My Bush Grape (Cayratia mollissima) plants have been growing on my fence more than ten years now. All this time they have been bearing bunches of attractive pinkish fruits that […]
New Food Item for the Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki The diet of the Mugimaki Flycatcher is not well known but it includes small invertebrates, seeds and fruit (Clement 2020; Wells 2007). […]
I saw two new bird species feeding on the fruit of a Macaranga gigantea (Giant Mahang) that was located at the fringe of primary forest. The Macaranga gigantea is a towering tree when fully […]
I had just returned from lunch when I heard this noisy bird just inside my garden. Looking up, I noticed a fledgling yellow-vented bulbul, Pycnonotus goiavier, standing in front of […]
The fruit of the Melastoma malabathricum known as Senduduk or the Straits Rhododendron (also referred to as the Indian or Singapore Rhododendron) is a favourite of many birds. Some bird […]
I was watching a family of five Ruby-cheeked Sunbirds Chalcoparia singalensis on 3rd July 2023, at the Kledang-Saiong Forest Reserve, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia, when I saw the adult male feeding […]
I observed two nesting episodes of the Copper-throated Sunbird Leptocoma calcostetha at the Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve, Perak, and would like to share my observations. On 1 June 2023 I […]
I recently described the feeding technique of the Checker-throated Woodpecker Chrysophlegma mentale (Amar-Singh HSS 2023). On 22nd May 2023 I had another extended opportunity (25 minutes) to observe the feeding […]
Red-rumped parrots are seen occasionally in Victor Harbor. A flock of these birds appeared on consecutive days and hanged around some wires in the mornings and then again in the […]
A female olive-backed sunbird was seen collecting nectar from the Russelia equisetiformis flowers. These plants are commonly called firecrackers in Singapore. The branches which are allowed to cascade down from […]
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