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![Fl'pkerScBk-Lagerstroemia [AmarSingh] - 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/FlpkerScBk-Lagerstroemia-AmarSingh-1-q8dfyw7yu7gkqlfnsvbvxiionxlbs2fh70rgfp7f5c.jpg "Fl’pkerScBk-Lagerstroemia [AmarSingh] – 1")
“A pair Scarlet-backed Flowerpeckers (Dicaeum cruentatum cruentatum) visit our garden very frequently during the day to feed. As the canopy of our garden is currently quite high it is hard […]
![SunbirdOB-heliconia [CheongWengChun]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/SunbirdOB-heliconia-CheongWengChun-q8dg3hnk91r1hyrcyuu84crt7qxxeso8hrkwwee4q8.jpg "SunbirdOB-heliconia [CheongWengChun]")
“I have been informed about the blooming of Tiger Orchids in a friend’s garden 2 days ago. Took a peek at the flowers yesterday afternoon but lighting was not good, […]
![Fl'peckerScBk m-moult [AmarSingh]Fl'peckerScBk-Scurrula sp](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/FlpeckerScBk-m-moult-AmarSinghFlpeckerScBk-Scurrula-sp-q8dgqzmb3xx3r0mjr0iggfanuj49udynq2pwtfjt68.jpg "Fl’peckerScBk m-moult [AmarSingh]Fl’peckerScBk-Scurrula sp")
Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS photographed a moulting male Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum) feeding on the fruits of a mistletoe plant (left). Note that the head of the bird is covered […]
![SpiderhunterYeEared-durian fl [DaisyO'Neill]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/SpiderhunterYeEared-durian-fl-DaisyONeill-q8dfjr1kqaq9orfk8bo9rc3c4g8frmb5s2du37nre8.jpg "SpiderhunterYeEared-durian fl [DaisyO’Neill]")
Our earlier post on a spiderhunter stealing nectar from a durian (Durio zibethinus) flower did not have an image accompanying it LINK. Also, the species of spiderhunter was not identified. […]
![MynaJ bill-agape [SunChongHong]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/MynaJ-bill-agape-SunChongHong-q8dg2t7rbctl43quxk9xbixtrqadunz7qemaf7ed80.jpg "MynaJ bill-agape [SunChongHong]")
Patricia Thong started the discussion when she posted an image from her hand phone of one of two mynas puffing its feathers and opening its bill. The birds were under […]
“On 9th February 2010 at the Kledang-Sayong Forest Reserve, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia, I saw/posted an odd behaviour of an adult female Brown Barbet (Calorhamphus fuliginosus hayii). It was high in […]
![HeronGr-begging [KwongWaiChong] - 2](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/HeronGr-begging-KwongWaiChong-2-q8dgl7vz5k0qh70ag0pwndpskdk5la1z9ijlra3tdc.jpg "HeronGr-begging [KwongWaiChong] – 2")
“I had previously stated that Grey Herons (Ardea cinerea) would always feed their young in the confine of their nests LINK. Well, it seemed that there are exceptions; as found […]
![ButtonquailB ad-pair [AmarSingh]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/ButtonquailB-ad-pair-AmarSingh-q8df3hg4gigmrp267sjp3xv61eerk6qdvjyc3ts12o.jpg "ButtonquailB ad-pair [AmarSingh]")
“These Barred Buttonquail ((Turnix suscitator atrogularis) are often seen but hard to observe for prolonged periods. Was out with my wife, just wandering around when we saw a pair on […]
![PigeonPNG-Eugenia grandis l [SunChongHong]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/PigeonPNG-Eugenia-grandis-l-SunChongHong-q8dgovhdqd0vmlp53llocgibqbjjiwkeflvky0op68.jpg "PigeonPNG-Eugenia grandis l [SunChongHong]")
In response to an earlier post on birds eating leaves (folivory) LINK, Sun Chong Hong sent an image of a Pink-necked Green Pigeon (Treron vernans) in a sea apple tree […]
Cave nectar bats (Eonycteris spelaea) are the main pollinating agent of the durian (Durio zibethinus) (Tomlinson, 1999). These bats are active at night and feed on the durian’s flowers. An […]
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