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Thong Chow Ngian shares his observations and documentations of a juvenile koel calling out to be fed by crows. ‘On 08 April 2022, I spotted a flock of Large-billed crows, […]
Australian Wood Duck Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata) It is visually a small-billed, grey-bodied grazing duck, about 45-60cm in length. The male has a rounded, dark chestnut head with a […]
“We were down south for a few days to help run some workshops on parenting, research and a silent retreat; had 2 opportunities to watch birds. “One morning we walked […]
“Two composite images of an adult female Orange-bellied Leafbird (Chloropsis hardwickii malayana) to show foraging behaviour – will take time to check under many leaves to look for insect prey. […]
“In July 2017 I posted on brood-parasitic hosts for Asian Koels (Eudynamys scolopaceus malayanus) LINK 1 and LINK 2. I suggested that the absence of the House Crow (Corvus splendens) […]
![BeeEater-egg [JackLai] 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BeeEater-egg-JackLai-1-1-q8df6xitin6hc81y3a6g92k0g9f7s8eycm2fgco29c.jpg "BeeEater-egg [JackLai] 1")
Jack Lai’s images of the Blue-throated Bee-eater (Merops viridis) flying with an egg between its mandibles (above) is another BICA-moment (LINK). This bee-eater flew to a grassy plot, dropped the […]
![CuckooPl-TailorbirdAsh [JWee] - 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/CuckooPl-TailorbirdAsh-JWee-1-q8df6xitin6hc81y3a6g92k0g9f7s8eycm2fgco29c.jpg "CuckooPl-TailorbirdAsh [JWee] – 1")
Johnny Wee documented a pair of adult Ashy Tailorbirds (Orthotomus ruficeps) feeding a recently fledged Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus) at Singapore’s Pasir Ris Farmway1 in mid-July 2013. It must have […]
![GerygoneGB [LenaChow]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/GerygoneGB-LenaChow-q8dfscah6shlsgyd2jcj1o1zk7w741euml0kz8x8j4.jpg "GerygoneGB [LenaChow]")
“This is the second time this year, at around the same place at Pasir Ris Park, that a Golden-bellied Gerygone (Gerygone sulphurea) nest was hijacked, and the poor gerygone pair […]
The Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea) is a brood parasite that sneaks into the nests of House Crow (Corvus splendens) to lay her eggs (above). The bird is a resident species […]
![FantailP feed CuckooRustyBr [JWee] - 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/FantailP-feed-CuckooRustyBr-JWee-1-q8df432etpa86q6rpjw47aerp9g7h847miyi56vz3k.jpg "FantailP feed CuckooRustyBr [JWee] – 1")
Johnny Wee‘s documented an adult Pied Fantail (Rhipidura javanica) feeding a much larger juvenile Rusty-breasted Cuckoo (Cacomantis sepulcralis) at Singapore’s Lorong Halus Wetland on 24th August 2012. The Rusty-breasted Cuckoo, […]
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