I was out today, 31st October 2022, at the outskirts of Ipoh City where there are many ex-mining pools (wetlands-like habitat) and limestone hills. I observed a Changeable Hawk-Eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus) hunting for prey. It was a juvenile (see images … Continued
A Javan pond-heron, Ardeola speciosa, was seen in flight and then landing on a flat stone in the middle of the Kallang River that runs through Ang Mo Kio – Bishan Park. The sides of this waterway is lined with a … Continued
The Grey crowned crane Balearica regulorum belongs to the crane family, Gruidae. This native of Eastern and Southern Africa is an endangered species. A lone bird, believed to be male, has taken up residency at Seletar Aerospace Crescent, Singapore. This … Continued
Dr Amar Singh has produced a beautiful bird calendar for use in 2023. Each page features a calendar month adorned with birds from the same group. Please download and print the calendar to brighten up your desk. For those … Continued
BICA members had a whale of a time photographing the Black-winged Kites at Gardens by the Bay, Singapore in early October 2022. A pair of Elanus scriptus were very active and successful hunting rodents in the area. They also displayed aerial transfer … Continued
For some years now Wong Kais has been discovering Achatina fulica, the African Land Snail chomping on his letters in the letter box. Some letters were partially eaten within a few hours of being dropped into the letter box while letters … Continued
Christoper Tan came across a Gold-ringed Cat Snake (Boiga dendrophila) and an Oriental Tree Snake a.k.a Oriental Whip Snake (Ahaetulla prasina) at the playground near Rail Mall. The Boiga had the Ahaetulla clamped in its mouth. The predator had probably paralysed the prey with … Continued
Johnny Wee shares two photos of the Orange-cheeked waxbill Estrilda melpoda that he encountered at Bishan Park, Singapore in August 2022. Read https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/app/uploads/2017/04/sbr2016-133-134.pdf about these finches which were seen in Bishan Park in 2016 and thought to have been released from captivity. … Continued
The white-throated kingfisher, Halcyon smyrnensis, is sometimes spotted flitting in and out of trees surrounding the MCKL field. After several laughable attempts to photograph it, which include my camera running out of battery after finally getting it in focus (twice!), the … Continued
The Bronze-winged Jacana (Metopidius indicus) is considered an uncommon resident (very localised) in the Thai-Malay Peninsula (Wells 1999); more often seen on the Thai side of the peninsula. Birds of the World (Jenni and Kirwan 2020) does not mention it … Continued
