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![ImperialPigeonP-AlexPalm fr [wyc] 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/ImperialPigeonP-AlexPalm-fr-wyc-1-q8df7vd0cogsy6oslot0qu0lu4sfhc5ah9jwqb9w1c.jpg "ImperialPigeonP-AlexPalm fr [wyc] 1")
I was in the garden on the morning of 10th July 2015 checking on my Alexandra Palms (Archontophoenix alexandrae). One palm in particular was in the tail end of fruiting. […]
One evening in May 2015 I noticed a single Long-tailed Parakeet (Psittacula longicauda) among the inflorescence branches of one of my Alexandra Palms (Ptycospermun macarthuri). I did document a small […]
![TreeswiftGR-jv [JWee]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/TreeswiftGR-jv-JWee-q8df4qkdkk6e8z8mwc1sfmhajw8dtnpi1r9n53x4s0.jpg "TreeswiftGR-jv [JWee]")
Ling Kwee Chang’s video clip of a Grey-rumped Treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis) chick testing its wings in the nest prior to fledging was documented at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park in early […]
![PS1 [SamLeow] PacificSwallow](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/PS1-SamLeow-PacificSwallow-q8dfomte8bevzuc8pxni7lqj7i62r0oys8dmtyf52o.jpg "PS1 [SamLeow] PacificSwallow")
“On the afternoon of 5th September 2015 I was at Singapore’s Chinese Garden where I encountered two unusual but attractive black birds. I failed to identify these birds at that […]
![Hazy Singapore morning [JeremiahLoei]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Hazy-Singapore-morning-JeremiahLoei-q8dfpjpqvinxa70gdtvg4vfnzznx8fbkkr7mmn2d0w.jpg "Hazy Singapore morning [JeremiahLoei]")
On the morning of 27th September 2015 I work up at 0630 hours hoping to enjoy the cacophony of birdcalls that herald the coming of dawn. I was disappointed. The […]
![MangrovePitViper [sgbeachbum] - 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/MangrovePitViper-sgbeachbum-1-q8dfg0mnkzm9kiut17kmcs0f6cmy6whjll3egn7240.jpg "MangrovePitViper [sgbeachbum] – 1")
Around March 2014 sgbeachbum spotted an unusual ‘S’ curve on the water beside a tree through some vegetation at the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. It looked a bit rough. A […]
![TreeswiftGR ch by nest [KumchunChan] b](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/TreeswiftGR-ch-by-nest-KumchunChan-b-q8dfe9ngv381ynea8ycm7pwjdj9cv6jj0xdvb3sfow.jpg "TreeswiftGR ch by nest [KumchunChan] b")
Johnny Wee’s earlier account showed in vivid details an adult female Grey-rumped Treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis) feeding a large chick as they both perched side by side on a branch LINK. […]
![PlantainSquirrel-banana flowers [wyc] b](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/PlantainSquirrel-banana-flowers-wyc-b-q8dg6licuc05vk8vtp6tv2jnwlmlus0al57p0bsa5s.jpg "PlantainSquirrel-banana flowers [wyc] b")
One evening I was surprised to see a Plantain Squirrel, also known as Red-bellied Squirrel (Callosciurus notatus), hanging on to the huge flowering bunch of one of my banana plants. […]
I used to have two Noni trees (Morinda citrifolia) in my garden, planted probably by birds LINK. Now only one is left. The fruits regularly attract Javan Myna (Acridotheres javanicus), […]
![HummingbirdHawkMoth [RichardWhite]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/HummingbirdHawkMoth-RichardWhite-q8dfxxfxtc4yt0u6fyaov9amoocqv9leq8mhogmzjk.jpg "HummingbirdHawkMoth [RichardWhite]")
Richard White documented a Hummingbird Hawk Moth (Macroglossum sp.) harvesting nectar at the Singapore Botanic Gardens around August 2015. The hawk moth’s feeding behavior reminded him of a hummingbird hovering […]
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