia (1)
27: A family of Red-legged Crakes (4)
27: White-bellied Sea Eagle learning to fish (3)
26: Avian Kama & Sutrajee (0)
25: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo eating forest cockroach (1)
24: Tales of bird behaviour from Florida, US (0)
23: Black-naped Tern: Defense vomiting (6)
22: Black-naped Terns mobbing a Grey Heron (0)
21: A cemetery in Penang: A birdwatcher’s paradise (0)
21: Dr. Redzlan Abdul Rahman and his birding paradise (0)
20: Blue Rock Thrush (2)
19: Yellow-vented Bulbul bathing in the rain (3)
18: Anatomy of a munia’s nest (5)
18: Long-tailed Sibia eating mollusc (0)
17: Javan Pond Heron in flight
16: Oriental Pied Hornbill manipulating hairy caterpillar (2)
15: Storm’s Stork sighted at Panti Forest, Johor (1)
15: Lesser Shortwing at Fraser’s Hill, Peninsular Malaysia (1)
14: Barbet, woodpecker, myna and an empty nesting cavity (0)
13: Should we remove chicks that fell out of their nests? (3)
12: Alan and Meg Kemp (2)
11: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo mobbing Changeable Hawk Eagle (4)
10: Raising Kings II (1)
09: Raising Kings I (2)
08: Malayan Whistling Thrush: 5. The chicks have fledged (3)
07: The Javan Pond Heron in Singapore (12)
06: Another Javan Myna chick picked up: 2. Release (0)
04: Malayan Whistling Thrush: 4. Preparing to fledge (1)
04: Oriental Honey-buzzard: Sightings in March (3)
03: Malayan Whistling Thrush: 3. Feeding the chicks (1)
02: Pink-necked Green Pigeon: Nesting in an urban garden (0)
01: Malayan Whistling Thrush: 2. Night at the nest (0)

March 2008 (31)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Malayan Whistling Thrush: 1. Nesting observations (1)
30: Black-naped Oriole: Courtship (2)
29: Another Javan Myna chick picked up: 1. Care (1)
28: Look, watch and listen to birds (3)
27: Yellow-vented Bulbul: Feeding fledglings in the rain (3)
26: Antics of an Indian fantail (0)
25: Chinese Pond Heron and its status (14)
24: A confrontation between two male sunbirds (1)
23: Black-naped Oriole manipulating the Banana Skipper (2)
22: Oriental White-eye taking a bath (0)
21: Javan Myna chick: 4. Predated (10)
20: Brahminy Kite eating on the wing (1)
19: Nests of Greater and Lesser Racquet-tailed Drongos (0)
18: Encountering a raptor in the heartland (1)
17: Javan Myna chick: 3. Bathing (3)
16: Another heron entangled by a discarded fishing line (3)
15: Gold-whiskered Barbet eating a cicada (2)
14: Birds and window panes (0)
13: Javan Myna chick: 2. Care and development (5)
12: Encounter with ‘White-faced’ Plover at Changi (2)
11: Black-naped Oriole catching a cicada (0)
10: The Hornbills are nesting again at Changi (3)
09: Nests of spiderhunters (0)
08: Kingfisher catches skink (0)
07: Eurasian Tree Sparrow feeding fledglings (0)
06: Albino Javan Myna accepted by others of the species (4)
05: Sighting of Oriental Plover (0)
04: Javan Myna chick: 1. Rescue (0)
03: Changi hornbill inside nest hole (0)
02: Distraction tactic of Red Junglefowl (0)
01: Glossy Swiftlets at Fraser’s Hill, Malaysia (1)

February 2008 (29)
Detailed Monthly Archive

29: Coppersmith Barbet: Courtship and mating (1)
28: Pacific Reef Egret foraging along a canal (5)
27: Himalayan Griffon captured and displayed (1)
26: Black-naped Orioles raiding nest of Pied Triller (0)
25: Mass leaf bathing of sunbirds (0)
24: Nesting of Spotted Dove (1)
23: Breeding Kings (2)
22: Olive-backed Sunbird’s nest destroyed by a macaque (0)
21: Himalayan Swiftlet: 3. At long last, action… (1)
20: Melastoma and flowerpeckers II (3)
19: Red-legged Crake at the Botanic Gardens (5)
18: Long-tailed Parakeets eating palm flowers (2)
17: Yellow Bittern eats skink (2)
16: BESG’s new-look blog (0)
15: A new plover for Singapore and Malaysia? (1)
14: Blue-tailed Bee-eaters splashing in the water (5)
13: Rail-babbler: In search of a family (3)
12: My bird garden (2)
11: Himalayan Swiftlet: 2. An ornithologist’s perspective (11)
10: Little Heron, hooked (2)
09: The Brown Boobook (3)
08: Bird watching in Bali 3. Bali Barat National Park and Nusa Dua pond (0)
07: Oriental Pied Hornbills partying at Pulau Ubin (7)
06: Flamebacks duo (2)
05: Himalayan Griffon fly-past (4)
04: Three raptors in one morning (1)
03: Extinct birds of Singapore: Trogons (0)
02: Himalayan Swiftlet: 1. Sighting (11)
01: Olive-backed Sunbird: Collecting nesting materials (0)

