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Blue-winged Pitta ended up in Commonwealth Secondary School
20 Nov 2019

Blue-winged Pitta ended up in Commonwealth Secondary School

by BESG | posted in: Collision-Reflection, Migration-Migrants, Rescue | 0

“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

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Blue-winged Pitta takes a bath, then preen
28 Mar 2019

Blue-winged Pitta takes a bath, then preen

by BESG | posted in: Feathers-maintenance, Migration-Migrants, Sunbirds, Videography | 0

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

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Blue Winged Pitta landed in Hougang Estate, Singapore
2 Mar 2018

Blue Winged Pitta landed in Hougang Estate, Singapore

by BESG | posted in: Migration-Migrants, Videography | 1

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

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© Blue-winged Pitta’s Confrontation with Resident Drongo
17 Jan 2018

© Blue-winged Pitta’s Confrontation with Resident Drongo

by BESG | posted in: Interspecific, Migration-Migrants | 0

“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

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© Post-natal moult in Blue-winged Pitta- A sequential photo record
12 Jan 2018

© Post-natal moult in Blue-winged Pitta- A sequential photo record

by BESG | posted in: Fledgling-Fledging, Morphology-Develop. | 0

“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

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© Fledgling Blue-winged Pitta left behind in Penang, P. Malaysia 2017
6 Jan 2018

© Fledgling Blue-winged Pitta left behind in Penang, P. Malaysia 2017

by BESG | posted in: Fledgling-Fledging, Morphology-Develop. | 0

“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

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A ‘Hat- trick’ with Blue-winged Pitta fledgling 2017 (Batch 3) Part 2
3 Jan 2018

A ‘Hat- trick’ with Blue-winged Pitta fledgling 2017 (Batch 3) Part 2

by BESG | posted in: Fledgling-Fledging, Morphology-Develop. | 0

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

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©A ‘Hat-trick’ with  Blue-winged Pitta fledgling 2017 (Batch3) Part1
23 Dec 2017

©A ‘Hat-trick’ with Blue-winged Pitta fledgling 2017 (Batch3) Part1

by BESG | posted in: Fledgling-Fledging, Morphology-Develop. | 0

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

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© 43Days Breeding Moments in Blue-winged Pitta (Batch2) Part 2
20 Dec 2017

© 43Days Breeding Moments in Blue-winged Pitta (Batch2) Part 2

by BESG | posted in: Fledgling-Fledging, Morphology-Develop., uncategorised | 0

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

© 43 Days Breeding Moments in Blue-winged Pitta 2017 (Batch 2) Part 1
14 Dec 2017

© 43 Days Breeding Moments in Blue-winged Pitta 2017 (Batch 2) Part 1

by BESG | posted in: Fledgling-Fledging, Morphology-Develop. | 0

“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

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