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![FantailP m-f comparison [AmarSingh] - 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/FantailP-m-f-comparison-AmarSingh-1-q8df9mc72kv0k25bdy10vw4hmy60t23b1x9fvuoigg.jpg "FantailP m-f comparison [AmarSingh] – 1")
“The average bird interests us immensely. We have had a resident pair of Pied Fantail (Rhipidura javanica longicaudata) in our garden for the past 12 years and had numerous daily […]
“The trumpet tree (Tabebuia rosea) outside my apartment was in full bloom after a dry spell. Then a thunderstorm came. As it slowed to a drizzle, I went to the […]
![LeafbirdGrGr-jv F benjamina [AmarSingh]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/LeafbirdGrGr-jv-F-benjamina-AmarSingh-q8dg6dznbnpvaojt1lxtb4fz5ino576fw3zt643fjk.jpg "LeafbirdGrGr-jv F benjamina [AmarSingh]")
“This juvenile Greater Green Leafbird (Chloropsis sonnerati zosterops) was feeding on Ficus benjamina figs. Saw another as part of a mix foraging party. “Juvenile because there is no ‘blue malar-flash […]
![FlamebackC-reflection [KCTsang] - 03](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/FlamebackC-reflection-KCTsang-03-q8df57hgzktk1yk25jd2oi7l8twzo7ko430ds381o0.jpg "FlamebackC-reflection [KCTsang] – 03")
“Looks like evolution for the birds have not kept up with human development, however it will not be fair to put the blame on nature for not keeping up with […]
![StarlingPB-M gigantea [CheownWengChun]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/StarlingPB-M-gigantea-CheownWengChun-q8dfdto7mwm6ha1hu9fyjbxp9zg48bs3aqam5eg4mo.jpg "StarlingPB-M gigantea [CheownWengChun]")
“Found this mahang tree (I id this as a Macaranga gigantea – based on the fruits and big leaves) in one of the gardens in Cyberjaya, Malaysia around 2-4pm. “Parked […]
“Some ‘common’ birds are poorly appreciated until we see their plumage well. The image above (left) shows the lovely tail of the White-headed Munia (Lonchura maja maja). Described as ‘rich, […]
![BeeEaterBlTl [HowardBanwell] - 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BeeEaterBlTl-HowardBanwell-1-q8df6hjkagkluup5ol9skol6cplz5dnimez6anbr74.jpg "BeeEaterBlTl [HowardBanwell] – 1")
“A wonderful moment yesterday, about twenty minutes before sunset not far from my house on Ko Samui. “I noticed a number of on some trees around a small lake that […]
![SunbirdBrTh-Costus spicatus [JeanHo] - 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/SunbirdBrTh-Costus-spicatus-JeanHo-1-q8dffyqz7bjoxaxjc6rd7shhzkw7ria2xbsfi39ugg.jpg "SunbirdBrTh-Costus spicatus [JeanHo] – 1")
Jean Ho reported one of her resident pairs of sunbirds, the Brown-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis), taking nectar from her Indian head ginger (Costus spicatus) flowers (above). They also take nectar […]
![HeronChP-skink [AmarSingh] - 2](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/HeronChP-skink-AmarSingh-2-q8df5vx9x9r0ftkk6txdhc1koukj8c9ovfz09a7t68.jpg "HeronChP-skink [AmarSingh] – 2")
“We were watching some Chinese Pond Herons (Ardeola bacchus) in an open field when one darted forward to catch this skink in the grass (above). It then proceeded to move […]
Francis Lim was at the Singapore’s Wallace Centre Dairy Farm NParks area recently and took this picture of a Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum) feeding on the fruits of Viscum ovalifolium. […]
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