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YC Wee
on 9th October 2009

Following the posting on the initial efforts of a House Swift (Apus affinis) at building a nest on a vertical wall, Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS sent in his observations and […]

YC Wee
on 8th October 2009

“There’s a new nesting on campus – this time I believe it is the House Swift (Apus affinis). “During the last week of Aug 2009, while I was at an […]

YC Wee
on 1st March 2008

“We have known the location of the roosting site of the Glossy Swiftlets (Collocalia esculenta) on Fraser’s Hill for many years now. It is such a common bird there but […]

YC Wee
on 21st February 2008

In birding as in any other activities, there are those who are conservative and those who are ultra-conservative, preferring the status quo. This is exactly the situation with the controversy […]

YC Wee
on 11th February 2008

The sighting of the purported Himalayan Swiftlet (Aerodramus brevirostris) together with a clear image of the bird shot from below by KC Tsang as evidence, has been reported earlier (left […]

YC Wee
on 2nd February 2008

On 7th January 2008 at 1047 hours, KC Tsang was witness to a number of Himalayan Swiftlets (Aerodramus brevirostris) among a flock of swifts and Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) hunting […]

YC Wee
on 30th July 2007

In May 2007 Melinda and Meng came across a pair of nesting Grey-rumped Treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis) in a patch of secondary growth in the north of the island. They built […]

YC Wee
on 4th July 2007

In the Urban Forest blog, Siyang relates his encounter with a Pacific Swallow’s (Hirundo tahitica) nest complete with three chicks. The nest was plastered to a wall in a lonely […]

YC Wee
on 20th September 2006

I work in the Singapore Botanic Gardens and the Grey-rumped Treeswifts (Hemiprocne longipennis) do well here. Outside the Visitor Centre they perch in the big trees, they always select the […]

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