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Traditional birdwatchers’ feathers were ruffled when David Ee’s piece “Matching Trees and Birds” appeared in The Straits Times Forum Page of 6th October 2012. There was a coordinated response – […]
David Ee’s piece on “Matching Trees and Birds” appeared on 6th October 2012 in The Straits Times. It referred to the need for a Bird-Plant Catalogue LINK, a PDF copy […]
An earlier post dealt with the fig family of Moraceae LINK. The current post deals with the rubber family of Euphorbiaceae. Euphorbiaceae is a large plant family of herbs, shrubs […]
This posts provides lists of books that can be used to help identify the commoner plants that are closely related to birds LINK. It is not always easy to identify […]
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The need to compile a catalogue of Plant-Bird Relationship has already been discussed in Part 1 LINK. Part 2 starts with the catalogue itself, beginning with the plant family Moraceae. […]
![Solanum torvum [KCTsang] - 3](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Solanum-torvum-KCTsang-3-q8df3emlw0crsv69o9btegks98snx3f6v5zvnzw7lc.jpg "Solanum torvum [KCTsang] – 3")
Birds are closely associated with plants. The latter provide shelter, nesting sites as well as nesting materials. Most importantly, plants provide food in terms of flower nectar, fruits and the […]
Most of us are familiar with birds building their nests in trees, shrubs, among grasses and sedges, and even on the ground. But how about ferns as nesting sites? The […]
The cherry tree (Muntingia calabura) or buah cheri in Malay, is also known as Indian/Japanese cherry, Jamaica cherry and capulin (above left). It was introduced to the Philippines in the […]
The Singapore Mistletoe Story: An expose of a Botanical Marvel has just been published by Carnegale Press. Authored by Singapore’s snake man Francis Lim, it gives a fascinating story of […]
The presence of tropical mistletoes on the branches of trees will guarantee the presence of numerous flowerpeckers and sunbirds that come to feed on the flower nectar and fruits. The […]
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