“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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
“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, […]
“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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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