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James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 5d

The song birds trade across much of SE Asia is really bad, in some places what were common flocking birds are now rare. Lots of laughingthrushes, bulbuls, shamas, leafbirds, mynas etc affected. But there are big efforts to try and change things…

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James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks Mark 🙏

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James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 5d

Blue-eared Kingfisher

Saw this yesterday at Sungei Buloh, it caught a prawn for its lunch.

Singapore, Sept 25

#birds #birding #birdphotography #kingfisher #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotograpy #singapore

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James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 6d

Ashy Tailorbird

Amazingly, these (warbler-like) birds make a nest by folding a leaf and sewing the edges together making a cup, using natural fibres or spiderwebs…

Common in Singapore and lowland areas across much of SE Asia.

#birds #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography

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James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 7d

That’s where the nostrils come in handy, these birds and other Asian Malkoha species have different shaped nose holes. This can be useful in places where you can get 3 or more species in area.

Regardless of nostrils, always good to see these!

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James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 7d

With the benefit of colour vision you can tell the difference between these two by the facial skin and the beak colour…

But imagine you were color blind or there was a shadow.

Cont…

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James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 7d

That old chestnut…

1 & 3. Chestnut-bellied Malkoha

2 & 4. Chestnut-breasted Malkoha

More info on nostrils in the 🧵

1 & 3. Singapore Sept 25
2 & 4. Malaysia May 25

#birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #malkoha #singapore #malaysia

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James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 8d

White-crested Laughing Thrush

Mohawk toting beauties…

Traded cage birds in SE Asia, which was probably their route for introduction to 🇸🇬, where they are now quite common.

Bukit Batok, Singapore, Sept 25.

#birds #birding #birdphotography #singapore #naturephotography #wildlifephotography

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James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 8d

It’s a beauty!

Thanks for the re-post.

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James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 8d

Yes, it’s a great looking bird, makes a lot of other woodpeckers look quite drab.

James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 9d

Banded Woodpecker

A snazzy and colourful woodpecker found only in SE Asia and its fairy common.

Dairyfarm Nature Reserve, Sept 25.

#birds #birding #birdphoto #nature #naturephoto #wildlife #wildlifephotography #singapore

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James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 10d

Keeled Rat Snake

About 1.5m and as fat as your wrist. Non-venomous, eats rats 🐀 along with frogs and other small mammals.

I think this is the 12th snake species I’ve seen so far in Singapore…

Dairy Farm, Singapore, Sept 25.

#snakes #singapore #naturephotography #wildlifephoto #reptiles

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James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 11d

(Oriental) Dollarbird

Pretty common in open areas across Singapore.

And, it’s called a Dollarbird because it has markings on the underwing that look like silver dollars (which I failed to photo🤦‍♂️)

Sept 25.

#birds #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #singapore

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James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks 🙏

James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 12d

Scaly-breasted Munia

A common birds across Asia, found in grasslands, gardens, fields etc and they eat seeds, hence the chunky beak.

Just down the road from our house, it perched nicely for a few pics. Lucky me!

Singapore. Sept 25.

#birds #birding #birdphotography #urbanwildlife

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James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 13d

If you are interested in rare waders in Mozambique, look no further than this paper that is worth another shameless plug…

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) Notable updates on the status of selected waders and African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris in Mozambique

PDF | Summary.—The status in Mozambique of all waders (Charadriidae, Dromadidae, Glareolidae, Haematopodidae, Scolopacidae, Turnicidae) is reviewed... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...

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James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 13d

Birds with wet legs…

1. African Jacana
2. African Oystercatcher
3. Lesser Moorhen
4. White-rumped Sandpiper.This was the only second record for Mozambique. Quite an exciting find!

All from Mozambique 🇲🇿 2022-23

#birds #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotograpy #waders

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James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 14d

Outstanding in their fields….

1. African / Purple Swamphen (Getting lumped on AviList)

2. Black-necked Heron

3. Spur-wing Goose and a little Nile Crocodile

4. Red-necked Spurfowl. Ssp. Swynnertoni

Mozambique 2023

#birds #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography

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James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 15d

1. Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia)

The most common migrant ficedula flycatcher that passes through Singapore.

Singapore Botanic Gardens, Sept 25.

#birds #birding #birdphotography #singapore #flycatcher

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James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 16d

Similar vibes.

The beak is pretty chunky for a <20cm bird, powerful predators.

James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 16d

Tiger Shrike

A non-breeding visitor and passage migrant in 🇸🇬. Seen at the Healing Garden at Singapore Botanical Garden, which seems to be a migrant trap.

Sg, Sept 25.

#birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #singapore #migration #shrike

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James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 17d

Oriental Magpie Robin

This one not shy, nice close ups…

A Fem - M have a darker head.

Not rare in 🇸🇬, but rarer across parts of Asia where it is illegally traded as a cage bird.

LSingapore. Sept 25.

#birds #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #singapore

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James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 18d

Birds as always…

1. Black-breasted Thrush
2. Long-tailed Shrike
3. Pied Bushchat
4. Crested Finchbill

Northern Thailand, Mar 25

#birds #birding #birdphotography #thailand #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography

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James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 20d

Crested Treeswift

Only after taking this photo and zooming in did I see it was perched on a nest🤯. Quite precarious, bark flakes and feathers glued together with spit, precariously places on an⚡️ wire…

N. Thailand, Mar 25.

#birds #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography

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James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 21d

More birds from North Thailand.

1. Grey-throated Babbler
2. Hill Prinia
3 & 4. Brown-cheeked Fulvetta

None colourful, but lovely nevertheless…

Canon RF 100-500mm lens with 1.4x TC. F10 and high iso.

#birds #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography

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