Grey Wagtail

Passeriformes - Motacillidae - Motacilla cinerea (Kedidi-Air Kelabu)

Handsome long-tailed bird. Breeding male has a black throat, mostly yellow underparts. Breeding female often has some dark on the throat, paler yellow underparts. All plumages have gray head and back, with whitish eyebrow, bright yellow belly and vent. Often near flowing water with nearby rocks or surrogate rocky habitat, from mountain streams to weirs in suburban parklands. Walks quietly along shorelines or in nearby open areas, pumping its very long, white-sided tail up and down. Song is a repetitive series of high-pitched notes; calls include short, high “pseet” and buzzier flight calls.

(eBird)

Is fear synonymous with flight?

Fear always looks backward.

* Loathing shame - No favour accepted, no disgrace to bear

- Avoid owing, therefore no obligation, no guilt - 

Common Kingfisher

 Coraciiformes - Alcedinidae - Alcedo atthis (Raja Udang Cicit)

Beautiful little blue-and-orange bird with a long, pointed bill. Often rather shy and inconspicuous despite bright plumage. Found along rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds—almost any fresh or brackish habitat with small fish. Often perches quietly in trees over water; most often seen in very fast low flight as a turquoise flash over the water, usually flying away. Easily detected once its high, shrill whistled call is learned, even if the bird itself is hidden. The only small blue kingfisher over much of its range.

(eBird)

Fish, eat, clean, fish, eat, clean

* Abstaining from desire - the danger of excessiveness

- recall basics - 

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Passeriformes - Muscicapidae - Muscicapa dauurica (Sambar Coklat Asia)

Plain brown flycatcher with a large-eyed appearance. Note bright white eyering and unmarked throat and underparts. Appears shorter- and plainer-winged than other similar brownish flycatchers. Favors broadleaf forests; also found in more open habitats on migration and wintering grounds. Sallies from exposed perches; cocks tail and flicks wings when perched. Song comprises high buzzy trilling and whistles. Calls include dry rattling and chittering.

(eBird)

 

* Of non-existence the use - form and substance; frame and hollowness

- Appreciate silence, non-appearance, blank space - 

Amur Paradise-Flycatcher

Passeriformes - Monarchidae - Terpsiphone incei (Sambar Ekor Panjang Amur/Murai-Gading Utara)

Adult male comes in two morphs, rufous and white; both have a black hood, white underparts, black head, short crest, and bright blue eyerings, but they differ in the color of the upperparts. Breeding males have a long tail twice the length of the body. Female and immature male similar but tail much shorter, and plumage duller overall. Female and young male similar to Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher but brighter rufous above, with a sharper demarcation between the black chest and white belly. Also compare with Blyth’s Paradise-Flycatcher where their ranges overlap. Breeds in broadleaf lowland and hill forests; also in more open habitats in migration and in winter. Song a series of descending fluty whistles; call a staccato, nasal chatter.

(eBird)

No other purpose than to survive.

 

* What can be done - Right conduct

- Right intent and action -

Yellow-rumped Flycatcher

Passeriformes - Muscicapidae - Ficedula zanthopygia (Sambar Pinggul Kuning/Sambar Kunyit Kening Putih)

Gaudy male striking, with yolk-yellow underparts and rump and black upperparts set off by white supercilium and wing patch. Female less brightly colored but still distinctive, with brown upperparts, a smaller yellow rump and white wing patch, and whitish underparts with faint scaling on the breast. Breeds in broadleaf and mixed forests, especially groves in riparian areas. Can be encountered in a wide range of wooded areas outside of the breeding season, from coastal scrub to pristine hill forests. Song is a short, thrush-like series of burry whistles.

(eBird)

Focused to catch whilst still wary.

 *An exercise in placidity - know when to stop

- Know when enough is enough - 

Blue-throated Bee-eater

Corasiformes - Meropidae - Merops viridis (Beberek Leher Biru/Berek-berek Rengkung Biru)

A bright green insect hunter with a long bill and triangular starling-like wings. Adult has a bright blue throat, orange-brown crown and nape, and long trailing central tail feathers. Sexes are alike. Juveniles have a paler blue throat, no orange-brown coloration, and no long tail extensions. Often hunts from exposed perches such as telephone lines or snags, on which it rubs its venomous quarry so as to disarm it. Call is a bright, inflected “chileep.”

(eBird)

When it doesn't feel vulnerable.

 

*Easy by nature - be like water

- Act according to situation, it will come when it comes -

Black Baza

Accipitriformes - Accipitridae - Aviceda leuphotes (Lang Baza Hitam/Helang Gerigi Hitam)

A highly distinctive medium-sized raptor. Black overall with a thick white breast band and rusty-edged white stripes on the belly. Slender crest may be held vertically or at an angle when the bird is perched, but tends to be hidden during flight. If seen flying from above, note the “checkerboard” patterning on upperwings. Favors foothill and lowland forests when breeding, but can be found in more open habitats on passage and in wintering grounds. Quite social outside of the breeding season, often soaring in large flocks and roosting communally. Gives a squeaky, echoing whistle, often while in flight.

(eBird)

When at ease is not an option, any hide, distance suffices.

*Dimming radiancy - beyond self, detached

- Practise humility -