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YC Wee
on 26th January 2011

Jason Cho’s image of the Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonica) shows the bird about to swallow a fruit of Carmona retusa (Boraginaceae). This is small shrub of the Old World tropics […]

YC Wee
on 14th August 2010

“Tambun is a small town on the outskirts of Ipoh that has, in the past 10 years, been engulfed by the city. Now considered a suburban area with large properties […]

YC Wee
on 23rd June 2010

Syzygium polyanthum or salam is an excellent bird tree. When in fruits, the tree is invaded by numerous birds (above: Pink-necked Green Pigeon, Treron vernans) that come to feed on […]

YC Wee
on 16th May 2010

Jeremy Lee, our birding-pilot, transited in Abu Dhabi recently and sent in this report: “Taking a break in the cool hotel room from the afternoon heat in Abu Dhabi right […]

YC Wee
on 7th December 2009

The Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus), once a common resident, is getting uncommon in Singapore. And possibly also in some of the surrounding countries. I used to have a few […]

YC Wee
on 15th November 2009

The common mahang (Macaranga bancana) is a small to medium sized tree that grows up to 20 metres high (above left). The large leaves are characteristically three-lobed. At the base […]

YC Wee
on 13th June 2009

Calvin Chang a.k.a deswitch photographed a male Blue-winged Leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis) collecting nectar from the mistletoe, Macrosolen cochinchinensis from the Panti forest in neighbouring state of Johor in Malaysia. An […]

YC Wee
on 21st January 2009

During the last few months, Singapore’s bird photographers have been documenting the arrivals of many rare winter visitors at the Bidadari Cemetery. This documentation was led by photographer-birder KC Tsang […]

YC Wee
on 31st December 2008

In my garden I only planted one tree, the exotic terap (Artocarpus odoratissimus). Some birds subsequently brought two umbrella trees (Schefflera actinophylla) that grew nearby. The crowns of the latter […]

YC Wee
on 18th November 2008

The umbrella tree (Schefflera actinophylla) is native of New Guinea and Australia. It attracts the Banded Woodpecker (Picus miniaceus) that comes for the ants that live at the base of […]

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