The sighting of this Blue-winged Pitta (Pitta moluccensis) bathing at the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve was actually a “surprise sighting” as the photographers were there to document the Ruddy Kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda). Because of the hot spell, it was a … Continued
Raymond Cheng’s image of a White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) swallowing a crab is interesting in that the prey’s exoskeleton will be compacted in the crop to be eventually discarded as an unusually large pellet. It would make an interesting study … Continued
Tony Chua’s documented an Black-backed Kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca) also known as Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher casting a pellet at Hindhede Nature Park on 18th November 2016… …adds on to BESG’s earlier two posts HERE and HERE. This list below of kingfishers … Continued
Chan Yoke Meng has a passion for birds. He is not a run-of-the-mill birdwatcher who keeps checklists to tally up the number of species seen. Nor does he maintain a portfolio of bird images in his iPad to show to … Continued
“A sequential to © ‘Ruddy Kingfisher Eats 1-legged Crab’ posted on September 2009 HERE, readers have now another opportunity to revisit same location. There, a foraging pair of Ruddy Kingfishers (Halcyon coromanda) may be found, during their several months’ annual … Continued
Raptors and owls regularly cast pellets. Other than these groups of birds, kingfishers, bee-eaters, herons and shrikes similarly do so. These are carnivorous birds that swallow their prey together with bones, scales, feathers, furs, etc. The flesh is easily digested … Continued
On the morning of 20th October 2012, Adeline aka Merlion Wayfarer had a kingfisher crashed onto her window LINK. The bird landed on the ground, stunned (above left). Soon it moved and flew off, to collide with a wall, dazed … Continued
We have accumulated a collection of more than 200 bird calls and songs LINK since our earlier posts urging for birdsound documentation LINK 1 and LINK 2. Even then only a small number of bird species found in Singapore and … Continued
This paper, specially prepared by three founding members of the Bird Ecology Study Group (BESG), details the background to the local birdwatching scene, the different players through the years and the emergence of the BESG as the major player in … Continued
Erik Mobrand was walking along Philip Street in downtown Singapore on afternoon of 11th April 2011 when he encountered an injured Ruddy Kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda) standing outside an office building. According to Erik, “Its left leg was apparently injured and … Continued
