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Zitting Cisticola

<img decoding="async" width="640" height="427" src="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/zitting-cisticola-190819-119eos1d-f1x21592-n.jpg?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1" class="card-img-top wp-post-image" alt="Zitting Cisticola" title="Zitting Cisticola" data-attachment-id="9753" data-permalink="https://singaporebirds.com/species/zitting-cisticola/zitting-cisticola-9/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/zitting-cisticola-190819-119eos1d-f1x21592-n.jpg?fit=1500%2C1000&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1500,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"8","credit":"Francis Yap","camera":"Canon EOS-1D X Mark II","caption":"Zitting Cisticola at Jurong Lake Gardens","created_timestamp":"1566179782","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"160","shutter_speed":"0.003125","title":"Zitting Cisticola","orientation":"0","latitude":"1.3330697216667","longitude":"103.727545"}" data-image-title="Zitting Cisticola" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Zitting Cisticola at Jurong Lake Gardens. Photo credit: Francis Yap</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/zitting-cisticola-190819-119eos1d-f1x21592-n.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/zitting-cisticola-190819-119eos1d-f1x21592-n.jpg?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1" tabindex="0" role="button" />

Zitting Cisticola

Common Flameback

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="640" height="427" src="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/common-flameback-alvin-seng.jpg?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1" class="card-img-top wp-post-image" alt="Common Flameback" title="Common Flameback" data-attachment-id="5454" data-permalink="https://singaporebirds.com/species/common-flameback/common-flameback-alvin-seng/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/common-flameback-alvin-seng.jpg?fit=1600%2C1067&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1600,1067" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Common Flameback" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Male and Female Common Flameback. Photo credit: Alvin Seng.</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/common-flameback-alvin-seng.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/common-flameback-alvin-seng.jpg?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1" tabindex="0" role="button" />

Common Flameback

Crimson Sunbird

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="640" height="427" src="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Crimson-Sunbird-100904-102EOS7D-IMG_9380-W.jpg?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1" class="card-img-top wp-post-image" alt="Crimson Sunbird" title="Crimson Sunbird" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Crimson-Sunbird-100904-102EOS7D-IMG_9380-W.jpg?w=1500&ssl=1 1500w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Crimson-Sunbird-100904-102EOS7D-IMG_9380-W.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Crimson-Sunbird-100904-102EOS7D-IMG_9380-W.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Crimson-Sunbird-100904-102EOS7D-IMG_9380-W.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Crimson-Sunbird-100904-102EOS7D-IMG_9380-W.jpg?resize=24%2C16&ssl=1 24w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Crimson-Sunbird-100904-102EOS7D-IMG_9380-W.jpg?resize=36%2C24&ssl=1 36w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Crimson-Sunbird-100904-102EOS7D-IMG_9380-W.jpg?resize=48%2C32&ssl=1 48w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Crimson-Sunbird-100904-102EOS7D-IMG_9380-W.jpg?w=1280 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="73023" data-permalink="https://singaporebirds.com/species/crimson-sunbird/crimson-sunbird-8/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Crimson-Sunbird-100904-102EOS7D-IMG_9380-W.jpg?fit=1500%2C1000&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1500,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"7.1","credit":"Francis Yap","camera":"Canon EOS 7D","caption":"Crimson Sunbird at Mandai Orchid Garden","created_timestamp":"1283585535","copyright":"Francis Yap","focal_length":"400","iso":"1000","shutter_speed":"0.002","title":"Crimson Sunbird","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Crimson Sunbird" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Crimson Sunbird at Mandai Orchid Garden. Photo credit: Francis Yap</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Crimson-Sunbird-100904-102EOS7D-IMG_9380-W.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Crimson-Sunbird-100904-102EOS7D-IMG_9380-W.jpg?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1" tabindex="0" role="button" />

Crimson Sunbird

Marsh Sandpiper

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="640" height="427" src="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/marsh-sandpiper-fy1x6363-101eos1d-120914.jpg?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1" class="card-img-top wp-post-image" alt="Marsh Sandpiper" title="Marsh Sandpiper" data-attachment-id="2825" data-permalink="https://singaporebirds.com/species/marsh-sandpiper/marsh-sandpiper-2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/marsh-sandpiper-fy1x6363-101eos1d-120914.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1200,800" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"7.1","credit":"Francis Yap","camera":"Canon EOS-1D X","caption":"SBWR","created_timestamp":"1347612802","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.003125","title":"Marsh Sandpiper","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Marsh Sandpiper" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Marsh Sandpiper at SBWR. Photo Credit: Francis Yap</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/marsh-sandpiper-fy1x6363-101eos1d-120914.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/marsh-sandpiper-fy1x6363-101eos1d-120914.jpg?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1" tabindex="0" role="button" />

