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On 21st July 2006 at 3 30 pm as I was entering my garden to do some weeding I surprised a male Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea together with a family […]
The Alexandra palm Archontophoenix alexandrae is named in honour of Princess Alexandra of Denmark who later became the Queen of England when her husband ascended the throne as Edward VII […]
Meng and Melinda Chan reported fondly on the Benjamin fig Ficus benjamina at Upper Seletar that eventually fell and was chopped down left The tree was the focus point of […]
There was once an impressive fig tree growing by the water s edge at Upper Seletar Reservoir above It was a Benjamin fig Ficus benjamina also known as waringin It […]
Part 1 of the account on the fig tree at the summit of Bukit Timah lists the 29 species of birds that were documented in and around the vicinity of […]
The first part of the series on documentation was posted a few days earlier The account attracted the attention of our bird specialist R Subaraj who has this to say […]
A figging fig tree is heard long before it is actually seen This is exactly the situation with the old fig tree growing at the summit of Bukit Timah This […]
The pong pong Cerbera odollam is a medium sized tree that was once commonly planted along roads in Singapore Its popularity then was because there was a plentiful supply of […]
About a year ago or earlier Goh Si Guim came across a durian tree Durio zibethinus at Bukit Batok West with a ripenig fruit whose outer skin had a hole […]
The male Crimson Sunbirds Aethopyga siparaja are fascinating to watch as they flit from branch to branch or leaf to leaf in my noni or mengkudu Morinda cirtifolia tree They […]
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