January 2008 (31)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Bird watching in Bali: 2. Ubud & Bedugul Botanic Gardens (0)
30: Saraca and sunbirds (1)
29: Save our albizia trees (3)
28: A sparrowhawk crash-landed in Hougang (3)
27: Mobbing of Spotted Wood Owl at Toa Payoh (3)
26: Common Tailorbird: Another failed nesting (3)
25: Orange-headed Thrush: Observations on a rare winter visitor (2)
24: Food of the Asian Koel: Pipturus argenteus (2)
23: Atlas moth caterpillars: Food for birds? (1)
22: Baya Weaver: Nest building, hornets and poaching (3)
21: Birding in Bali: 1. White herons of Petulu (5)
20: Nesting Failure of the Red-wattled Lapwing (1)
19: Barred Eagle Owl sighted last night (1)
19: Injured Purple Heron: Update (2)
18: Fledglings: Triller and frogmouth (0)
17: Scratching on the wing (2)
16: Secret life of the Yellow Bittern (1)
15: Grey Nightjar (1)
14: BESG weblog logs 200,000 visitors (0)
13: What do hornbills eat in Thailand? (1)
12: Orange-breasted Green Pigeon sighted in Jurong (8)
11: White-breasted Woodswallow mating (0)
10: Eye colour in bulbuls (0)
09: Arrival of the Peregrine Falcon (0)
07: Asian Paradise-flycatcher: Fan-tail flushing (4)
06: The Large-tailed Nightjar and the spider 060108 (0)
06: Java Sparrow conservation (1)
05: Do birds take water bath only when weather is hot? (0)
04: Little Heron chick: 12. Release (2)
02: Chestnut-bellied Malkohas: A cuckoo that builds its own nest (2)
01: Arrival of the Jambu Fruit Dove (5)

December 2007 (25)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Yong Ding Li, a birder to watch (8)
30: Red Junglefowl at Chek Jawa (0)
28: The bodh-tree at the Chinese Garden (3)
27: Hornbill image at Ubin (0)
26: Chinese Sparrowhawk (2)
24: Little Heron chick: 11. Intelligence (2)
23: The rogue magpie and I (1)
21: Food of the Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher (1)
20: Artificial nesting cavities for hornbills (6)
19: An eagle called on the Director, SBG (5)
18: Oriental Honey-buzzard eating paper wasp larvae (2)
16: Thailand’s hornbills (2)
15: Chance encounter with Chestnut-winged Cuckoo (0)
14: Little Heron chick: 10. Bath time (4)
13: Raptor migration over Malaysia (1)
12: Banded Broadbill: nesting materials (7)
10: Little Heron chick: 9. Feather maintenance (1)
09: A Passion for Birds (8)
08: Common Kingfisher diving for fish (5)
07: Little Heron chick: 8. Feather development (0)
06: Nesting of Little Heron (0)
05: Asian Koel swallowing palm fruit (0)
03: Little Heron chick: 7. Teaching it to “hunt” (1)
02: Drongo taking insects on the wing (3)
01: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo following woodpeckers (1)

November 2007 (20)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: Flocking of Long-tailed Broadbill (1)
28: Little Heron chick: 6. Reaction to threat (1)
26: A feast of flowers: Bulbuls and starfruit (2)
25: Common Ravens at play (1)
23: Little Heron chick: 5. The bird has been ringed (0)
22: Durian, squirrel and White-crested Laughingthrush (2)
21: Monitor lizards at the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (0)
19: Heron chick: 4. Teach the bird to fish… (14)
18: Hibiscus and nectar harvest (2)
17: Little Heron chick: 3. Problems of release (1)
15: Sleeping nocturnal beauties (3)
14: Birds mobbing snakes (4)
12: Little Heron chick: 2. Feeding (0)
10: Injured Purple Heron (7)
09: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve: Sighting of Common Redshank (1)
07: Little Heron chick: 1. Rescue and after (1)
06: Heliconias and sunbirds (9)
04: Caterpillars: Food for birds (5)
03: Trapping birds with birdlime (0)
01: A “Japy-Romano” avian bath (1)

