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 -

Red Junglefowl

Galliformes - Phasianidae - Gallus gallus (Ayam Hutan)

This “original chicken” is smaller than its domestic descendants, and is widespread throughout South and Southeast Asia; can also be found as an introduced species in many regions around the world (especially prevalent on many Pacific Islands, including Hawaii). In its introduced range and some areas of its native range it has interbred widely with feral and domestic chickens, producing intermediate hybrids. Many of these birds cannot be distinguished from genuine wild-type birds. Within native range calls are useful for ID: the wild male’s crowing is hoarse and choked off towards the end, unlike the loud, vibrant calls of the domestic rooster.

(eBird)

When behaviour is by instinct 

 

* Consider the beginning - do not overlook non-action, the flavourless, the small, the simple, the easy for these are paths to peace and the great

- do not underestimate any circumstance -