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Brood parasitism

YC Wee
on 2nd January 2008

. The Chestnut-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus) builds its nest in trees. Made of twigs lodged between the forks of branches, the nest is neatly lined with green leaves (left). In […]

YC Wee
on 15th December 2007

The Chestnut-winged Cuckoo (Clamator coromandus) is one of the more beautiful among the many cuckoos. The adult is a sight to behold and will no doubt excite the most hardener […]

YC Wee
on 8th May 2006

Egg-dumping is the term used by birders to refer to nest parasitism. This is where a bird lays its eggs in the nest of other birds. It can be a […]

YC Wee
on 19th January 2006

January 7th 2006 was 15 days since I first saw the three eggs in the nest. When I went out to buy groceries at around noon, I went up to […]

YC Wee
on 16th January 2006

The three eggs in the crows’ nest as seen in Tang’s earlier image, also shown here, show similarity in colour and pattern. However, one of the eggs is of slightly […]

YC Wee
on 3rd January 2006

Around the time when Angie was monitoring a House Crows’ nest (Corvus splendens) from her apartment window, Hung Bun Tang was doing the same from his apartment balcony. With the […]

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