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“Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx erithacus/rufidorsa), also known as Three- toed Kingfisher, is best known to birders and bird-photographers for their straight, shrilling, mid-storey flights and remains one of the four […]
“I was watching the 2009 BBC documentary “Life” on DVD last night, and I noticed something vaguely familiar while I was watching the segment on the Vogelkop Bowerbird LINK. “From […]
![SunbirdOB-bicycle [KwongWaiChong] - 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/SunbirdOB-bicycle-KwongWaiChong-1-q8dfpgw8b0k2bd4juankfe5a7u1tlc0dkd966t6jjk.jpg "SunbirdOB-bicycle [KwongWaiChong] – 1")
“The Olive-backed Sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis) is well known to nest close to human habitation. Their nests can be found in gardens, balconies of high-rise apartments, and on potted plants. Some […]
![SparrowET-imm CameronHgh [AmarSingh] - 2](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/SparrowET-imm-CameronHgh-AmarSingh-2-q8dfqa186vnyb9y845902oskms277y820dh82dzc6o.jpg "SparrowET-imm CameronHgh [AmarSingh] – 2")
Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS photographed an immature Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus malaccensis) at ASL1600 in Malaysia’s Cameron Highlands, Malaysia on 14th June 2011. This is a common lowland species […]
The above video came from Lena Chow who caught the Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis) taking a sunbath and vigorously preening itself. Note that it used its foot to scratch […]
I have always known of Loke Wan Tho’s classic, A Company of Birds – but there never was a desire to read it. After all, isn’t it supposed to be […]
Prakash Garde of Pune, India, documented the activities of a pair of House Crow (Corvus splendens) building their nest within a short period of seven days. The female then laid […]
The Crossley ID Guide, Eastern Birds, Richard Crossley (2011). Princeton & Crossley Books, New Jersey. 528 pp, more than 10,000 photographs. 19 x 25.5 cm. Paperback, ISBN 978-0-691-14778-9. Price: S$51.35 […]
![IoraC breed-m-forage cat [AmarSingh] - 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/IoraC-breed-m-forage-cat-AmarSingh-1-q8dgkbxgp6szigapmmwlals4d9xobkj3t4d3fvf78w.jpg "IoraC breed-m-forage cat [AmarSingh] – 1")
“Came across a pair of breeding/nesting Common Ioras (Aegithina tiphia horizoptera). “A breeding adult male spotted a curled up leave (caterpillar to pupa stage) and immediately there was change in […]
![area where DoveSp takes grit [SunChongHong]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/area-where-DoveSp-takes-grit-SunChongHong-q8dfrnuo93k5elxv18s88u80478njwptv81yi1xh0w.jpg "area where DoveSp takes grit [SunChongHong]")
“There is a sheltered neglected corner below my apartment. Some time ago some renovation contractors had discarded their left over sand over the grass patch there. The condition was so […]
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