Category: WILDLIFE
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THE ORIENTAL DARTER IN ACTION
HOME (MAIN PAGE) The Oriental Darter is the star bird at the Singapore Quarry. This waterbird has a long neck and sharp pointed bill which it uses with great effect. It can remain submerged for long hours when hunting for fishes
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Discover Wildlife Wonders at Singapore Quarry
HOME (MAIN PAGE) The spectacular view at Hindhede Quarry is often magically transformed by the Oriental Darter flying across the emerald lake. But the Darter is quite away and hunting for fish is a long drawn affair. Things are quite different at the Singapore Quarry. Fishes are plenty especially near the visitor’s platform. How the…
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The Rafflesia: A Parasitic Wonder of Flora
HOME (MAIN PAGE) The enigmatic Rafflesia The genus Rafflesia is one of the strangest plant – a parasitic flowering plant. It has no leaves, stems and roots and its bud takes a good nine months before blooming. Its flowers are one of the biggest in the world. So far I have only documented 3 species…
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TRAVEL BLOG 2024
HOME (MAIN PAGE) Ray Chua is a wildlife author and photographer with nine coffee-table books on nature. His main gear – Sony A1, A7R5, 600mm f4, 300mm f2.8, 135mm f1.8, 20-70mm, 90mm macro, 1.4 TC and a Leica Q2. He has won a first prize in a Nikon contest (which included a trip to the…
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KINGFISHERS DIVING
MAIN PAGE (HOME) Brown-winged Kingfishers in Krabi The migrant Common Kingfisher. The colder weathers overseas signal the arrival of the Common Kingfisher to our waterways where they will stay for the next 3-5 months. The waters of Singapore Quarry are well stocked with Tilapias, Snake heads and other smaller local fishes. Introduced kois are no…
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OWLS GALORE
Collared Owlet (FH), Spotted Owlet (Thailand), Sunda Scop Owl (Pasir Ris), Buffy Fish Owl (SBG) Spotted Wood Owl (Pasir Ris), Barn Owl (Tuas), Twin-eared Eagle Owl (Senai, Johor), Oriental Scop Owl (Dairy Farm NP). White-fronted Scops-owl (Thailand), Brown Hawk Owl (BTNR), Blaskiton’s Fish Owl (Japan). Burrowing Owl, Ferruginous Pygmy Owl (Peru), Black & White Owl…
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TRAVEL BLOG 2023
KRABI 8 -11 DECEMBER The Dives – WBSE and Osprey Brown -winged Kf were actively diving in the evening. The Chinese Pond Heron found easy meals at the pond edge. Tim Sum near our hotel CAMERON HIGHLANDS (MACRO) 17-19 NOV 2023 A Macro World – Heteropoda Davidbowie, Elegans Prayer Mantis, Phidippus spider? Mating Long-horn Beetles, Orchid Mantid…
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MEMORIES OF BORNEO’S EDEN – SABAH
Book on Sabah was published in 2004 but work on the project started 10 years earlier, ie 1994. It was spearheaded by Albert Norman and approved by the Dato Musa Aman, the then Chief Minister of Sabah. Mount Kinabalu holds the record for the highest peak in Southeast Asia. Sabah is also home for the…
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Mulu National Park
Dec 2015Mulu National Park (over 52,000 hectares) in the State of Sarawak, is dominated by Gunung Mulu, a 2,377 m-high sandstone pinnacle. Highly diverse in biodiversity, it is also home to millions of cave swiftlets and bats. The Sarawak Chamber is the largest known cave chamber in the world (600 m by 415 m and…