Grey-rumped Treeswift Couple
Jeremiah Loei visited the Grey-rumped Treeswifts (Hemiprocne longipennis) nesting at Dawson Road, Singapore. The other bird-watchers who had been staking out the place related that Mrs Treeswift had been sitting at the nest for many hours. Mr Treeswift was no where … Continued
Green imperial pigeons exposing armpits in the rain
On 20 Aug 2022, I saw from my balcony, 6 Green Imperial pigeons (Ducula aenea) perching on the Footstool palm (Saribus rotundifolius) in the heavy rain (Photo 1). All of them were simply soaking themselves in the heavy rain instead … Continued
Nature Society (Singapore)’s Conservation Committee’s big LIE
Sophie Chew’s article published in the Rice Media: Before There Was Dover Road Forest, There Was The Lower Peirce Golf Course Saga of 1922 attracted my attention to a one page “document” by the Nature Society (Singapore) dated 5th September … Continued
Cynopterus brachyotis (lesser dog-faced bat) in Methodist College Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
I recently came across a colony? of lesser dog-faced bats, a.k.a. lesser short-nosed fruit bat roosting in ceiling of a 5-storey stairwell in MCKL. The area is heavily trafficked in the day time and the bats seem to be comfortable … Continued
The house gecko and rubber bands
A house gecko. For sometime, my helpers Estela and Generose had been encountering a rubber band at various locations in the house when they were mopping the floor. They suspected that a resident house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) must had removed … Continued
World Birds Photography: Certificate of Excellence Award to Shahrul Kamal
BESGroup congratulates Shahrul on being awarded the Certificate of Excellence by World Birds Photography. Shahrul has been a regular contributor to BESGroup and his photographs often bring out feather colours and other identification details to readers. His … Continued
King Cobra with Hood unseen
[ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/96054473 ] shows a king cobra not doing its warning display. Soh Kam Yung shared this photograph to educate readers about this snake’s appearance when it is not threatened and not with the warning display. Read this post, https://besgroup.org/2022/09/01/king-cobra-ophiophagus-hannah/ to … Continued
King cobra, Ophiophagus hannah
The King Cobra belongs to the genus Ophiophagus while the true cobras belong to the Naga genus. There are several other snakes with the common names of cobra that do not belong to the Naga genus, such as Tree … Continued
Black-naped oriole parental care of 2 chicks at Bishan estate
Shahrul Kamal was tipped off by another photographer that a pair of Black-naped orioles (Oriolus chinensis) were nesting successfully at Bishan Street 22. He was amply rewarded with the beautiful images below. As the nest was quite high up, Shahrul … Continued
Black-naped orioles at Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur
Black-naped oriole, Oriolus chinensis , is a frequent visitor (or permanent inhabitant) of the raintrees in the Methodist College Kuala Lumpur compound. The raintrees also host many oriental magpie robins and the occasional elusive kingfisher (yet unidentified), and also a … Continued
