Familiarising with this Bat Hawk
Slowly getting to know this Bat Hawk’s (Macheiramphus alcinus alcinus) routine and behaviour. It will constantly look around, possibly for prey; did not attack passing swifts. No calls heard. Some preening in video (using Nikon P900) of perched behaviour at 7.30am … Continued
Sightings of Black-and-crimson Oriole
I saw adult female Black-and-crimson Oriole (Oriolus consanguineus malayanus) three times on this trip, which was unusual, twice as a participant of a mixed foraging party (bird wave) with Chestnut-capped Laughingthrushs (Garrulax mitratus), Common Green Magpies (Cissa chinensis) and other … Continued
Red-throated Barbet – feeding on custard apple
I went back to an old run-down orchard at the city-fringe where I had seen barbets feeding. Observed both the male and female adult Red-throated Barbets (Megalaima mystacophanos mystacophanos) feeding on the custard Apple fruit Annona squamosa; very confiding even … Continued
Blyth’s Hawk-eagle
Was cleaning out my old, unprocessed images and spotted this Blyth’s Hawk-eagle (Spizaetus alboniger) seen in the lowlands with prey. Generally prefers montane habitat. Amar-Singh HSS (Dato’ Dr) Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia Location: Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia Habitat: Edge of … Continued
Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike
Less common to see Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus hirundinaceus) in recent years and considered near-threatened in Peninsular Malaysia (Handbook of the BIrds of the World Alive 2020). Amar-Singh HSS (Dato’ Dr) Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia Location: Kledang-Sayong Forest Reserve, Ipoh, Perak, … Continued
Black-winged Kite – calls, aerial-quartering
Saw a number of Black-winged Kites (Elanus caeruleus vociferous) at this site – pairs and single birds. One pair interested me as they were calling out to each other. There were other raptors, Brahminy Kites and many Harriers around, but not … Continued
Black-Crowned night heron at Shanghai Bund
A Black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax, was spotted overlooking the water at Shanghai Bund Wharf on 31 July 2017. Wong Kais had the luck to see this bird in Shanghai but not in Singapore. The bird was trying to fish … Continued
Black-eared Shrike-Babbler – social group
I had an extended opportunity to watch a social group of Black-eared Shrike-Babblers (Pteruthius melanotis tahanensis) forage together. Although usually encountered as solitary birds, they are occasionally seen as family or social units. There were 2 adult males, 2 adult … Continued
Pin-striped Tit Babbler – group display
Post 1. I was privileged to watch a social group of 4 Pin-striped Tit Babblers (Macronus (Mixornis) gularis gularis) displaying together. I have in the past occasionally seen this common babbler display individually – arches the back and points the … Continued
Assassin bug nymph, Inara (?) sp.
Assassin bugs are true bugs which specialise in ambushing their prey. They use a specialised mouth part, called the rostrum, to pierce their prey, inject a mixture of saliva and enzymes to digest proteins and then suck up the digested … Continued