Marsh Sandpiper

Coconut Lorikeet

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="640" height="427" src="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Coconut-Lorikeet-240416-224MSDCF-FYP09318-W.jpg?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1" class="card-img-top wp-post-image" alt="Coconut Lorikeet" title="Coconut Lorikeet" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Coconut-Lorikeet-240416-224MSDCF-FYP09318-W.jpg?w=1500&ssl=1 1500w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Coconut-Lorikeet-240416-224MSDCF-FYP09318-W.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Coconut-Lorikeet-240416-224MSDCF-FYP09318-W.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Coconut-Lorikeet-240416-224MSDCF-FYP09318-W.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Coconut-Lorikeet-240416-224MSDCF-FYP09318-W.jpg?resize=24%2C16&ssl=1 24w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Coconut-Lorikeet-240416-224MSDCF-FYP09318-W.jpg?resize=36%2C24&ssl=1 36w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Coconut-Lorikeet-240416-224MSDCF-FYP09318-W.jpg?resize=48%2C32&ssl=1 48w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Coconut-Lorikeet-240416-224MSDCF-FYP09318-W.jpg?w=1280 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="72990" data-permalink="https://singaporebirds.com/species/coconut-lorikeet/coconut-lorikeet-8/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Coconut-Lorikeet-240416-224MSDCF-FYP09318-W.jpg?fit=1500%2C1000&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1500,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5.6","credit":"Francis Yap","camera":"ILCE-1","caption":"Coconut Lorikeet at Ghim Moh Link","created_timestamp":"1713280009","copyright":"Francis Yap","focal_length":"840","iso":"1250","shutter_speed":"0.00625","title":"Coconut Lorikeet","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Coconut Lorikeet" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Coconut Lorikeet at Ghim Moh Link. Photo credit: Francis Yap</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Coconut-Lorikeet-240416-224MSDCF-FYP09318-W.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Coconut-Lorikeet-240416-224MSDCF-FYP09318-W.jpg?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1" tabindex="0" role="button" />

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A modest Big Month for November 2025

December 1, 2025 / December 1, 2025 by Francis Yap | Leave a Comment

November is smack in the middle of the autumn migration season for Singapore. Whether trying to look for raptors at Mt Faber, or trying our luck for waders at Sungei Buloh, birders have every excuse to get out and look for rarities. Who knows, we may get lucky and stumble upon a national first bird […]

You won’t believe where Singapore’s seventh Steppe Eagle just ended up…

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="149" src="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Steppe_Eagle_2025_collage.jpg?fit=300%2C149&ssl=1" class="card-img-lg-start wp-post-image" alt="You won’t believe where Singapore’s seventh Steppe Eagle just ended up…" title="You won’t believe where Singapore’s seventh Steppe Eagle just ended up…" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Steppe_Eagle_2025_collage.jpg?w=1268&ssl=1 1268w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Steppe_Eagle_2025_collage.jpg?resize=300%2C149&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Steppe_Eagle_2025_collage.jpg?resize=1024%2C510&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Steppe_Eagle_2025_collage.jpg?resize=768%2C382&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Steppe_Eagle_2025_collage.jpg?resize=24%2C12&ssl=1 24w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Steppe_Eagle_2025_collage.jpg?resize=36%2C18&ssl=1 36w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Steppe_Eagle_2025_collage.jpg?resize=48%2C24&ssl=1 48w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="114168" data-permalink="https://singaporebirds.com/2025/11/25/you-wont-believe-where-singapores-eighth-steppe-eagle-just-ended-up/steppe_eagle_2025_collage/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Steppe_Eagle_2025_collage.jpg?fit=1268%2C631&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1268,631" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Steppe_Eagle_2025_collage" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>A collage of both images showing the distinct features.</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Steppe_Eagle_2025_collage.jpg?fit=300%2C149&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Steppe_Eagle_2025_collage.jpg?fit=640%2C319&ssl=1" tabindex="0" role="button" />

Significant Records

You won’t believe where Singapore’s seventh Steppe Eagle just ended up…

November 25, 2025 / November 27, 2025 by richthebirder | Leave a Comment

The first Steppe Eagle in Singapore since 1999 was found at the Bird Society of Singapore’s fourth Henderson Waves Raptor Watch. Impressively, we learnt through eBird that almost surely the same individual (based on feather tear patterns) was found about two weeks later in Java, Indonesia!

Monthly Roundup: Sep 2025

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="219" src="https://i0.wp.com/records.singaporebirds.com/media/pub_images/imagee655c50d-1261-4c21-838d-4160b8689ebd-2e4a1913-1c91-4879-8d7a-89709d60e2e3.jpeg?fit=300%2C219&ssl=1" class="card-img-lg-start wp-post-image" alt="Monthly Roundup: Sep 2025" title="Monthly Roundup: Sep 2025" data-attachment-id="112552" data-permalink="https://singaporebirds.com/2025/11/01/monthly-roundup-september-2025//" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/records.singaporebirds.com/media/pub_images/imagee655c50d-1261-4c21-838d-4160b8689ebd-2e4a1913-1c91-4879-8d7a-89709d60e2e3.jpeg?fit=2775%2C2029&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2775,2029" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="[]" data-image-title="" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/records.singaporebirds.com/media/pub_images/imagee655c50d-1261-4c21-838d-4160b8689ebd-2e4a1913-1c91-4879-8d7a-89709d60e2e3.jpeg?fit=300%2C219&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/records.singaporebirds.com/media/pub_images/imagee655c50d-1261-4c21-838d-4160b8689ebd-2e4a1913-1c91-4879-8d7a-89709d60e2e3.jpeg?fit=640%2C468&ssl=1" tabindex="0" role="button" />

Monthly Roundups

Monthly Roundup: Sep 2025

November 1, 2025 / November 1, 2025 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment

Based on your feedback, our monthly roundups will see some changes soon. This will be the last one in this format. Please look out for the changes for October onwards and let us know what you think!

