These images by Hong & Cheng a.k.a. catspace show a Spotted Wood Owl (Strix seloputo) indulging in its comfort behaviour. This includes it stretching a wing and a leg, usually one side at a time (above left). Then it preened … Continued
Dr Jeff Lim documented a female Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia) catching a caterpillar from the tree canopy, smacked it against its perch to kill it as well as to remove the stomach content (above)… …before repositioning it for swallowing. With … Continued
Lee Tiah Khee captured an image of an Indian Cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus) in its comfort behaviour. As in most birds, the cuckoo stretched it’s pair of wings to give itself an “angel” pose and at the same time fanned its … Continued
Michael Ho a.k.a. nemo posted two images of the Lineated Barbet (Megalaima lineata) indulging in comfort behaviour on 15th November 2008 that he is sharing with us. The barbet was caught stretching its wings in a sort of an “angel” … Continued
The arrival of the Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) in Singapore around October 2008 saw many photographers documenting this common winter visitor and passage migrant. The bird arrives as early as 14th August and as later as 14th May. The images … Continued
At around 1250 hours on the 23rd July 2008, there was a loud call in my garden that I traced to a pair of Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris). The birds were perching on the TV aerial on the roof … Continued
This was exactly what Liu Jianzhong a.k.a. Jz was thinking when he stalked a Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus) some weeks back – and documented what it did. The bee-eater had just had its fill of insects and glided with its … Continued
Bee-eaters are known to spend up to 10% of daylight hours in comfort behaviour of some kind or other (above). These are mainly aimed at keeping their plumage in top condition. During rest, these birds can usually be seen going … Continued