October 2007 (20)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Sleeping Banded Pitta (3)
29: Coppersmith Barbet chicks with a steely spirit (2)
27: Cannas and nectar harvest (0)
26: Asian Koel eating Indian cherry (6)
24: Red-breasted Parakeet and African Tulip seeds (2)
22: Sunbird and flowerpecker: Pollinating mistletoe flowers (3)
21: Birds, bats and a tembusu sprig (0)
19: A time for reflection… (0)
18: Asian Koel: First recorded begging-call mimicry (3)
16: Grey Heron fishing: The one that didn’t get away (1)
15: A celebration of birds (5)
14: Ruddy Turnstone and bird ringing (2)
12: Black-shouldered Kite: Mating (9)
10: Flowerpecker excreting mistletoe seeds (0)
09: Releasing a rehabilitated Pink-necked Green Pigeon (1)
07: Changeable Hawk Eagle: Pale x dark morph (1)
06: Scaly-breasted Munia: Seed eater (5)
04: Bat Hawk: Predator of bats (2)
03: Radjah Shelduck, a new duck around the lakes (4)
01: Black Eagle: First breeding record in Malaysia (0)

September 2007 (22)
Detailed Monthly Archive

29: Banded Woodpecker: Feeding and preening (0)
28: Painted Jezebel: Distasteful to birds? (1)
27: Collared Kingfisher: Protective instinct (2)
26: Hill Myna stealing an egg (2)
25: Leaf bathing: Striped Tit Babbler (0)
23: “Hole-in-One” Barbet (0)
22: Brahminy Kite: Competition for food (3)
21: Olive-backed Sunbird: Enjoying the drizzle or courtship display? (4)
20: Bird reflection: Ruby-cheeked Sunbird (0)
19: Peaceful Dove: A filthy nest (6)
17: Hanging Parrot: Pollinating mistletoe flowers (1)
16: A family of Common Tailorbirds (0)
15: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve: Bird population (0)
13: Milky x Painted Stork hybrid (3)
12: House Crows and Cinnamon Bittern (2)
10: Orange-bellied Flowerpecker eating Indian cherry (1)
09: Blue Lorikeet or Nunbird (1)
07: African Tulip: Bulbul collecting nectar (3)
05: Birds and their reflections (6)
04: Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot eating guava (3)
03: Bristle-thighed Curlew (2)
01: King Slaty Trio (0)

August 2007 (18)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: Brahminy Kite: Nesting observations (0)
29: To flash or not to flash? (0)
28: Tanimbar Corella: A wasteful eater? (3)
27: Sleeping Chestnut-naped Forktail (5)
25: Golden-bellied Gerygone and Little Bronze Cuckoo chick (0)
23: Go, going, gone – My habitat (4)
20: Sleeping birds (6)
19: Spotted: Red-legged Crake (1)
17: Copper-throated Sunbird: Nesting failure (0)
16: Portrait of an eagle: Changeable Hawk Eagle (0)
15: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve: More on crocs (0)
14: Lam’s Olive-backed Sunbirds (0)
12: Birders, photographers and the study of bird behaviour (2)
10: What does a tailorbird do at night? (3)
06: Black-naped oriole: Egg raider and chick killer (0)
04: Tuas: Another wetland reclaimed (3)
02: Oriental Magpie Robin: Distraction tactic (4)
01: Circus of the Spineless #23 (0)

July 2007 (18)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: Nesting of Grey-rumped Treeswift (0)
29: Banded Woodpecker – umbrella tree (2)
27: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve: Of birds and crocs (0)
25: Nesting of Collared Kingfisher (0)
23: Observations on nesting of Peregrine Falcon in Perak, Malaysia (4)
21: Changeable Hawk Eagle: Nesting observations (0)
19: Wildlife garden in a high-rise apartment (8)
17: What caused two nesting failures on the same plant? (5)
15: Hole-nesters and colourful birds (1)
13: Forensic birding: Cinnamomum iners (1)
11: White-bellied Sea Eagle sunbathing (1)
09: Birds and centipedes (2)
08: Black-naped Oriole attacking sunbirds’ nest (4)
06: White-bellied Sea Eagle: First flight (0)
05: BESG weblog logs 100,000 visitors (0)
04: Pacific Swallow: Nesting (0)
02: Purple-bearded Bee-eaters in love (2)
01: Swallows, a dead snake and a horde of flies (1)

