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Grey-rumped Treeswift family at open car park next to Queenstown Primary School at 7.30am. Singapore. The Grey-rumped Tree Swift (Hemiprocne longipennis) chick sat comfortably in its bowl nest, strained […]
Shahrul Kamal learnt from other photographers that a pair of Grey-rumped Treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis, Family: Hemiprocnidae) was incubating an egg in a tiny nest. He spent 2 hours at the […]
![TreeswiftGR-ch-ad [JeremiahLoei] 2](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/TreeswiftGR-ch-ad-JeremiahLoei-2-q8dfn0jegl7400ow68gmx0fydm5bhs9lw7xj2stjsg.jpg "TreeswiftGR-ch-ad [JeremiahLoei] 2")
When the chick of the Grey-rumped Treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis) is in its nest alone, the camouflage is perfect. The chick and the nest appear like a blob of grey sitting […]
![TreeswiftGR-jv [JWee]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/TreeswiftGR-jv-JWee-q8df4qkdkk6e8z8mwc1sfmhajw8dtnpi1r9n53x4s0.jpg "TreeswiftGR-jv [JWee]")
Ling Kwee Chang’s video clip of a Grey-rumped Treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis) chick testing its wings in the nest prior to fledging was documented at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park in early […]
![TreeswiftGR ch by nest [KumchunChan] b](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/TreeswiftGR-ch-by-nest-KumchunChan-b-q8dfe9ngv381ynea8ycm7pwjdj9cv6jj0xdvb3sfow.jpg "TreeswiftGR ch by nest [KumchunChan] b")
Johnny Wee’s earlier account showed in vivid details an adult female Grey-rumped Treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis) feeding a large chick as they both perched side by side on a branch LINK. […]
![TreeswiftGR-m-f-egg [JWee]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/TreeswiftGR-m-f-egg-JWee-q8dg6r5dzc7vt80owrmla14fgwut4ymolx4lvzjx4g.jpg "TreeswiftGR-m-f-egg [JWee]")
Ling Kwee Chang’s two earlier posts on the Grey-rumped Treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis) HERE and HERE established that incubation takes 21 day and the fledging 32 days. This compares favourably with […]
![1 TreeswiftGR-d2 ch [LingKweeChang]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/1-TreeswiftGR-d2-ch-LingKweeChang-q8dgq1s49wms51zp8lvvynu2gnr25a8blf8fjgxze8.jpg "1 TreeswiftGR-d2 ch [LingKweeChang]")
Part 1 of this series on the nesting behavious of the Grey-rumped Treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis) can be viewed HERE. “The above-left shows the 2-day old chick in the nest alone […]
![1- nest locatiosn [LingKweeChang]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/1-nest-locatiosn-LingKweeChang-q8dgbk3owusn5h1guudy0th8rt6ch9palp5y6wfhbk.jpg "1- nest locatiosn [LingKweeChang]")
“Two Grey-rumped Treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis) nests were discovered at Singapore’s Bishan Park on 8th May 2014 at around 9:00 am. The locations of the nests are shown in the map […]
Johnny Wee’s earlier account showed in vivid details an adult female Grey-rumped Treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis) feeding a large chick as they both perched side by side on a branch. What […]
![TreeswiftGR-feed ch [JohnnyWee] - 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/TreeswiftGR-feed-ch-JohnnyWee-12-q8dg3hnk91r1hyrcyuu84crt7qxxeso8hrkwwee4q8.jpg "TreeswiftGR-feed ch [JohnnyWee] – 1")
A pair of nesting Grey-rumped Treeswifts (Hemiprocne longipennis) at Bishan Park ended successfully with a chick fledging in late August 2015. Johnny Wee managed to photograph an adult female feeding […]
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