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Female Olive-backed Sunbird Sips Nectar – In Slow Motion

on 21st April 2013

“The swimming pool and play ground area in my condo have many flowering plants. These offer plenty of opportunities to observe sunbirds which come to enjoy the nectar. The edited video shows a female Olive-backed Sunbird (Nectarinia jugularis) sips nectar of the Heliconia psittacorum ‘Lady Di’. This is one of the most popular Heliconia cultivars in Singapore.

“The video clip was recorded on 8th Jan 2013 with the 100 fps high speed feature of my new Lumix FZ200. On playback @ 25 fps, it becomes a quarter speed slow motion video. The action of the bird inserting its bill through the opening in the flower could be seen very clearly. With high speed recording, there was no audio track. What I have done was to dub an audio clip of Black-naped Orioles in their courtship songs in the video.

“Above is another video, recorded on 29th Dec 2012 at normal speed, showing a female sipping nectar of the ‘Lady Di’. Can’t tell if this was the same bird as the one shown in the video above.”

Sun Chong Hong
Singapore
5th April 2013

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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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