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Deformed bill

YC Wee
on 20th June 2006

While holidaying in Pangkor Island, Malaysia in May 2005, Susan Wong caught sight of an Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) with a deformed bill. With such an unusual bill, the […]

YC Wee
on 18th June 2006

By the end of April the top portion of the rotting trunk at Eng Neo collapsed due to the continuous rainy weather (left). This meant that the cavities used by […]

YC Wee
on 16th June 2006

Birds spend a large portion of their time preening. This involves fluffing its feathers and then using its bill to comb them. Preening aligns the barbs and barbules that make […]

YC Wee
on 14th June 2006

February must be the beginning of a new breeding season. In and around my garden, I can see birds busy collecting nesting materials. The Asian Glossy Starlings (Aplonis panayensis) are […]

YC Wee
on 12th June 2006

Dollarbirds can be very aggressive indeed, especially when their nests are being raided by other birds. This exciting drama was captured on ‘film’ by Chan Yoke Meng at the patch […]

YC Wee
on 10th June 2006

Most mornings during the months of February and March 2006, I found seeds scattered along my driveway. They appeared in ones and twos, sometimes more. The ones I recognised were […]

YC Wee
on 8th June 2006

Most Asian hornbills are omnivorous, taking both plant and animal foods. However, there is a preference for fruits and small animals. And figs are the favourite, although there are reports […]

YC Wee
on 6th June 2006

An earlier posting gave an account of the House Crows (Corvus splendens) raiding the nest of the Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus) and ending with the crows flying off with anything […]

YC Wee
on 4th June 2006

The male Crimson Sunbirds (Aethopyga siparaja) are fascinating to watch as they flit from branch to branch or leaf to leaf in my noni or mengkudu (Morinda cirtifolia) tree. They […]

YC Wee
on 2nd June 2006

Thekpair of Collared Kingfishers (Todiramphus chloris) nesting in a cavity found at the central point of a rotting tree trunk in a small piece of secondary growth at Eng Neo […]

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