Eastern Cattle Egret

YC Wee
on 6th January 2016

“It was a hot afternoon at about 3.35pm on 27 Dec 2015. From my apartment I caught hold of the sight of an Eastern Cattle Egret (Bubulcus coromandus) foraging on […]

YC Wee
on 19th March 2014

“With the padi fields being cut or ploughed, egrets, herons, raptors, swifts, swallows and others had turned up in large numbers to feed on rodents or insects. I understand from […]

YC Wee
on 12th November 2013

When female birds are unwilling partners in mating, the male may indulge in an avian form of rape. It is common among supposedly monogamous Wood Ducks (Aix sponsa) and Mallards […]

YC Wee
on 25th March 2013

“A common winter visitor and passage migrant in Singapore, the Cattle Egret [now known as Eastern Cattle Egret (Bubulcus coromandus)] is often found in open fields where they forage for […]

YC Wee
on 6th February 2013

Ulu Dedap in the Malaysian state of Perak is an extensive rice farming area about 90 minutes drive from where Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS lives. “I have often seen birds […]

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