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![ThrushSib food [DaisyO'Neill] - 2](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/ThrushSib-food-DaisyONeill-2-q8dfc8c220fot2cs52npt8el1haq6sggquhzvit568.jpg "ThrushSib food [DaisyO’Neill] – 2")
“A fruiting fig tree never fails to disappoint in bird-digiscopy. “One such ficus species made its fruiting debut near the foothills of Bukit Mertajam, Seberang Perai, Penang. Hosted by an […]
Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS was in Singapore recently “…to meet a close relative from the UK and took the opportunity to casually watch birds in the urban environment.” Amar observed […]
![ParakeetRRg-Caesalpinia pulcherrima [GeorginaChin] - 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/ParakeetRRg-Caesalpinia-pulcherrima-GeorginaChin-1-q8dff6jtiah3902hwukk4zlo60r7cl64tg7v3sfnn4.jpg "ParakeetRRg-Caesalpinia pulcherrima [GeorginaChin] – 1")
“I would like to share with you, that the parakeets have returned and are having a wonderful time in my garden. Last week I was sitting down in the garden […]
The above video clip by Cheong Weng Chun was recorded at the Kuala Selangor Nature Park in Malaysia. It shows a pair of Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala) indulging in courtship […]
![Sunbird-wrightia [RiaTan]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Sunbird-wrightia-RiaTan-q8df7280gtcwy9v4bu7l3jdbf6s1upxm19buuqh3e8.jpg "Sunbird-wrightia [RiaTan]")
The sui-mei is what the Cantonese call Wrightia religiosa. This small tree of about 2-5 metres tall originates from the Malaysian states of Kedah and Perlis and also from Thailand. […]
![ParakeetLT munch-br [WYC] - 2](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/ParakeetLT-munch-br-WYC-2-q8dfrlyzvfhkre0lc7yz3up2xfhx4iid6yqzji09dc.jpg "ParakeetLT munch-br [WYC] – 2")
An earlier post on the Long-tailed Parakeet (Psittacula longicauda) feeding on the fruits of the semi-parasitic tropical mistletoe, Dendrophthoe pentandra suggested that the parakeet aids in seed dispersal. However, observations […]
An account has been earlier posted on Asian Glossy Starlings (Aplonis panayensis), Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier) and Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot (Loriculus galgulus) eating the fruits of the ceram palm (Rhopaloblaste […]
On 18th February 2011, a small flock of about ten Rose-ringed Parakeets (Psittacula krameri) landed on the fruiting mahogany tree (Swietenia macrophylla) by KC Tsang’s kitchen. The seed pods were […]
![ParakeetRBr [WilliamIp]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/ParakeetRBr-WilliamIp-q8dgmf4jvxnxb99hfjequ2szw3n1fctmrgjxu0bpf4.jpg "ParakeetRBr [WilliamIp]")
William Ip was at the Pasir Ris Park in February 2011 where he photographed a Red-breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri) eating the seeds of Rose of India (Lagerstroemia speciosa) (left). Rose […]
![SunbirdOB-Ceas. pulcherrima [AmarSingh] - 4](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/SunbirdOB-Ceas.-pulcherrima-AmarSingh-4-q8dfaovkusbrs2lc4woq84edzqw2kncav80ck73ddc.jpg "SunbirdOB-Ceas. pulcherrima [AmarSingh] – 4")
“In the past many months there has been a clash of sunbirds in my garden. The resident Brown-throated (Anthreptes malacensis malacensis) have been assailed by the Olive-backed (Cinnyris jugularis ornatus) […]
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