Birds feeding on termites or flying ants is an experience I have enjoyed since childhood. I occasional get to see these mixed species aerial insect feeding in forest locations. At […]
“A nest of the Gold-whiskered Barbet (Megalaima chrysopogon laeta) seen briefly during my walk today (above). “It was 7-8 meters up in a dead tree adjacent to an ex-logging tail. […]
“Another of the many birds that came to feed on oil palm fruit (Elaeis guineensis) was the Gold-whiskered Barbet (Megalaima chrysopogon chrysopsis) (above). “The above image offers a close up […]
An earlier post documented the nesting of the Gold-whiskered Barbet (Megalaima chrysopogon laeta) nesting in a cavity found in the dead branch of a Durian Tree (Durio zibethinus) LINK. Dato’ […]
“Gold-whiskered Barbet (Megalaima chrysopogon laeta) nesting. The nest was located at the fringe of primary forest in a Durian Tree (Durio zibethinus) (above). It was excavated 7-8 meters in the […]
The Kledang-Sayong Forest Reserve in the Malaysian state of Perak is a mixed secondary-primary forest. In mid-December 2013, Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS located a fruiting Common Mahang tree (Macaranga bancana) […]
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