June 2007 (24)
Detailed Monthly Archive

29: Black-thighed Falconet: Mating and nesting rituals (2)
28: Baya Weaver – Hornets (4)
27: Oriental Pied Hornbill: Guava (0)
26: Olive-backed Sunbird: Nesting misadventure (2)
24: Spotted Dove: Courtship? (0)
23: Black-backed, Rufous-backed or Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher? (5)
22: Wendy and William T Cooper (1)
21: Avian Jekylls and Hydes (4)
19: SABAH Adventure (12–22 May 2007) (0)
18: Malkoha sunbathing (3)
16: Crested Serpent Eagle: Toad feast (0)
15: Crested Serpent Eagle: Snakes alive (3)
14: Mobbing of owl by a murder of crows (0)
13: Melastoma and flowerpecker I (1)
12: Oriental Pied Hornbill: Nesting distractions (0)
11: Chestnut-winged Babbler: Courtship and nest (0)
09: Black-Naped Monarch: Nesting defense strategy (1)
08: Common yellow stem-fig and white-leaved fig (4)
07: Oriental Pied Hornbill: Parental infanticide (1)
06: Anatomy of a nest: Common Tailorbird (3)
04: Birds and molluscs (0)
03: Carolina Wrens nesting in a Washington, D.C. suburb (2)
02: A tragic story of an owl fledgling (0)
01: Encounters with the Great Argus (2)

May 2007 (22)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Buffy Fish Owl encounters (2)
29: Laura-Laurie’s alpha+omega to parenthood (1)
28: Grey-headed Fish Eagle (11)
26: Sparrow’s fledgling and oral flanges (2)
25: Common Tailorbird: A failed nesting (4)
24: Hatching of chick and removal of eggshell (2)
22: Nesting of Coppersmith Barbet (1)
19: Oriental White-eye: Feeding the chicks (1)
18: Adult koel feeding a juvenile (7)
17: Oriental Pied Hornbill: Failed nesting at Changi (3)
16: Javan Myna – gecko (1)
15: Strange behaviour of Asian Glossy Starling (5)
14: Cattle Egret: A potential urban scavenger? (2)
13: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve: Water Regime Management (0)
11: Collared Scops Owl: A failed nesting (1)
10: Yellow-vented Bulbul feeding snails to chick (0)
09: Oriental Pied Hornbill: A second nesting at Changi (0)
08: Encounter with a poacher’s trap at Changi (0)
06: Chestnut-winged Babbler: Courtship ritual (3)
04: Red-breasted Parakeet: fasciata or alexandri? (2)
02: Avian mansions: Marathon flights (0)
01: Anatomy of a nest: Olive-backed Sunbird (3)

April 2007 (19)
Detailed Monthly Archive

29: Oriental White-eye: Feather development (2)
25: Oriental Honey-Buzzard: Successful breeding of 2 chicks on third attempt (1)
24: Olive-backed Sunbird: mating dance (5)
23: Cat, koel, myna and bulbul (1)
22: Buffy Fish Owl in distress (3)
21: Nesting of Red-breasted Parakeet (0)
18: Owl bathing (1)
17: Foraging behaviour of mynas (3)
16: Oriental White-eye: Waste disposal (0)
15: Chestnut-winged Cuckoo came for a visit (2)
13: Yellow-vented Bulbul nesting in an artificial plant (3)
12: Olive-backed Sunbird : A miscalculated nesting (7)
11: Black-shouldered Kites at play (2)
09: Portrait of a Black Baza (0)
07: Koel and rain (0)
06: Black Baza rescue (4)
05: Courtship behaviour of Olive-backed Sunbird (4)
03: Avian “Alcatraz” (1)
01: Sunbird’s plumage (1)

March 2007 (23)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Aerial display: Sea eagle and kite (0)
30: Cattle egrets have colonised the world (2)
29: Things crows use as nesting materials (5)
27: Subspecies of Red-breasted Parakeet (4)
25: What do kingfishers eat? (5)
24: White-bellied Sea Eagle: Fishing (4)
22: Hunting technique of Black-shouldered Kite (1)
21: Koel confrontation (0)
20: Oriental Honey-buzzard: 2. Nestlings (1)
18: Oriental Honey-buzzard: 1. Nesting (2)
17: Mating of Red-breasted Parakeets (0)
16: The ubiquitous Lineated Barbet (0)
14: Hanging parrot, parakeets and oil palms (1)
13: Hornbills at Changi: Sealing herself in (3)
12: Aerial display: White-bellied Sea Eagle (4)
11: Portrait of an owl: Buffy Fish Owl (1)
09: Anatomy of a nest: Oriental White-eye (1)
07: Dragon’s tail (4)
06: Striped-Tit Babbler’s nest site (3)
05: Leaf bathing (4)
04: Eyelashes in birds? (9)
02: Why does a bird scratch its head? (3)
01: Herons in flight (1)

