13 May 2025

Jambu Fruit-Dove

Columbiformes - Columbidae - Ptilinopus jambu (Punai-Gading Jambu)

The plum-red face and pink “blush” on the white chest of the cartoonish-looking male are unique. Plainer female and juvenile can be difficult to separate from female Black-naped Fruit Dove; look out for Jambu’s bright white eye-ring and orange bill. Generally uncommon and nomadic; roams widely across lowland and foothill forests, where it seeks out fruiting trees. Forages quietly in the canopy, typically singly or in pairs.
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Sets its own pace, goes its own way, a natural.








* Alone standing - recognise and value what and where you are, and you'll not covet another *
- not wrong to be different, to not want -





10 May 2025

Pink-necked Green Pigeon

 Columbiformes - Columbidae - Treron vernons (Punai Leher Jambu)


Brightly-colored tree-dwelling pigeon. Adult male has a powder-pink neck, orange breast patch, gray-blue head, and yellow belly. Adult female is much plainer, tea-green above and brighter yellow-green below. Both sexes have striking black-and-yellow wing feathers and yellow spotting on the undertail coverts. Adaptable, and can be found in mangroves, open coastal forests, parks, gardens, and plantation edges. Primarily a lowland species, but can on occasion be found in foothills. Social, often gathering in flocks; occasionally mixes with other green-pigeons. Unlike many other pigeons, not very vocal; occasionally gives strange, alien-sounding coos.
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When a point of consciousness is overturned, naturalness is restored.





* Sustains contract - The Way leans on the positive instead of the negative in any dealing *
- look upward and outward in any situation -





06 May 2025

Orange-bellied Flowerpecker

Passeriformes - Dicaeidae - Dicaeum trigonostima (Sepah Bunga Perut Jingga)


Bright and colorful male is difficult to miss: bright grayish blue with yellow or orange underparts (depending on subspecies) and a small orange splotch on the back. Female is comparatively dull, but her yellow-suffused underparts and rump are still quite distinctive. Like other flowerpeckers, forages actively, often hovering in front of blossoms or while gleaning from foliage. Inhabits forested edges (less common in dense forest) from lowlands up to foothills; often quite close to human habitation. Gives a variety of buzzy or sharp notes.
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What behoves a flowerpecker to be excitable




Whatever, it's merely natural.








* Trust in faith - trust in the strength of the soft, the weak, the humble and the yielding *
- do not assume, do not underestimate -





02 May 2025

Blue-tailed Bee-eater


Coraciiformes - Meropidae - Merops philippinus (Berek-berek Zaitun Asia/Beberek Ekor Biru)

Elegant, slender bird of open country, frequently seen in flight or perched on exposed snags or telephone wires. Adult green overall, with blue tail, thin black mask, and rufous throat; bright rufous underwings visible in flight. Juvenile similar but paler, with tannish throat and shorter tail, lacking the adult's elongated central tail feathers. Flying bird has distinctive shape, with broad, sharply pointed wings, long tail, and long bill. Nests colonially in sandbanks. Voice a sweet, clipped “cheer-it,” sometimes given in series.
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Life cycle




* Heaven's reason - the natural way is to reduce what' abundant, increase what's in need *
- do what's needful without claim and superiority -