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Sunda colugo eating leaves
12 Jun 2022

Sunda colugo eating leaves

by BESG | posted in: Mammals, mother and baby, Sunda colugo | 0

Bee Choo Strange shared this video, taken at Bukit Batok Nature Park in April 2022, of the Sunda colugo (Galeopterus variegatus) eating leaves. She used red lights to observe these nocturnal mammals as it does not hurt their eyes. The … Continued

Galeopterus variegatus, Singapore, Sunda colugo
Eurasian coot (Fulica atra) feed young chicks with aquatic plants
22 Jan 2022

Eurasian coot (Fulica atra) feed young chicks with aquatic plants

by BESG | posted in: bird, Feeding chicks, Fulica atra, mother and baby | 0

      Fulica atra, the Eurasian coot, are birds which belong to the Family Rallidae. The coots are conspicuous in their range, unlike their cousins (rails, crakes and moorhens) which are normally shy and secretive. The birds are frequently … Continued

Australia, Eurasian coot, feeding chicks, Fulica atra, Victoria, Wonthaggi
Dollarbird bathing in the rain and other observations
11 Oct 2021

Dollarbird bathing in the rain and other observations

by Besg | posted in: baby, birds, Color, Dollarbirds, mother and baby, Nesting, Vocalisation | 0

Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis   Video 1  Bathing in the rain Video 2  Just after bathing in the rain. The Dollarbird belongs to the Family Coraciidae (Rollers).This Family has two genera, Coracias (known as the “true rollers”) with eight species and … Continued

calls, Dollarbird, iridescent color, nestlings, rollers
Reddish colugo mother and her grey coloured baby (Galeopterus variegatus)
13 Sep 2021

Reddish colugo mother and her grey coloured baby (Galeopterus variegatus)

by BESG | posted in: Mammals, mother and baby | 0

An article on 14 August 2021, had pictures showing a grey-coloured mother and her grey-coloured baby in close interactions. Subsequently on 22 August 2021, a video showed a reddish mother with a grey- coloured baby. The feature photograph was taken by … Continued

colugo, mother and baby
Crimson sunbird mother and babies
4 Sep 2021

Crimson sunbird mother and babies

by BESG | posted in: birds, mother and baby, Nesting, Sunbirds | 0

Crimson sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja)             Linda Teh was at Thomson Nature Park, Singapore on 29/6/21 and noticed a sunbird nest in the ladies’ washroom.  The mother bird brought food to the babies and it was … Continued

Crimson Sunbird
Sunda pangolin mother and baby
4 Sep 2021

Sunda pangolin mother and baby

by BESG | posted in: Mammals, mother and baby, pangolin | 1

  Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica)   The Sunda Pangolin is also known as the Malayan or Javan pangolin. They are mammals of the order Pholidota (meaning clad in scale). They are now critically endangered because of poaching and destruction of … Continued

pangolin
Reddish colugo mother (Galeopterus variegatus)
22 Aug 2021

Reddish colugo mother (Galeopterus variegatus)

by BESG | posted in: Mammals, mother and baby | 0

Colugos are difficult to capture as they camouflage themselves high on the trees and glide away to escape dangers. They have not been studied in captivity and gender determination is a difficult exercise. Chasen and Kloss (1929) determined the genders … Continued

colugo, reddish female

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