“On 12th November, a Blue-winged Pitta (Pitta moluccensis) was found flying into the glass door of our Design Space multiple times at around 1145 hrs. This is the very first sighting recorded in our school! “Our Desktop Engineer, Mr Eric … Continued
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
This juvenile Blue Winged Pitta (Pitta moluccensis) landed in Singapore’s Hougang Estate during the 2017 migration season. According to Jeremiah Loei, “It brought joy and happiness to our local Nature Photographers.” Most times photographers enjoyed their appearance at our Singapore … Continued
“Blue-winged Pittas (Pitta moluccensis) continue to visit their favourite, breeding grounds annually at a popular bird location on mainland Penang, Peninsular Malaysia. “Birders and photographers of sorts too followed to chance good views of these breeding birds. Some sat waited … Continued
“Over a 100days period (29June- 06Oct) in 2017, a total of 51 visits were made to monitor migratory Blue-winged Pitta (Pitta moluccensis) on mainland Penang, Peninsular Malaysia. “Successful fledglings from 4 different batches were observed during those field days covering … Continued
“Meet BornFree – Fledgling Blue-winged Pitta (Pitta moluccensis) From Batch 4 (below). “Meet JSparrow – fledgling from Batch 3 (below). “BornFree (below)| at just less than two weeks old was first spotted on 30th August 2017 foraging close-by with JSparrow- … Continued
A FIELD REPORT – (Batch 3) Part 1 HERE. 30th Aug – “A new coat of head and neck feathers almost replaced, final moult accentuated on back and rump, the fledgling-juvenile was about to meet an adversary, she had to … Continued
A FIELD REPORT “Batch 2 monitoring came to an abrupt end on 16thAugust. I was quite disappointed as I had wanted to see more of the moulting process-post natal moult or prejuvenal moult- meaning moulting from fledgling into juvenal plumage … Continued
Continued from Part 1 HERE. 27July-2Aug (1st week) 31July 2017 – “My 19th visit since monitoring began a month before. It has been observed parenting birds made no calls unless necessary and hungry fledglings did not beg loudly to be … Continued
“I found myself in fulltime, tandem field work monitoring breeding Blue-winged Pittas (Pitta moluccensis) when an adult bird was spotted carrying nesting material, whilst Batch 1 fledglings were being observed. “A chronological survey with dates provided and substantiated with photographs … Continued
