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YC Wee
on 8th December 2017

“I first saw this Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus threnodes) hepatic morph in the company of a Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) that had just brought some food and was expecting a […]

YC Wee
on 5th November 2015

On the morning of 21st October 2015, Dr V. H. Lee came across an intricate cage-like cocoon attached to a leaf in the forest around Upper Seletar (above, below). Inside […]

YC Wee
on 30th October 2010

For some time now (September 2010), a flock of Long-tailed Parakeets (Psittacula longicauda) has been visiting the trees outside Johnny Wee’s house at around 11.30 am to feed on the […]

YC Wee
on 2nd June 2010

So far we have posted only a single account on ectoparasites, i.e. parasites living on the body surface of birds. Birdwatchers simply watch birds, even nesting birds. Photographers on the […]

YC Wee
on 24th January 2010

Willi Kwek photographed a fly running around the body of the fledgling Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis). “This fly, also seen on the other doves, appears to have special adaptations on […]

YC Wee
on 19th September 2007

KC Tsang was at Neo Tiew Lane on 2nd September 2007 when he came across the nest of the Peaceful Dove (Geopelia striata) (above). There was an adult in the […]

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