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YC Wee
on 25th March 2013

“A common winter visitor and passage migrant in Singapore, the Cattle Egret [now known as Eastern Cattle Egret (Bubulcus coromandus)] is often found in open fields where they forage for […]

YC Wee
on 16th March 2013

“The Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes), a globally threatened species, was encountered recently. It is an uncommon winter visitor in Singapore. “I was at Changi Beach Park when a white egret […]

YC Wee
on 6th February 2013

Ulu Dedap in the Malaysian state of Perak is an extensive rice farming area about 90 minutes drive from where Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS lives. “I have often seen birds […]

YC Wee
on 9th January 2013

“Visited the UTAR Campus, Kampar, Perak with my wife to enjoy some cycling in this lovely ‘green’ Campus which is built around rehabilitated ex-mining pools (now wetlands). Lots of herons, […]

YC Wee
on 30th December 2012

“This intermediate egret (Mesophoyx intermedia) was observed during the early part of this month. It was at the same area around the pond for 3 consecutive weeks. I noticed that […]

YC Wee
on 19th December 2012

“After numerous nights of monitoring the Black-crowned Night Herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) along the canal near my home, a summary of its fish prey reveals that it consumes at least seven […]

YC Wee
on 18th October 2012

The Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis coromundus) is so-called because of its close association with cattle. As the cattle move, they stir up the insects allowing the egret to pounce on […]

YC Wee
on 23rd September 2012

Our earlier post on the Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) LINK attracted some discussion on whether the lump under its wing is a chick or a tumour. It was generally agreed […]

YC Wee
on 15th September 2012

Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS‘s images of the breeding Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea manilensis) was photographed at the UTAR Campus in Kampar, Perak, Malaysia on 1st July 2012. The Universiti Tunku […]

YC Wee
on 13th September 2012

Naveena Mohan’s video of the Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) was taken in September 2012 at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in the northern part of suburban Mumbai city in Maharashtra […]

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