© Nesting Common Tailorbirds – One Full Circle Part 11 Faecal Sacs
Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 6; Part 7; Part 8; Part 9; Part 10; Part 11: Faecal Sacs. “Excrements of Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) nestling accumulated inside gut and collected into a white membrane called faecal sac and … Continued
Latham’s Snipe – courtship display
“Snipe tend to be secretive and quiet while on migration but they are very visible and vocal at their breeding grounds, especially during courtship. The Latham’s Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii) was easy to spot during our trip to Japan in June … Continued
Monitor Lizard–Otter tug-of-war
On 23rd August at about 9:15 am, Kumchun Chan encountered a Smooth Otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) tugging the tail of a Malayan Water Monitor (Varanus salvator). Both were in the water. As the latter reached land it got its tail free … Continued
Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina narcissina
“The Narcissus Flycatcher (Ficedula narcissina narcissina) is a fairly common bird and very vocal when we were visiting… “…as they were breeding, we mainly saw the breath-taking males. “They are one of three birds that fill the Japanese spring-summer with … Continued
© Nesting Common Tailorbirds – One Full Circle Part 10
Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 6; Part 7; Part 8; Part 9; Part 10: Parental Care and Feeding. “It was observed, Satori (female) parent Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) slept with newly hatched chicks in their ‘birthday suits’ for … Continued
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Picoides kizuki seebohmi – males
“The Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker (Picoides kizuki seebohmi) is delightful, fast moving, small woodpecker. “There are 9 sub-species in Japan alone. Ishida 2005 states that ‘The plumage coloration varies between regions … Japanese Pygmy Woodpeckers tend to look darker in the … Continued
Thick-billed Green-pigeon: Tail movement
“The vertical up-and-down movements of the tail of this bird amuse most people who come across it. Pink-necked Green Pigeons (Treron vernans) do it too. Experts describe this behaviour as tail flicking. Other forms of tail movements include tail flashing … Continued
© Nesting Common Tailorbirds – One Full Circle Part 9
Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 6; Part 7; Part 8; Part 9: Chicks – welfare and monitoring. “Hatching of chicks came on 6th May 2019 when female parent-Satori was first observed flying into nest with food-egg offering (below). … Continued
Chestnut-cheeked Starling – nesting site
“We saw a pair of Chestnut-cheeked Starlings (Agropsar philippensis) using a woodpecker’s hole (most likely a Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major) as nesting site; male shown in the image (below). “Kotaka and Matsuoka who studied secondary users of Great Spotted … Continued
White peacock and a normal peahen foraging
“Found this pair of white female and a normal male Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) foraging at 0800 hours on 25th August 2019 during my morning run to Sentosa” reported Ong Ei Leen (above, below). “This is my 2nd encounter with … Continued
