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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I am not sure if the male is catching the worm for its chicks, like sunbird feeds its youngs with insects.
“not sure” ?
Are you 100% certain that this bird is holding a caterpillar? To me, in this small image, the object in the bird’s bill looks very like a certain kind of berry I have seen flowerpeckers feeding on. The berry has long hairs at one end. Check out the pic at this link: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Dq5_ABpFrs/RlMGAzf9wmI/AAAAAAAAAls/k69GajyC46o/s1600-h/Yellow-breasted+Flowerpecker2_PICT0015.jpg
Have re-examined the image and am definitely sure that it is not a fruit in the bill. The image to you link shows the bird with a black berry of the weedy Clidemia hirta with part of the fruit still attached. If that is you image, can we make use of it in a future post?