Search

Roosting

YC Wee
on 12th October 2021

A few months ago my wife and I identified an urban night roosting site for Java Sparrows (Lonchura oryzivora). I have visited the site a few times and the birds […]

YC Wee
on 23rd September 2019

“We have had this house guest, a Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus bimaculatus), for the past 1yr and 9 months that has delighted us and friends/visitors, especially non-bird watchers. “Since our […]

YC Wee
on 3rd December 2018

“The Plume-toed Swiftlet (Collocalia affinis) has been split from the Glossy Swiftlet (C. esculenta) by a number of authorities including: 1. Rheindt, Christidis, Norman, et al (2017). Speciation in Indo-Pacific […]

YC Wee
on 10th September 2018

In November 2017, the Australian Bush-cherry (Syzygium myrtifolium Dark Red) trees that grew along the fence separating two of my neighbours’ houses were trimmed LINK. This in turn discouraged the […]

YC Wee
on 16th June 2018

An earlier post document the pre-roost behaviour of Pink-necked Green-pigeons (Treron vernans) on top of a large tree LINK. I took it for granted that they would not gather when […]

YC Wee
on 27th May 2018

“After many months, I finally had the opportunity to take a shot of the night roosting Red-breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri) this evening. “It had been raining earlier, and I was […]

YC Wee
on 15th April 2018

Jeremiah Looei’s 2012 video caught Red-breasted Parakeets (Psittacula alexandri) roosting in a leafless tree at Pasir Ris Greenbelt (image above, video below). It would appear that parakeets prefer trees with […]

YC Wee
on 12th April 2018

“A juvenile Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis) was documented snoozing on our parapet,” wrote Lakshmi Ravishankar. Birds typically close their eyes when they sleep, but only one eye at a time […]

YC Wee
on 29th March 2018

“A migratory flock of 350-400 Purple-backed Starlin/Daurian Starling (Agropsar sturninus) making a loud ‘starling-chatter’ while preening together (above, below). “Also seen in large flocks in flight (below). They were feeding […]

YC Wee
on 20th January 2018

Pink-necked Green-pigeons (Treron vernans), as with many birds, gather together prior to roosting. But unlike Chestnut-headed Bee-eaters (Merops leschenaultia), Long-tailed Parakeets (Psittacula longicauda) or even Red-whiskered Bulbuls (Pycnonotus jocosus), Pink-necked […]

Categories
Archives

Overall visits (since 2005)

Live visitors
607
2530
Visitors Today
51596128
Total
Visitors

Clustrmaps (since 2016)