{"id":71038,"date":"2024-04-09T16:34:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T08:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/?p=71038"},"modified":"2024-04-09T16:48:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T08:48:33","slug":"life-of-the-brahminy-kite-in-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2024\/04\/09\/life-of-the-brahminy-kite-in-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"Life of the Brahminy Kite in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-1b.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71043\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Video-grab of Brahminy Kite incubating its eggs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently I had the privilege to document the Life of the Brahminy Kite, <em>Haliastur indus<\/em>, family. Setting up a family in the wild is not easy! Firstly, selecting a well-concealed nest is crucial. Hatching their chicks was fraught with danger amidst threatening neighbors around them: Crocodile, Peregrine Falcon, Osprey, Crow and White-bellied Sea-eagle. Initially, I thought that the male Brahminy Kite was lazy, as it never seemed to help much at the nest. Later, I realised that his role was to fight off any threats that came too close! At times, even the female leaves the nest to join him in the battles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> But against all odds, this pair has managed to raise their broods every year. I wish for them to continue doing what they do best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Life of the Brahminy kite in Singapore\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/guke1nzSvzU?start=185&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeremiah Loei <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9 April 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This post is a cooperative effort between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/394479540610099\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birds, Insects N Creatures Of Asia<\/a> and BESG to bring the study of birds and their behaviour through photography and videography to a wider audience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I had the privilege to document the Life of the Brahminy Kite, Haliastur indus, family. Setting up a family in the wild is not easy! Firstly, selecting a well-concealed nest is crucial. Hatching their chicks was fraught with danger amidst threatening neighbors around them: Crocodile, Peregrine Falcon, Osprey, Crow and White-bellied Sea-eagle. Initially, I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":71040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1304],"tags":[165,2074,1076],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71038"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71038"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71052,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71038\/revisions\/71052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}