February 2007 (23)
Detailed Monthly Archive

28: Hornbills at Changi:Why does the male present a snail shell to the female? (2)
27: Tameness in birds (0)
26: Oriental White-eye: Nesting Cycle II (2)
25: Anatomy of a nest: Baya Weaver (0)
24: Roosting of Barn Swallows and Purple-backed Starlings (0)
23: Sentosa’s owls (0)
22: White-bellied Sea Eagle and the Grey Heron (10)
21: Hornbills at Changi: Looking for a nesting cavity (5)
20: Bitterns and their vision (0)
19: Encounter with the Greater Spotted Eagle in Penang, Malaysia (0)
17: An uncouth ‘Avian Cowboy’ comes to town (2)
16: Sentosa’s Buffy Fish Owl (5)
15: Owls in Singapore (15)
14: Common Iora: Courtship ritual (1)
13: Asian Koel and Javan Myna (0)
10: Eagle attacking Kite’s nest (2)
08: Oriental Pied Hornbill: Yet another courtship at Changi (0)
07: Great and Rhinoceros Hornbills: One year on (12)
06: Joseph M Forshaw (0)
05: Oriental Pied Hornbill – breeding (2)
03: Raining feathers (1)
02: Vertical or altitudinal migration (4)
01: What do sunbirds eat? (2)

January 2007 (24)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Pigeons, doves and crop milk (4)
30: Pink-necked Green Pigeons and Tanimbar Corellas (1)
29: Cattail (3)
28: Sighting of Sooty-headed Bulbul (2)
27: Jerdon’s Baza: Fourth sighting (0)
26: Oriental Pied Hornbill: Courtship at Changi (1)
24: Retraction of the first record of Long-billed Plover for Singapore (1)
23: Romancing ‘Laura’ – the Yellow-vented Bulbul (4)
22: Starfruit tree (3)
21: Javan Myna (1)
19: Antics of the Pied Fantail (2)
17: Changeable Hawk-eagle attacking colugo (1)
16: Allobilling (2)
15: Ruddy Kingfisher: A distinguishing feature (2)
13: Cat kill: Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2)
11: Koel, bulbul, myna and noni (0)
10: Little Egret fishing (1)
09: Large-tailed Nightjar mating (0)
08: Juvenile birds begging for food (0)
06: Harassment of Black-shouldered Kites (2)
05: Breeding ecology of the Little Tern (1)
04: Alexandra palm (2)
03: Dealing with bird poachers ‘my little way’ (0)
01: BESGroup’s Blog: Report for 2006 (0)

December 2006 (31)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Breeding ecology of the Little Tern 4: Feeding (0)
30: Migratory habits of Black Baza (0)
29: Breeding ecology of the Little Tern 3: Life and death (0)
28: Territorial Nightjars (2)
27: Moulting 1 (0)
26: Breeding ecology of the Little Tern 2: The first few days (0)
24: Food for the Yellow-vented Bulbuls’ nestlings (3)
23: Sun and dust bathing (5)
22: Breeding ecology of Little Tern 1: Egg laying and hatching (0)
21: Where do birds go when it rains? And what do they do then? (1)
20: Black Bittern the hunter (2)
19: Black Bittern (0)
18: Jerdon’s Baza: Earlier sightings (0)
17: Antarctica 4: Piecing the last jigsaw of Antarctica (1)
16: The fig tree at Upper Seletar: Addendum (4)
15: Antarctica 3: Passage to Antarctic Peninsula (0)
14: Jerdon’s Baza feasting on a lizard (1)
13: Antarctica 2: Birding, bracing the dreaded drake (0)
12: Breeding ecology of the Little Tern 2: The first few days (0)
12: Sighting of Jerdon’s Baza (1)
11: Poaching of Straw-headed Bulbul 111206 (0)
10: Antarctica 1: A prelude to avians of Antarctica (0)
09: Purple Swamphen and its habitat (0)
08: Nesting of Barn Owl (0)
07: The fig tree at Upper Seletar (0)
06: Choo Beng Teong: Bird artist and photographer (0)
05: Great-billed Heron: Poaching (0)
04: North Borneo’s best kept avian passage: Part 2 (0)
03: North Borneo’s best kept avian passage: Part 1 (0)
02: Pacific Swallow feeding fledgling (1)
01: Tailless Black-headed Munias (3)

