A female Brown-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis) spotted at Pasir Ris Park on 9 July 2022. Soh Kam Yung saw it stealing nectar (primary nectar robbing) from Hibiscus flowers by piercing the flower base. Nectar robbing does not aid in flower … Continued
An interesting Crane Fly, genus Hexatoma, spotted at Upper Seletar Reservoir Park on 31 July 2022. Lovely red colour on the body. On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/128762755 ] Crane Flies and mosquitoes belong to the Order Diptera … Continued
Shahrul Kamal celebrated Singapore’s 57th birthday on 9th August 2022. After 2 years of failures, misses, other challenges and constraints, he finally witnessed and photographed our beloved Singaporean born raptor, the wonderful grey-headed fish eagle ( Haliaeetus ichthyaetus) in full … Continued
The Art Exhibition titled Painting Dramatic Moments by Thong Chow Ngian is now open at the Visual Arts Centre, Singapore. Derek Yeo/VC Wildlife Moments specially put together this short video overnight for his birder photographer friend and talented … Continued
Mr Thong Chow Ngian is a regular contributor to BESGroup website. ‘Painting dramatic moments in Nature’ is his second solo painting exhibition. BESGroup has a great influence on the creation of his artworks, especially with the emphasis in observing, not … Continued
Birds feeding on termites or flying ants is an experience I have enjoyed since childhood. I occasional get to see these mixed species aerial insect feeding in forest locations. At 7.45am on 4th August 2022 at the Kledang Saiong Forest … Continued
This paper was published in Hornbill Natural History and Conservation vol. 3: 28-31, 2022 Bee Choo Strange1 * and Tony O’Dempsey2 1 Hornbill Research Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand & IUCN SSC Hornbill Specialist Group 2 Nature Society (Singapore) *Corresponding author: … Continued
Whiskered Treeswifts Hemiprocne comata are common forest birds, often seen at the open edges or trails. I have observed nesting in the past but not the initial first step in nest building. On 4th August 2022 at the Kledang Saiong Forest Reserve, Ipoh, … Continued
I recently reported the Plain Sunbird Anthreptes simplex male’s role with fledglings (https://besgroup.org/2022/06/27/plain-sunbird-anthreptes-simplex-males-role-with-fledglings/). On that occasion, the adult male was feeding the juvenile the fruit of the Macaranga bancana. On 4th August 2022, at the Kledang Saiong Forest Reserve, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia, I … Continued
Derek Yeo has produced another 2 videos which document the White Bellied Sea Eagle, Haliaeetus leucogaster, of Pasir Ris Park. He has always been fascinated with raptors since young but what he encountered at Pasir Ris Park in December 2021 … Continued
