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White-breasted Waterhen – feeding on a mollusc

on 2nd April 2013

Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS‘s images of a White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus phoenicurus) feeding on a mollusc were taken at 7.45am in low light through some bushes on 27th January 2013. They show an excited White-breasted Waterhen that had just discovered a clam/mollusc to feed on. Some of the fish farms in the area rear these commercially.

The location is an ex-tin mining area with extensive pond/lakes, wetlands and fish farms in Malim Nawar Wetlands, Perak, Malaysia.

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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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