November 2006 (30)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: Common Kingfisher: Hovering (2)
29: Of marsh harriers and other exotic species (3)
28: Peregrine Falcon feasting on a Black-naped Oriole (4)
27: Oriental Pied Hornbill courtship (0)
26: Why do birds yawn? (1)
25: Do birds sleep? (2)
24: Black-naped Oriole manipulating a cocoon (0)
23: Laughing Kookaburra (0)
22: Common Moorhen (3)
21: Nesting of Dollarbirds (3)
20: Frolicking Black-naped Orioles (0)
19: Nest of the tailorbird (2)
18: Tricks of the trade: 1. A photographer’s questionable method (0)
17: Oriental Scops-owl: The bird (2)
16: Oriental Scops-owl: Addendum (8)
15: Courtship feeding of a Red-bearded Bee-eater (3)
14: Oriental Scops-owl: Sighting (0)
13: A Peregrine Falcon at lunch (0)
12: Do birds recycle their nests? (4)
11: Tiger Shrike: Postscript (0)
10: Where do Yellow-vented Bulbuls build their nests? (0)
09: Yellow-vented Bulbul: Food for the nestlings (9)
08: Ruddy Kingfisher and pellet casting: Postscript (0)
07: Ruddy Kingfisher: Eating a snail, then casting a pellet (0)
06: Cats, dogs, squirrels and Javan Mynas (2)
05: Nesting ecology of Black-necked Tern (0)
04: Feeding habits of kingfishers (2)
03: Corella, parakeet and hornbill at Changi Village (5)
02: Changeable Hawk Eagle and the long-tailed macaque (2)
01: Exotic red parrots (8)

October 2006 (25)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: More on Tiger Shrike (2)
30: How the Tiger Shrike dismantled a beetle (4)
29: The 2006 Gotong Royong Bird Race: The results (0)
27: Black-naped Tern’s first flight (6)
26: Tanimbar Corella and Yellow-crested Cockatoo (6)
24: The 2006 bird race: A note from R. Subaraj (0)
23: A House Crow went fishing (3)
21: Orange-bellied Flowerpecker feeding (3)
20: Anting by an albino Javan Myna (1)
18: Landing a Brahminy Kite in the Andaman (0)
17: Do birds have teeth? (2)
16: Hunting techniques of Great-billed Heron (2)
15: An Oriental Pied Hornbill eating a bee (1)
13: Saving a raptor’s nest of 50 years in a 100 year old Alstonia tree (0)
12: Raid on the hornbill’s potential nesting cavity (3)
11: Illegal mist-netting of birds (3)
10: The fig tree at Bukit Timah: 3. Suggestions for next year (4)
08: Arrival of the Asian Paradise-flycatcher (7)
07: The fig tree at Bukit Timah: 2. Comments by R. Subaraj (0)
06: Nesting of the White-rumped Shama (5)
05: White-bellied Sea Eagle in action (2)
04: The fig tree at Bukit Timah: 1. Efforts at documentation (1)
03: Tiger Shrike and the caged white-eye (3)
02: Poaching of Straw-headed Bulbul (0)
01: Bird waves (1)

September 2006 (17)
Detailed Monthly Archive

29: Faecal sac (1)
28: Attack of Dollarbirds’ nest by starlings II (0)
26: Tale of the Stork-billed Kingfisher (2)
24: The Osprey and the White-bellied Sea Eagles (2)
22: Blue-throated Bee-eater (0)
20: Small home high off the ground: Nesting ecology of the Grey-rumped Treeswift. (1)
19: The call of the Asian Koel (8)
17: Gloria and her Pink-necked Green Pigeon 1 (2)
16: Attack of Dollarbirds’ nest by starlings (3)
14: Purple Heron: Feeding behaviour (1)
12: Chestnut-bellied Malkoha manipulating caterpillar (0)
10: Pong pong tree (5)
08: The elusive mangrove pitta (0)
08: Apparition pitta on a “trapeze” (0)
06: Nesting of Asian Paradise Flycatcher (0)
04: Durians and birds (7)
02: White-bellied Sea Eagle: Not just a fishing expert (5)

August 2006 (21)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Nesting of captive Indian Peafowl (1)
29: Anatomy of a nest: Yellow-vented Bulbul (1)
28: Courtship of the Black-thighed Falconet (0)
26: Large-tailed Nightjar: Nesting behaviour (4)
24: Masked Lapwing (1)
24: Can the Masked Lapwing be considered a feral species? (3)
22: Another visit by the Great Hornbill (5)
20: Yellow-vented Bulbul: Drying after the rain? (4)
19: Little Terns: Feeding of the juveniles (5)
16: Nictitating membrane (3)
15: Thoughts on a starling’s nest (0)
13: Little Terns: Courtship and after (0)
12: An encounter with a Spotted Wood Owl (0)
10: Greater Flamingoes (0)
09: Long-tailed Parakeet and yellow simpoh (4)
07: Practitioners of decoy (1)
05: What species of fish does the Little Tern take? (1)
04: Status of the white-eyes in Singapore (3)
02: Malaysian Plover: The cryptic chicks (0)
01: Buffy Fish Owl: The big yawn (0)
01: Encounters with the Red Junglefowl (0)

