10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Indian Express – a newspaper with the somewhat offputting claim “Journalism of Courage” has an article titled “Oriental Darter: Once easy to sight but is rarely spotted now” In contrast to humans, the Oriental Darter does not seem to observe specific mealtimes – it was found to have a more or less steady feeding (..)

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Sri Lanka Birds Taiwan Cats 205

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Another paper reviews information on Oriental Pied Hornbills raiding the nests of various bird species in Singapore and even pet bird cages. In fact, a recent article in the Economist on Singapore’s rewilding states “The oriental pied hornbill (pictured), with its extraordinary ivory casque, had been locally extinct for a century.

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Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 125

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

” If you have ever been to Singapore, you will know that about half the places there are named after Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (1781 – 1826). “Dull, me?” For good measure, some animals in the near vicinity were also named after him, such as Raffles’s Malkoha.

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Los Angeles Birds Woodpeckers Owls 179

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

With the advent of human development, we can now add “farmland and plantations” to various types of forest, rainforest, and swamps. Mangrove areas are disappearing and there are natural areas of savannah in addition to human-created grasslands. It includes articles by the authors too, in case you want to read more of their work.

Indonesia 122

Indonesia Brunei Birds Malaysia 122

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Verditer Flycatchers apparently like to nest in human houses as they provide good nesting sites – in contrast, Daurian Redstarts pick human houses because the presence of humans lowers the predation risk ( source ). It includes observations of Wallace’s Hawk-eagle.

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Birds Eagles Mammals Singapore 206