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“On 2nd March morning, Chan Yoke Meng and a few friends saw a pair of Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) flew past Pasir Ris Park beach, heading towards Pulau Ubin. Are […]
![Ruff [AmarSingh] 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Ruff-AmarSingh-1-q8dg7torrjon18gpnqaam9ebtpkuwjvof7vikbys1c.jpg "Ruff [AmarSingh] 1")
“I saw 9 non-breeding Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) today at Malim Nawar. Four were large birds (presumed males) and 5 smaller birds (presumed females). “The image above shows most of them […]
![Laugh'thrushWW [AmarSingh]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/LaughthrushWW-AmarSingh-q8dfzu25o8qwck2ib9ygf9za1syjh65tbo8xpnt8xc.jpg "Laugh’thrushWW [AmarSingh]")
“White-whiskered Laughingthrush (Garrulax morrisonianus) are endemic to Taiwan and I was looking forwards to meeting them again. They are extremely friendly birds, often in a pair or small flock, sociable […]
![BarwingT [AmarSingh] 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BarwingT-AmarSingh-1-q8dg6yo3i0i6e3prouvltz847ztqujgjaychq78rqo.jpg "BarwingT [AmarSingh] 1")
“These delightful Taiwan Barwing (Actinodura morrisoniana) usually allow a close approach. They are often in flocks of 5-6 birds, foraging together or with other birds; in this case with White-eared […]
![CrowH [AmarSingh] 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/CrowH-AmarSingh-1-q8dfwgsz6m4wquymzbjkzmktf3k6w7sfv03asyt180.jpg "CrowH [AmarSingh] 1")
“We saw a number of House Crows (Corvus splendens) both in Johor Bahru (Malaysian side) and at the Sungei Buloh Wetlands, Singapore. At the mangrove wetlands we saw a flock […]
“I cannot comment about the African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus), but since this website drew my attention to the matter, I have been observing local mynas for the last 10 […]
“While in Taiwan we saw the African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus aethiopicus) that accidently entered the wild more than 35 years ago when a zoo enclosure (aviary) in the north […]
![AdjutantL [AmarSingh] 1 (1)](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/AdjutantL-AmarSingh-1-1-q8dgckrebe6tq9k7ws8e8287xu5ntgqtqqlvwox4kw.jpg "AdjutantL [AmarSingh] 1 (1)")
“I managed to get out for 1.5 hours and caught a Grab car to the coat (Grab Bird Watching I call it). The driver was local and took me to […]
![WarblerA [AmarSingh]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/WarblerA-AmarSingh-q8dfeoovwfsn4esft4unbm3wvp78ac78eztmzj64xc.jpg "WarblerA [AmarSingh]")
“Managed to squeeze in a day visit to Singapore as we had an appointment with the superb Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (great exhibits on history of ornithology for […]
“[For this post on the Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo] I am using nomenclature from “Cuckoos of the World, by Johannes Erritzøe, Clive F. Mann, Frederik P. Brammer and Richard A. Fuller. Helm, […]
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