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LW Teo
on 19th June 2022

  On 14 June 2022, I visited Singapore Quarry with a friend, Mr Derek Yeo. On our way out of the quarry, we spotted a Straw-headed bulbul (Pycnonotus zeylanicus) on […]

LW Teo
on 12th June 2022

Video by Wee Yeow Chin.   On the evening of 9th June 2022, Wee Yeow Chin, Estela and Generose were chatting in front of his house at Sian Tuan Avenue. […]

LW Teo
on 7th April 2022

Family: Vangidae Name: Large Woodshrike (Tephrodornis gularis, also known as Tephrodornis virgatus) Interesting snippets: The woodshrikes used to be placed with the shrikes (Family Laniidae) but is now placed in […]

LW Teo
on 23rd March 2022

Protagonist 1: Long-tailed shrike, Lanius schach, the predator. Protagonist 2: Brown anole, Anolis sagrei, the prey. Long-tailed shrike, Lanius schach Family Laniidae 25-28 cm long resident in Singapore. Also found in […]

YC Wee
on 14th February 2022

Post 1. Observed a family unit of three Black-thighed Falconet (Microhierax fringillarius) in the early morning preening with intermittent aerial sallies to catch prey. The birds were back-lit which made images […]

YC Wee
on 13th February 2022

This is the second interesting behaviour we observed with Black-thighed Falconets (Microhierax fringillarius) today in the city. This is a family of four birds, two of which behaved like younger […]

YC Wee
on 29th January 2022

A Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus intermedius) flying over a paddy field with its prey held tight in its talons. It is possible that prey is a large rat.   Amar-Singh […]

YC Wee
on 11th December 2021

Image 1. I was watching birds in a fruiting tree when this male Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris singularis) launched itself from a low tree perch and glided right in front […]

YC Wee
on 7th December 2021

It had been raining extensively for a few days and the birds in our garden had been having some difficulty feeding. One evening my wife spotted the adult male Crested […]

LW Teo
on 12th November 2021

The blue bronzeback is an arboreal snake in the Colubridae family. It is characterised by blue skin in between the scales on its neck. This snake feeds mainly on frogs […]

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