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Roosting of Long-tailed Parakeet

on 6th September 2013

Ng Bee Choo reported seeing about 200 Long-tailed Parakeets (Psittacula longicauda) roosting in the Rain Tree (Albizia saman) (above). She saw them flying in at around 7pm on 13th July 2013 at the junction of Sembawang Road and Yishun Avenue 5. However, when she went past the area a few weeks later, the trees there had been trimmed.

It is interesting to note that these parakeets prefers a tree with a relatively open crown to roost. Come late evening, the compound leaves of a Rain Tree will close, making the crown more open. Birds like mynas, crows and starlings prefer trees with a dense crown for roosting LINK.

Ng Bee Choo
Singapore
September 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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