Identification of Harriers in Singapore

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" src="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Pied-Harrier-240112-213MSDCF-FYP09875-W.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" class="card-img-lg-start wp-post-image" alt="Identification of Harriers in Singapore" title="Identification of Harriers in Singapore" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Pied-Harrier-240112-213MSDCF-FYP09875-W.jpg?w=1500&ssl=1 1500w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Pied-Harrier-240112-213MSDCF-FYP09875-W.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Pied-Harrier-240112-213MSDCF-FYP09875-W.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Pied-Harrier-240112-213MSDCF-FYP09875-W.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Pied-Harrier-240112-213MSDCF-FYP09875-W.jpg?resize=24%2C16&ssl=1 24w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Pied-Harrier-240112-213MSDCF-FYP09875-W.jpg?resize=36%2C24&ssl=1 36w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Pied-Harrier-240112-213MSDCF-FYP09875-W.jpg?resize=48%2C32&ssl=1 48w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Pied-Harrier-240112-213MSDCF-FYP09875-W.jpg?w=1280 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="73008" data-permalink="https://singaporebirds.com/species/pied-harrier/pied-harrier-7/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Pied-Harrier-240112-213MSDCF-FYP09875-W.jpg?fit=1500%2C1000&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1500,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"8","credit":"Francis Yap","camera":"ILCE-1","caption":"Pied Harrier at Tuas South","created_timestamp":"1705051408","copyright":"Francis Yap","focal_length":"1200","iso":"2000","shutter_speed":"0.000625","title":"Pied Harrier","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Pied Harrier" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Male Pied Harrier at Tuas South. Photo credit: Francis Yap</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Pied-Harrier-240112-213MSDCF-FYP09875-W.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Pied-Harrier-240112-213MSDCF-FYP09875-W.jpg?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1" tabindex="0" role="button" />

Identification of Harriers in Singapore

October 24, 2025 by Jared Tan | Leave a Comment

Identifying raptors can be difficult, and harriers especially so. In our latest raptor identification article, we discuss identifying the two main harrier species in Singapore, especially in the most difficult plumage types.

Birdwatching during World War II: the story of Ronald “Jack” Spittle

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="225" height="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/BrianSpittle_draft1-scaled.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1" class="card-img-lg-start wp-post-image" alt="Birdwatching during World War II: the story of Ronald “Jack” Spittle" title="Birdwatching during World War II: the story of Ronald “Jack” Spittle" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/BrianSpittle_draft1-scaled.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/BrianSpittle_draft1-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&ssl=1 225w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/BrianSpittle_draft1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/BrianSpittle_draft1-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&ssl=1 1152w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/BrianSpittle_draft1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/BrianSpittle_draft1-scaled.jpg?resize=18%2C24&ssl=1 18w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/BrianSpittle_draft1-scaled.jpg?resize=27%2C36&ssl=1 27w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/BrianSpittle_draft1-scaled.jpg?resize=36%2C48&ssl=1 36w, https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/BrianSpittle_draft1-scaled.jpg?w=1280 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" data-attachment-id="111858" data-permalink="https://singaporebirds.com/2025/10/23/birdwatching-during-world-war-ii-the-story-of-ronald-jack-spittle/brianspittle_draft1/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/BrianSpittle_draft1-scaled.jpg?fit=1920%2C2560&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1920,2560" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.8","credit":"","camera":"Canon PowerShot G11","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1311331033","copyright":"","focal_length":"6.1","iso":"320","shutter_speed":"0.033333333333333","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="BrianSpittle_draft1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Original draft of the map</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/BrianSpittle_draft1-scaled.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/BrianSpittle_draft1-scaled.jpg?fit=640%2C853&ssl=1" tabindex="0" role="button" />

Birders' Stories

Birdwatching during World War II: the story of Ronald “Jack” Spittle

October 23, 2025 / October 23, 2025 by OkamotoKeitaSin | Leave a Comment

In 1950, Ronald “Jack” Spittle published his manuscript "Nesting habits of some Singapore birds” in the Bulletin of the Raffles Museum based on his ornithological observations during captivity in the Changi prisoner of war camp. Although his work has been heavily referred to for information about the feathered creatures' breeding behaviours, little is known about Jack's interactions with birds and his experience in prison. His son, Brian, attempts to recreate his father's stories through a stash of old notes that he recently discovered.

Monthly Roundup: Aug 2025

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Monthly Roundup: Aug 2025

September 30, 2025 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment

August is when the first hints of migration start to pick up. This one had no major rarities but decent numbers of scarce migrants like Brown-streaked Flycatcher, and some of the rare terns.