July 2006 (16)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: An albino Collared Kingfisher (2)
29: Albino birds (2)
27: Little Terns: Courtship behaviour (0)
25: Malaysian Plover 2: Nesting (1)
23: Pecking order at the tree stump (1)
21: Malaysian Plover: The birds (0)
19: Red-crowned Barbet : Feeding of nestlings (0)
17: Breeding Distraction: Lapwing and waterhen (1)
15: Little Terns: Foraging behaviour (0)
13: Oriental Pied Hornbills in Pangkor Island, Peninsular Malaysia (5)
11: Rainbow Lorikeet 3: Ilsa’s correspondence with Marion Massam (0)
09: Oriental Pied Hornbills and Dollarbirds (0)
07: Nesting of the Oriental White-eye (3)
05: Forensic birding 5: Red-crowned Barbets’ wastes (0)
03: Malkoha in the sun (1)
01: Rainbow Lorikeet 2: In Western Australia (0)

June 2006 (16)
Detailed Monthly Archive

29: Collared Kingfisher and the caterpillar (3)
27: Breeding Distraction 1: Masked Lapwing (0)
25: Hougang’s Hell For Hornbills (0)
23: Attacked by White-bellied Sea Eagle
22: Rainbow Lorikeet 1: A future pest in Singapore? (6)
20: Deformed bill (2)
18: Life around a rotting tree trunk 5: The final chapter (1)
16: Feather maintenance: Preening (1)
14: Beginning of a new breeding season… (0)
12: Life around a rotting tree trunk 4: Dollarbirds and parakeet (1)
10: Forensic birding 4: Seeds (0)
08: What do hornbills eat? (5)
06: Black-shouldered Kite and the House Crow (1)
04: Crimson Sunbirds and the noni tree (0)
02: Life around a rotting tree trunk 3: The coming of the Dollarbirds (2)
01: Red-crowned Barbet feeding on a snail (0)

May 2006 (18)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: Roost of the Great Hornbill (2)
28: Great and Rhinoceros Hornbills: More images (11)
26: Myna-horse relationship (2)
24: Life around a rotting tree trunk 2: Collared Kingfisher (3)
23: Nest raiding (0)
22: Baya Weavers (6)
20: Nesting of Scarlet-backed Flowerpeckers (3)
18: Life around a rotting tree trunk 1: Introduction (1)
17: Tingfang and her Olive-backed Sunbirds (2)
16: Nesting of Black-naped Oriole (1)
14: Courtship of Dollarbirds 2: What the eyes cannot see (1)
13: White-bellied Fish-eagle fishing a rat (0)
12: Courtship of Dollarbirds 1: What the eyes can see (0)
10: White-crested Laughingthrush and bananas (0)
08: Egg-dumping by Asian Koels (1)
06: Homosexuality in birds (5)
04: Loneliness makes strange bedfellows: Great and Rhinoceros Hornbills (5)
02: How birds handle the larger ceram palm fruits (2)

April 2006 (16)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: Attack on the Black-shouldered Kite’s nest (2)
28: White-throated Kingfisher and the lizard (2)
26: An encounter with a Lesser Coucal along the ECP (0)
25: Attacks of the House Crows (2)
24: Crows and body language (3)
22: Excitement around the TV aerial (0)
20: The House Crow and the bat (0)
19: The House Crow and the rat (6)
17: Bee-eaters and pellet casting (0)
13: Birds and glass windows – 2 (8)
11: Birds and glass windows – 1 (4)
11: The mempat tree (2)
07: Do birds recognise people? (0)
05: Tales of a Rhinoceros Hornbill (6)
03: Intelligent Little Herons (2)
01: The beautiful bottlebrush trees (4)

March 2006 (16)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: The Little Heron at the Singapore Botanic Gardens (6)
28: Mixed marriages in birds (3)
27: Little Grebe: Going out with a fight (3)
25: Hornbill Project Singapore (6)
23: A Great Hornbill came for a visit (4)
22: Forensic birding 3: Pellets (1)
20: The cat and the Cinnamon Bittern (0)
18: Oriental Pied Hornbills in urban Singapore (17)
16: Pink-necked Green Pigeons 4: The birds have flown the nest (1)
14: In and out of the Yellow-vented Bulbul’s nest (0)
12: How sunbirds harvest nectar from flowers (4)
10: Mistletoes 5: Germination of Macrosolen cochinchinensis (4)
08: Ground foraging by a Malkoha (0)
06: The noni tree (1)
04: Why do parrots use their left feet to handle food? 040306 (0)
02: Forensic Birding 2: Bird scats (0)

