“Two Sundays ago while cycling at Pasir Ris Park, a series of loud squawking stopped me dead in the midst of my pedalling. It was definitely the sounds from some birds. Curious to find out the source, I dismounted and … Continued
Calvin Chang a.k.a deswitch photographed a male Blue-winged Leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis) collecting nectar from the mistletoe, Macrosolen cochinchinensis from the Panti forest in neighbouring state of Johor in Malaysia. An earlier post shows a Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot (Loriculus galgulus) collecting … Continued
Marcus Ng came across three Oriental Pied Hornbills (Anthracoceros albirostris convexus), one male and two females, feeding in a rambutan tree (Nephalium lappaceum) at Chek Jawa in Pulau Ubin near the NParks ranger hut. They spent about 15 minutes foraging … Continued
Samson Tan was at Singapore’s offshore island of Pulau Ubin on 21st March 2009 when he first noticed a pair of Asian Glossy Starlings (Aplonis panayensis) around a cavity at the top of a rotting tree trunk (below left). Samson … Continued
Since our earlier postings on munias and the grass seeds they take, we have been provided with more images that are being highlighted here: Richard Lim photographed a Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata) at a resort in Bintan, Indonesia eating the … Continued
Chris Lee’s images of the Chestnut Munia (Lonchura atricapilla) eating seeds of grasses were taken at Singapore’s Pulau Ubin in May 2009. It shows the munia eating the seeds of the jungle rice or padi burong (Echinochloa colonum) (above). The … Continued
In May 2009, Jason Cho photographed a male Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum) among the Dendrophthoe pentandra mistletoe. This is one of the few birds that visit the mistletoe to harvest the nectar from the flowers. And in the process, the … Continued
Huang Chee Thong a.k.a bloodlamb photographed a male Pink-necked Green Pigeon (Treron vernans) eating the fruit of the MacArthur palm (Ptychosperma macarthurii) by swallowing it whole (above). We have an earlier post on the Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier) swallowing whole … Continued
The Yellow-vented Flowerpecker (Dicaeum chrysorrheum) shown here, deals with the soft berry of the Indian cherry tree (Muntingia calabura) in a unique manner. It picks up the ripe fruit from the tree, brings it to a perch where it begins … Continued
Wilson Chong a.k.a. starrynight was in Brunei recently and photographed the very common Chestnut Munia (Lonchura atricapilla) feeding. One image shows the munias eating the seeds of the grass, Ischaemum sp., possibly I. muticum (seashore centipede grass) or I. rugosum … Continued
