“An adult male Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis) in the classical ‘you cannot see me’ or bitterning posture (above) – bill pointing upwards and sometimes with neck stretched vertically. I call this the ‘I am one with the reeds’ camouflage posture. … Continued
“Watched a Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea jouyi) handle a rather large fish, almost too much for the bird (below). The fish was dropped a number of times, the head stabbed and it was turned sideways and shaken; presumably to break … Continued
“This solitary Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis coromundus) did not have any colour in the plumage, not even the minimum expected non-breeding buffy-orange plumage on the cap (below). “It was also rather passive, as though waiting to be fed. Some one … Continued
“A sizable proportion of the Great Egrets (Ardea alba modesta) were in some degree of breeding plumage. The composite in the image below shows the beak and loral skin changes moving from non-breeding to breeding (upwards). “1. Beak from yellow-orange … Continued
“Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis) foraging in Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), using it as a floating platform to get fish prey in the gaps (above, below). “Saw 3 episodes in a few minutes. Video show the intensity of the activity but … Continued
“I observed this interesting behaviour of some egrets, a number of times, while in Borneo. An egret, often the Great Egret (Ardea alba modesta) as in this picture, would perch in a small boat, looking expectantly at the boatman for … Continued
“Even during my recent staycation in Joo Chiat area on 30th April, there was still a chance for a NatGeo moment with a rare Von Schrenck’s Bittern (Ixobrychus eurhythmus) and a hungry cat,” wrote Jacob Tan Guanrui. The Von Schrenck’s … Continued
“Pacific Reef-egrets (Egretta sacra sacra) are easy to see on the coast and river mouths of Kota Kinabalu city, Sabah, Malaysia. “A few observations: “The majority were of the dark morph. Phillipps states that ‘In West Sabah white morph is … Continued
Wah Chan’s image of a Black-crowned Night-heron (Nycticorax nyctic) using a stick to stir the water is probably another example of a heron making use of a tool to bait fish We have two examples of a Little Heron (Butorides … Continued
Earlier posts: 1. Introduction; 2. Sungei Buloh. One of the earliest conservation proposal completed by the Conservation Committee led by locals of the then Malayan Nature Society (Singapore Branch), now Nature Society (Singapore) was for the Kranji Heronry and Marshes … Continued
