“The UTAR [Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman] Campus at Kampar is a brilliant place to watch nesting/breeding herons. My wife and I went cycling there as well as to watch birds […]
Khng Eu Meng photographed a Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) with what looked like a chick under its wing on the morning of 31st August 2012 (above). “…while strolling along the […]
Johnny Wee was at a mangrove patch in Singapore’s Pasir Ris Park on 29th August 2012 when he detected a pair of Oriental Pied Hornbills (Anthracoceros albirostris) moving around the […]
The above video clip is by Lena Chow, taken at the Jalan Halus Wetland in Singapore. It shows a Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis) snacking on waterbugs probably.
[…]In an earlier post on the foraging behaviour of the Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis), Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS encountered what he thought was the bittern’s nest on 4th August 2012: […]
“On the 24th July 2012, I was observing the fishing antics of Striated Herons (Butorides striatus) along the concrete banks of Rochor Canal, where they were seeking out fish prey […]
“Was back at this large area that has many ex-mining pools converted into fish farming in a limestone hill environment. Fairly quiet and ‘rural’ with wetlands-like conditions developing in some […]
“The Rochor Canal drains into the Kallang Basin and is practically surrounded by a high density of buildings (above), and is situated in an area with a relatively high volume […]
“It was calm and peaceful as a juvenile Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) was spotted high on the crown of a tree (above left). In another tree about a hundred metres […]
“The ability to learn is not limited to humans. In the wild, animals including birds acquire survival skills from learning. One key reason for advising against rescuing young birds LINK […]
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