Plaintive Cuckoo

Cuculiformes - Cuculidae - Cacomantis merulinus (Sewah Perut Jingga)

A small and slender cuckoo, far more often heard than seen; the male's accelerating song, which decreases in volume as it progresses, is composed of a few whistled long notes followed by shorter, breathy notes. Adult male and typical (non-hepatic) female show orange belly, gray head, and brown back and tail. Hepatic, or rufous-morph, individuals are rusty brown above and white below, with black barring all over the body. Inhabits open woodlands, edges, and agricultural areas.

Unmistakable if heard, maybe mistakable if of another angle.

 

* Of the mysterious the function - moving forward without moving, the compassionate wins *

- adapt to situation -

Blue-eared Kingfisher

 Coraciiformes - Alcenididae - Alcedo meninting (Pekaka Bintik-bintik)

A diminutive dark blue kingfisher with no rufous on the ear-patch. It has an orange spot in front of the eye, white ear tufts on the sides of the neck, and an ultramarine-blue head and neck with darker blue bands giving it a scaly appearance. Upperparts glossy dark blue with paler blue central band down the back to the rump. White chin and throat with deep orange underparts. Males have black bill with brownish-red base, while females have almost entirely red bill. Juvenile also has dark blue upperparts, but has rufous cheeks and ear-coverts similar to Common Kingfisher. Inhabits well-shaded waterways in forested areas.

(eBird)

What is is still is - a dot is still a whole.

Beauty as imagined as as seen.

No matter the long and the short of encounter 

* Comply with heaven - the good man does it without anger, without violence, without competing, with humility *

- recall always what's heaven's way -

Stork-billed Kingfisher

Coraciiformes - Alcedinidae - Pelargopsis capensis (Pekaka Paruh Besar)

Massive kingfisher with a large scarlet bill. Head is olive-brown with dark green-blue upperparts and buff underparts. Wings and tail bluer, with rump even paler blue, obvious in flight. Juvenile has dusky edges to feathers of breast and hindneck. Vocal in breeding season, giving a loud, far-reaching “peu-peu-pow” whistle, while its regular contact call is a loud laughing “ka-ka-ka” repeated 6-10 times. Prefers large streams, rivers, and the edges of large water bodies with vegetated banks.

(eBird)

Another natural,  yet, sometimes not entirely desirable.

 

* Three treasures - mercy, frugality, not to be foremost in all things *

- beware excessiveness -

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

 Passeriformes - Motacillidae - Motacilla tschutschensis (Pipit-Batu Zaitun Timur)

Attractive ground-dwelling bird. Slender and long-tailed, bright yellow below with paler throat and grayish-olive back; extremely variable. Tail is black with white outer feathers; often pumps tail up and down while walking on the ground. Young birds lack yellow color, but have distinctive head pattern. Often seen near water. Listen for high-pitched, piercing call note. Common breeder on Arctic tundra from Alaska to Russia; found in grassy and waterside habitats in Southeast Asian wintering grounds and in migration.

(eBird)

Changes are inevitable, in form or substance.

* To put behind one self - the higher self does not exhibit, does not compete to prove superiority *

- do not over-state, over-display to impress -

Malaysian Rail-babbler

Passeriformes - Eupetidae -  Eupetes macrocetus (Kekicau-sintar) 

Astoundingly odd ground-dwelling inhabitant of dense lowland and foothill forests; typically quite shy and reclusive, but utterly unmistakable. Warm brown with a burst of bright color on the face: black, white, yellow, orange, and rusty red. Of these, the white and black are most obvious if the bird is under heavy cover or in the shade (as it often is). Long, slender, wader-like legs, neck, and bill are unlike any other forest ground-dweller in range. Displaying birds inflate purple balloons on the neck and sing a haunting whistle that gradually rises and falls in pitch.

(eBird)

Presence is lost in a blink, a disturbing occurrence of uncommon episode

What's lost to the unexplainable

* Simplicity's virtue - going back to Tao is the only virtue -

- do not over-act, do not over-react -

Violet Cuckoo

Cuculiformes - Cuculidae - Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus (Sewah-Zamrud Ungu)

Small, sluggish cuckoo, more often heard than seen; listen for the male’s explosive descending trills and a loud but unremarkable “chom-wit!”, often given in flight. Adult male glossy purple with white-barred belly. Female greenish-brown above with curvier, paler barring extending up to the face; juvenile similar but with stronger rufous tones to the wings and orangish crown. Female and juvenile similar to female Asian Emerald Cuckoo or Little Bronze Cuckoo; look for combination of orange bill and patchy iridescent green instead of the Emerald’s unbroken sheen or Little Bronze’s dark bill and duller sheen.

(eBird)

Having is not for one, sharing comes naturally

Heed what's instinctive

* Mind the insignificant - leave alone what's natural, act only when natural *

- avoid the unnatural in behaviour -