A Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) was seen feeding by upending its rear to stir up food items at Lake Pertobe. The black swan was attended by a party of three Eurasian Coots (Fulica atra) made up of a mother and … Continued
In the post https://besgroup.org/2023/01/15/warrnambool-holiday/ Wong Kais shared a select few images of animals he encountered in Warrnambool. He visited the holiday town in March 2023 to explore other parts of the town and its nature again. At the Botanical Gardens, he … Continued
Wong Kais visited Mount Lofty, Adelaide in 2016. During the pleasant walk he heard the loud and high pitched calls of an Eastern Spinebill, Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris. He trained his camera on the very attractively patterned bird with a down-curved bill, an … Continued
The Checker-throated Woodpecker (Chrysophlegma mentale) is a less commonly observed forest woodpecker. I have had some limited opportunities to watch the species in the past. On 5th March 2023, at the Kledang-Sayong Forest Reserve, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia, I had an … Continued
A female Batik Golden Web Spider (Trichonephila antipodiana) feeding on a large Scarab beetle spotted at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve on 8 Jan 2023. Quite a large meal for a large spider. On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146107966 ] Below is a … Continued
I had previously reported my observations on the diet of the Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker (Prionochilus maculatus) (see reference) which include: 1. Fruit of the Ficus racemosa (Cluster Fig), Ficus Benjamina, Ficus villosa, Melastoma malabathricum (Straits rhododendron) and Clidemia hirta (Hairy Clidemia). 2. I have also seen them inspecting the underside of … Continued
I had previously reported (Amar-Singh HSS 2016) an observation of a Pin-striped Tit-Babbler (Mixornis gularis) feeding on the fruit of the Macaranga heynei (Blue Mahang). At the time I thought it highly unusual with no good reports in the literature to … Continued
Soh Kam Yung spotted a two-striped Telamonia, Telamonia dimidiata, at Pasir Ris Park on 10 Dec 2022. A common jumping spider; this one was willing to stay relatively still while these shots (Images 1 – 4) were being taken. On … Continued
I saw a pair of Buff-rumped Woodpecker (Meiglyptes tristis) on 7th February 2023 at a forest reserve outside of Ipoh (see image 1). This section of the forest has been partly logged decades ago, with strong re-growth and primary forest on … Continued
It was a dark morning at the Kledang Saiong Forest Reserve on 9th February 2023 but I decided to visit as this, now threatened green lung, that stretches from near Papan to Chemor has an enormous diversity of bird life. … Continued
