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I have a small patch of Ornamental Bananas (Musa ornate) growing in front of my porch. It took me more than a year to get them looking as lush as […]
“It has been very fortunate for me that I had the opportunity to observe at very close range the nesting behavior of our Olive Backed Sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis, and it […]
“Fred and Jasmine Tan had the privilege of observing the complete nesting cycle and behaviors of two bird species on the same tree in their own backyard. The two bird […]
“Spent some time observing the pair of Olive-backed Sunbirds’ (Cinnyris jugularis) daily routine of feeding their two chicks and maintaining the nest cleanliness,” recounted KC Tsang. “I noticed that the […]
![SunbirdOB-nesting [JudyRaft]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/1-SunbirdOB-nesting-JudyRaft-q8df97as18afear5trizrzx44s85dwflnuto7fat80.jpg "SunbirdOB-nesting [JudyRaft]")
BESG received images of Judy Raft’s garden where the Olive-backed Sunbirds (Cinnyris jugularis) nested only after the posting of her account – see HERE. We present here those images as […]
Our post “Olive-backed Sunbird: A miscalculated nesting” attracted a number of comments from readers in Australia. Among these, Judy Raft’s “comments” made over a period of three months make a […]
![sunbird Nest [HenriettaJansen] 21](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/sunbird-Nest-HenriettaJansen-21-q8dgpx2xbqgcj06j01ur470rhqe82spnwrz0534y9c.jpg "sunbird Nest [HenriettaJansen] 21")
Part 1 of the Christmas sunbird story can be found HERE and Part 2 HERE. “30th December: Peanut is one week old and still alive. She is a tough cookie […]
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Part 1 of the Christmas sunbird story can be found HERE. “We were very happy that the pair of Olive-backed Sunbird (Nectarinia jugularis) had added a baby bird to their […]
![sunbird Nest [HenriettaJansen] 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/sunbird-Nest-HenriettaJansen-1-q8dgobqrqu9uushtav2ie3hn988u19e1cw6dv7hysw.jpg "sunbird Nest [HenriettaJansen] 1")
“I have learned a lot over the past few weeks about the nesting of Olive-backed Sunbirds (Nectarinia jugularis) from your BESG website. I had myself a fascinating experience that I […]
I made an earlier post of a male Olive-backed Sunbird (Nectarinia jugularis) sipping nectar from flowers of Wild Banana (Musa ornata). Unfortunately the view was not the best. I was […]
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