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Red-crowned Barbet feeding on a snail

YC Wee
on 1st June 2006

Barbets are stout birds with a prominent bill and bright, colourful plumage. Another characteristic feature is the prominent nasal and rictal bristles. They nest and probably also roost in tree […]

YC Wee
on 30th May 2006

As far as we know, there is only one Great Hornbill (Buceros bicronis) in Singapore. And this bird is an escapee, probably from the Jurong Bird Park some years ago. […]

YC Wee
on 28th May 2006

The courtship behaviour of a Great (Buceros bicronis) and a Rhinoceros Hornbill (B. rhinoceros), both female, at Eng Neo has already been told. However, through the generosity of Meng and […]

YC Wee
on 26th May 2006

We are used to seeing mynas hovering around grasscutters or even garbage disposal people. But to see one around a horse? Or chasing the horse when it gallops around the […]

YC Wee
on 24th May 2006

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

YC Wee
on 23rd May 2006

April 22nd was Earth Day. It was quite busy for Timothy Pwee in many ways. In the morning around 9.30am, one of the Nature Society (Singapore)’s Education Group volunteers, Hui […]

YC Wee
on 22nd May 2006

In Singapore, Baya Weavers (Ploceus philippinus) build their nests in colonies of 20-30, preferring coconut palms or low trees. The nest is expertly weaved from long thin strands of leaf […]

YC Wee
on 20th May 2006

Thanks to a lead by Morten Strange, I was able to record the nesting of a pair of Scarlet-backed Flowerpeckers (Dicaeum cruentatum) and the antics of the two nestlings during […]

YC Wee
on 18th May 2006

The location: A small piece of wasteland around Eng Neo bordering the Pan Island Expressway on one side and a sprawling low-rise housing apartments on the other. The vegetation: A […]

YC Wee
on 17th May 2006

Tingfang, an undergraduate of the National Technological University, found traces of plant materials around her clothes pegs one day in March 2006. The very next day when she returned from […]

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