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Common Kingfisher catching a prawn

on 23rd November 2008

Here again are images of a Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), this time catching a prawn and swallowing it. These images are part of a series taken by eager photographers in Jurong during the 2008 arrival of this winter visitor and passage migrant. These were taken by Calvin Chang a.k.a Deswitch at the Japanese Garden on 5th October.


Unlike crabs, prawns are easy to manipulate. And whether prawn or crab, the kingfisher will soon cast a pellet consisting of the indigestible shell. If more photographers are patient enough, they may be able to catch the bird at casting the pellet.

Images by Calvin Chang.

This post is a cooperative effort between www.naturepixels.org and BESG to bring the study of bird behaviour through photography to a wider audience.

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YC Wee

Dr Wee played a significant role as a green advocate in Singapore through his extensive involvement in various organizations and committees: as Secretary and Chairman for the Malayan Nature Society (Singapore Branch), and with the Nature Society (Singapore) as founding President (1978-1995). He has also served in the Nature Reserve Board (1987-1989), Nature Reserves Committee (1990-1996), National Council on the Environment/Singapore Environment Council (1992-1996), Work-Group on Nature Conservation (1992) and Inter-Varsity Council on the Environment (1995-1997). He is Patron of the Singapore Gardening Society and was appointed Honorary Museum Associate of the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) in 2012. In 2005, Dr Wee started the Bird Ecology Study Group. With more than 6,000 entries, the website has become a valuable resource consulted by students, birdwatchers and researchers locally and internationally. The views and opinions expressed in this article are his own, and do not represent those of LKCNHM, the National University of Singapore or its affiliated institutions.

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