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Lena Chow’s video clip shows a female Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum) taking bits of the fruit of Singapore Rhododendron (Melastoma malabathricum). The plant is commonly seen all over Singapore, spread […]
![Xanthostemon chrysanthus [LenaChow]a](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Xanthostemon-chrysanthus-LenaChowa-q8dfnm5ots0pf1thnzt20czk1h6retnfn6xp45xhtc.jpg "Xanthostemon chrysanthus [LenaChow]a")
“Walking around my neighbourhood this evening, I heard sunbirds calling all around. This one was busy feeding at 6pm, making up for the feeding hours wiped out by the all-day […]
![SunbirdBrTh [LenaChow]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/SunbirdBrTh-LenaChow-q8df9p5pn2yviw17xh8wldevf3s4g5ei2b7wbokbxs.jpg "SunbirdBrTh [LenaChow]")
“I’ve seen quite a few birds preen and call at the same time, and managed to catch a Brown-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis) doing this in the video below. “I don’t […]
“Here are clips of uncommonly heard sub-songs of 2 common species – Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis) and Olive-winged Bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus). “Asian Glossy Starlings frequently descend into the trees […]
This series of videos provided by Lena Chow complementing the earlier account of Thailand’s nature spots LINK. The videos below serve as a sort of photo-video-journal of the trip: Khao […]
![CockatooYC [SunChongHong]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/CockatooYC-SunChongHong-q8dfsw136b8mka5ov9vp012o1b6wlol7paps223ywg.jpg "CockatooYC [SunChongHong]")
“In some parts of Australia, the *Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea) can be very numerous, and may cause damage to cereal and fruit crops. They can also be destructive to timber […]
“It was a hot afternoon at half past three yesterday when I kept hearing the familiar harsh calls of a female juvenile Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea) LINK coming from the […]
![SwamphenP-MoorhenC forage [LenaChow]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/SwamphenP-MoorhenC-forage-LenaChow-q8dgauq1sbtwg02bz1f0nhvsqenfpfwji7ju8fh3zk.jpg "SwamphenP-MoorhenC forage [LenaChow]")
“Here’s a pic of a Black-backed (Purple) Swamphen (Porphyrio indicus) and Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) foraging together at Kranji Marsh (left) and a clip of the swamphen making its way […]
![K'fisherWTh-beetle [AmarSingh] - 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/KfisherWTh-beetle-AmarSingh-1-q8df2q6sybfbf05rmyrilmqst854cyq63t196swg34.jpg "K’fisherWTh-beetle [AmarSingh] – 1")
“Visited some of the sites near my home where mal-development has not yet destroyed all of nature. Never tire of watching common birds as they surprise me with their beauty. […]
Jean Ho documented two successive nesting of a pair of Olive-backed Sunbird (Nectarinia jugularis) outside her bathroom window in January and March 2012. In the second nesting, she found that […]
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