Rudy Kingfisher at Berlayar Creek Broadwalk Singapore
Ruddy Kingfisher at Berlayar Creek Boardwalk in Singapore
My Three Encounters with the Jambu Fruit Doves in Singapore
My Three Encounters with the Jambu Fruit Doves in Singapore The Jambu Fruit Dove is a beautiful and shy dove found in Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo from lowland to 1200 m above sea level, usually seen alone, feeding on fruits in the middle canopy. It is not easy to spot in the forests.... Continue Reading →
How many species of Sunbirds in Singapore
How many species of Sunbirds in Singapore? The Crimson Sunbird, Olive-backed Sunbird, and Brown-Throated Sunbird were the first three sunbirds I photographed in Singapore some twenty years ago with slide film. I recently took the stunning Copper-throated Sunbird in Sungei Buloh and the Van Hasselt's Sunbird at Bukit Batok Nature Park to which I never... Continue Reading →
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher, Crested Goshawks and Southern Pied Hornbill in Pasir Ris Park Singapore
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher, Crested Goshawks and Southern Pied Hornbill in Pasir Ris Park Singapore After missing out on birding for a month, I decided to go to Pasir Ris Park this morning. I saw almost 50 photographers shooting the fledging Crested Goshawks. I took a few shots of the chicks at the nest and decided to... Continue Reading →
My 16-day birding and nature expedition to Sabah coast to coast | A panoply of rare birds and exotic plants – Part 1
My 16-day birding and nature expedition to Sabah coast to coast. A panoply of rare birds and exotic plants.
My 16-day birding and nature expedition to Sabah coast to coast | A panoply of rare birds and exotic plants – Part 2
My 16-day birding and nature expedition to Sabah coast to coast. A panoply of rare birds and exotic plants.
Changeable Hawk Eagle and White-bellied Sea Eagle in Pasir Ris Park Singapore
Changeable Hawk Eagle and White-bellied Sea Eagle in Pasir Ris Park Singapore On the morning of 2 July, about 8:30 am, I was at Carpark B in Pasir Ris Park. When I got off the car, my daughter saw a large bird at a distance on a tree by the Tampines River and alerted me. It was a Changeable... Continue Reading →
Green Broadbill | Pulau Ubin| Singapore
Green Broadbill in Pulau Ubin Singapore The Green Broadbill, a plump and short-tailed bird with bright green plumage, is the smallest bird in the broadbill family in Southeast Asia, about 18 cm. I first encountered this beautiful bird in Mulu National Park in Sarawak in 2006. To a non-trained eye, it is not easy to... Continue Reading →
My First 15 Day Borneo Birding Trip To Sarawak| Photo Travel Asia
My First 15 Day Borneo Birding Trip To Sarawak | Photo Travel Asia Mano and I teamed up to do a 15 day bird density survey in Sarawak in 2006. After the trip, I had two articles published. One was on “Sarawak’s Elusive Rainforest Birds” in Australia by Wingspan Magazine in June 2008. The other... Continue Reading →
Buffy Fish Owl Fledged| Rescued and reunited with Parents | Hampstead Wetlands Park Singapore.
Wild Baby Buffy Fish Owl Landed on Grass Patch | Rescued by ACRES| Hampstead Wetlands Park Singapore.
Photographing Birds In Gujarat | Kutch District |India
Photographing birds in Gujarat | Kutch District| India Photographing birds in Gujarat, Kutch district in India, holds a very unique landscape for wildlife and birding. My interest in Gujarat started after reading the documented journeys made by the late Salim Ali and Datuk Loke Wan Tho back in 1943 to 1944 in the book, “Loke Wan... Continue Reading →
Photographing Birds with Your Ears
Photographing Birds with Your Ears It is already extremely challenging to look for an elusive bird in the rainforest in daytime, let alone searching for nocturnal bird at night. This is where ‘photographing birds with your ears’ comes into play. Borneo has beautiful luscious green rainforest with rustling foliage by day and totally pitched dark... Continue Reading →
Masked Finfoot| Early sighting in 1992| Malaysia
Masked Finfoot | Early sighting in 1992|Malaysia Masked Finfoot | Early sighting in 1992 | Malaysia In the early 90's, not much was known about the Masked Finfoot (heliopais personata), an aquatic bird, except for its distribution in eastern Indian subcontinent, Indochina and Malaysia. There were a few reports of its early sighting in Taman Negara,... Continue Reading →
Photographing spectacular regional endemics birds in southern Vietnam | Dalat and Cat Tien
Bar-bellied Pitta. Regional endemic bird in southern Vietnam.
4D3N Bird Photography Trip to Ganeshgudi, Karnataka, Western Ghats India.
4D3N Bird Photography Trip to Ganeshgudi, Karnataka, Western Ghats India.
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