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YC Wee
on 15th January 2009

Dr Johathan Cheah Weng Kwong was tern-watching in August 2006, making observations on a breeding colony of Little Terns (Sterna albifrons) in the north of Singapore when he took a […]

YC Wee
on 8th January 2009

Adrian Lim a.k.a. wmw998 describes his encounter with a juvenile male Siberian Blue Robin taking a bath on 15th December 2008 in Malaysia (above): “This is an unusual way of […]

YC Wee
on 4th January 2009

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 […]

YC Wee
on 26th December 2008

Choo Teik Ju a.k.a. choo photographed a female Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum) taking a leaf bath on a simpoh air (Dillenia suffruticosa) leaf. This happened on the morning of July […]

YC Wee
on 17th December 2008

On the evening of 19th November 2008, a Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja) was spotted perching on a branch of my curry bush (Myrraya koenigii) tree. It was raining heavily and […]

YC Wee
on 1st December 2008

When Lee Tiah Khee was at Singapore’s Japanese Garden in Jurong around noon one day in October 2008, three Oriental Honey-buzzards (Pernis ptilorhyncus) flew to a tree above him. One […]

YC Wee
on 3rd November 2008

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 […]

YC Wee
on 11th October 2008

“During a visit to the Royal Belum State Park in Malaysia recently, a few friends and I spent a day on a boat, exploring a few sites around the Temengor […]

YC Wee
on 7th October 2008

In April 2008, bird photographers documented Black-naped Terns mobbing a Grey Heron, using their secret weapon, projectile vomiting. The accounts were posted here: 1 and 2. The photographers Roger Deng […]

YC Wee
on 4th October 2008

Blue-throated Bee-eaters (Merops viridis) catch dragonflies on the wing (above), with the latter twisting and turning in the air when chased and the former trying very hard to manoeuvre likewise. […]

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