Mangoes, the delicious honey pods hang from the mango trees in the Pelton Canal meadow. They tempt parrots, mynahs and crows. The recent heavy and incessant rain swayed the mango […]
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 […]
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 […]
![OrioleBN-papaya [JohnnyWee] (1)](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/OrioleBN-papaya-JohnnyWee-1-q8dfc2p0x07yvekz207ye9tth62iwlu2q2l2zv1i7k.jpg "OrioleBN-papaya [JohnnyWee] (1)")
Johnny Wee’s images of the Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis) feeding on a ripe Papaya fruit (Carica papaya) is too eye-catching to ignore. An earlier post by Cheong Wen Chun can […]
![OrioleBN-feed ch [ArtToh]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/OrioleBN-feed-ch-ArtToh-q8dfwws8esqs88bfe0g8o0jnindfj2jvl76jyo5ca8.jpg "OrioleBN-feed ch [ArtToh]")
The video of an adult Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis) feeding its chicks in the nest by Art Teo also caught the adult removing the faecal sac from one of the […]
“The Sterculia colorata (Scarlet Sterculia or Bonfire Tree) originates from the forests of the Western Ghats and the Deccan in India. A few trees have been planted in Ipoh in […]
“Two weekends ago, I came across a tall flowering Bullock’s Eyes tree (Firmiana malayana), or Mata Lembu in Malay, at Telok Blangah Hill with a Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis) nectaring […]
![PNGP+OrioleYN [yc]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/PNGPOrioleYN-yc-q8dgoz8qhp60x1john86mfk63v10dozbs4hiv4j4hc.jpg "PNGP+OrioleYN [yc]")
It was evening and the rain had just turned into a light drizzle. A handful of Pink-necked Green-pigeons (Treron vernans) were gathering on the leafless end branches of a tree […]
![OrioleBN-imm [AmarSingh]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/OrioleBN-imm-AmarSingh-q8dgfv728ioyd4s6p7fdy8casdxwrbt070t2dk1isw.jpg "OrioleBN-imm [AmarSingh]")
“The ripe papayas in the neighbourhood are a magnet for Black-naped Orioles (Oriolus chinensis maculatus) and this self-feeding, immature bird was present today at the same time as an adult. […]
![ThrillerP canses OrioleBN [AmarSingh]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/ThrillerP-canses-OrioleBN-AmarSingh-1-q8dfsw136b8mka5ov9vp012o1b6wlol7paps223ywg.jpg "ThrillerP canses OrioleBN [AmarSingh]")
“Some observations are too fast to document easily on camera or video. I have seen Pied Trillers (Lalage nigra) defend their nests a number of times by chasing off the […]
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