Judy Quah lives on the 9th floor of a highrise apartment building in Singapore. She maintains a collection of plants along her balcony (above left) and this in turn attracted […]
A pair of Chestnut-headed Bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti leschenaulti), also known as Bay-headed was nesting in a cavity dug on a slope of a cleared ground about 30 metres from a […]
“The frequent and consistent rate at which parental Mangrove Pittas (Pitta megarhyncha) were feeding their seemingly seen three life chicks via my field scope, demanded house-cleaning. Their excretions would have […]
“I had a rare opportunity and pleasure to observe a nesting of our resident Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach) around mid-August 2009 (below left). A chance sighting of a pair of […]
Check out the earlier postings: 1: Who’s who, 2: Predators and 3: Vigilance and parenting. “During window period of breeding, hatchings were continually fed by parental pair of Mangrove Pittas […]
The ex-mining pond near Chemor, in the Malaysian state of Perak is always popular with many water birds. These include herons, egrets, bitterns (especially Purple Heron, Ardea purpurea), Common Moorhens […]
Check out the earlier postings: 1: Who’s who and 2: Predators. “My third visit confirmed hatchings when a parent was observed on flight to nesting site with breakfast. “While keeping […]
On 20th February 2010 Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS chanced upon a pair of Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus malayensis) nest building (above) in a burnt grassy field around Ipoh in the […]
“The located nesting site of the breeding pair of Mangrove Pittas (Pitta Megarhyncha) was wedged in between the base of a palm tree species branch and elevated fallen decayed fronds. […]
“Tropical mangrove swamps and their surrounds; be they coastal or along river course are habitats of many living and interesting creatures. “The specialist and resident bird has to be the […]
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