“I took a road less travelled early May 2013 and ended up at the buffer zone (Approx.1954sq.km) of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in North-Central Vietnam (above). “Situated in the middle of the Annamite Mountain Range, the gazetted Park (Approx.857.5sq.km) … Continued
“The female Copper-throated Sunbird (Nectarinia calcostetha) is commonly seen at Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve during nest-building season, busy harvesting and ferrying nesting material to her nest (above). This one made at least a dozen trips to a Funnel-web/Tent Spider’s (Beccari’s … Continued
“In October 2012, a pair of Blue-bearded Bee-eaters (Nyctyornis athertoni) was observed in a forested area in Thailand (above). “They had already begun excavation works for a nest-hole, which was situated on a steep earth bank surrounding a shaded, secluded … Continued
“While I have no particular liking for the Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea), I am always fascinated by their behaviour. Being a brood parasite and by selecting the House Crow (Corvus splendens) as the host – which even attack human being … Continued
Lin Yangchen was at the Singapore Botanic Gardens car park in late November 2010 when a loud buzzing and sounds of a struggle attracted his attention. What he saw excited him. It may well be the first record of a … Continued
Kennie Pan’s close-up study of the Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) provides an opportunity to examine the details of the hornbill’s head (above). The black head has bluish-white facial markings – bare circumorbital (meaning around the eye) skin and bare … Continued
Tan Gim Cheong came across a dead Red-Legged Crake (Rallina fasciata) lying on the road at Tyersall Avenue on the evening 9th December 2009. “Must have been hit by a vehicle as it tried to cross the road. The impact … Continued
“Join me from your armchair and let me take you on a journey behind the Wallacea Line – an imaginary line named after renowned naturalist, Alfred Russel Wallace that zoographically forms the biological boundary within which Sulawesi, the Moluccas and … Continued
The black wizard number ‘13’ seems to hold truth to those who believe it to be an unlucky number. They would attest the day of reckoning to be of ‘bad luck.’ Thunder roared the night before, followed by another long … Continued
Australia has to be the only continent in the world that holds the most number of bird species with white and black plumages. Ranging from pelagic birds, shorebirds, land birds from ponds to tablelands and forests, they continue to amaze … Continued