February 2006 (12)
Detailed Monthly Archive

28: Of termites and toads (0)
26: Mistletoes 4: Observations of a sometime bird watcher (1)
23: Caterpillars and birds (1)
20: Interspecific interaction of birds at Pasir Ris (5)
18: Yellow-vented Bulbul does swallow some fruits but not others (2)
16: Forensic Birding 1. Introduction (0)
14: Angie’s nesting crows 5: Final chapter (0)
12: Cats in Australia (0)
09: To swallow and regurgitate? Not the Yellow-vented Bulbul! (5)
08: Bald headed mynas (6)
05: Mistletoes 3: A naturalist’s account (0)
03: What happened when a nestling fell out of its nest? (3)

January 2006 (17)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Cat kill – kingfisher (8)
27: Mistletoes 2: Seeds and germination (4)
24: House Crows’ nests (7)
22: The World Is My Saucer!- an allegorical tale (0)
22: Mistletoes 1: The plants (5)
19: Tang’s nesting crows 3: The destruction of the nest and the end of the saga (8)
17: Angie’s crows 4: Is this the end of the crow-koel saga? (0)
16: Tang’s nesting crows 2: Yes, whose eggs were those? (2)
14: Tales of a birding pilot… (0)
12: Termite hatch (2)
10: Angie’s nesting crows 3: Who dropped these eggs? (0)
08: Encounters with the Red Junglefowl (4)
06: Observations on a pair of Crows’ nest (4)
05: Starlings and snails at Pasir Panjang Hill (1)
04: Angie’s nesting crows 2: Attack by the koels (0)
03: Tang’s nesting crows 1: Whose eggs are these? (3)
01: To swallow or to regurgitate seeds (10)

December 2005 (12)
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30: BESGroup report for 2005 (0)
29: Folivores – birds that feed on leaves (0)
27: Anting III (0)
27: Angie’s nesting crows – 1. A nest in the making (1)
21: Feeding protocol among some common birds (0)
19: Anting II (0)
17: Javan Myna hunted by an Accipitrid (1)
16: Mobbing of predator birds (5)
13: More on Javan Mynas (3)
10: The ubiquitous Javan Myna (5)
07: Pink-necked Green Pigeons 3 – Sharing of duties (5)
03: Richard’s “Owler” – The mobbing of a Spotted Wood-owl (2)

November 2005 (12)
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29: Alcoholism in Birds, etc (0)
26: How many years do sunbirds live? 261105 (0)
23: Mobbing of a Barn Owl (6)
21: The Eurasian Tree Sparrow in Urban Singapore (9)
18: A Spotted Wood-owl in Chinatown! (0)
16: Drunken Javan Mynas! (6)
14: Grey Heron foraging at night in Bedok canal? (0)
09: Zebra Doves (1)
09: ZEBRA DOVES – 19. Are they really gone? (0)
08: Video of Crimson Sunbird (0)
06: Pink-necked Green Pigeons 2: Nest building (1)
01: Bathing Sunbirds (4)

October 2005 (10)
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31: Flowering Sea Apple Trees at Sime Forest (3)
27: ZEBRA DOVES – 18. The doves are visiting 271005 (0)
23: Wader Watch in Pontian (1)
16: Anting – ants in my pants? (9)
14: Pink-necked Green Pigeons 1: The search for information (1)
12: Tale of a tame Crimson Sunbird (0)
08: The Bird Ecology Study Group or BESGroup (3)
06: Common Flamebacks’ Dance (4)
04: ZEBRA DOVES – 17. The birds are gone for good (0)
03: The role of amateur birders in ornithology (0)

September 2005 (5)
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29: ZEBRA DOVES – 16. It was only a trial nest (0)
21: ZEBRA DOVES – 15. Yes, the doves are breeding again! (0)
11: ZEBRA DOVES – 14. Are the doves about to breed again? (0)
08: ZEBRA DOVES – 13. Nearly a month and still they need mummy (0)
05: ZEBRA DOVES – 12. Twenty four days old and still… (0)

August 2005 (10)
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30: ZEBRA DOVES – 11. The return of the doves (0)
25: ZEBRA DOVES – 10. Twelve days old fledgling (0)
21: ZEBRA DOVES – 9. The family is still around (0)
17: ZEBRA DOVES – 8. The final saga (0)
12: ZEBRA DOVES – 7. The chicks have fledged (0)
09: ZEBRA DOVES – 6. What happens to the third chick? (0)
07: ZEBRA DOVES – 5. The chicks are about to fledge (0)
04: ZEBRA DOVES – 4. Perfect camouflage (0)
02: ZEBRA DOVES – 3. More time to rest (0)
01: ZEBRA DOVES – 2. The saga continues (0)

July 2005 (4)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: ZEBRA DOVES – 1. Hatching of the first egg (0)
30: What happened to the Yellow-vented Bulbuls’ chick? (0)
25: Why bird ecology? (1)
01: Excuse me, are you an Ornithologist? (14)

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