Showing posts with label Bulbul. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bulbul. Show all posts

04 August 2026

Black-headed Bulbul

 Passeriformes - Pycnonotidae - Microtarsus melanocephalos (Merbah Kepala Hitam)


 Olive-yellow bulbul with a black head and unsettling sapphire eyes. Broad black band across the tail is especially noticeable when seen from below. No other bulbul in its range sports a crestless dark head, but look out for the slenderer and longer-billed leafbirds, whose dark throats may cause confusion when seen from below. Extremely rare gray morph replaces all yellow with gray, and intermediate birds have both yellow and gray patches. Inhabits broadleaf and mixed forests as well as edges, often in areas close to water. Usually seen in pairs or small flocks in the upper layers of lowland and foothill forest. Unlike many other bulbuls, not particularly vocal; gives occasional “chew” or “chep” notes, often while flying.
(eBird)








The purity of having, and not displaying.


01 February 2026

Black-headed Bulbul

Passeriformes - Pycnonotidae - Microtarsus melanocephalos (Merbah Kepala Hitam)


 Olive-yellow bulbul with a black head and unsettling sapphire eyes. Broad black band across the tail is especially noticeable when seen from below. No other bulbul in its range sports a crestless dark head, but look out for the slenderer and longer-billed leafbirds, whose dark throats may cause confusion when seen from below. Extremely rare gray morph replaces all yellow with gray, and intermediate birds have both yellow and gray patches. Inhabits broadleaf and mixed forests as well as edges, often in areas close to water. Usually seen in pairs or small flocks in the upper layers of lowland and foothill forest. Unlike many other bulbuls, not particularly vocal; gives occasional “chew” or “chep” notes, often while flying.
(eBird)





"Distance means so little when (you mean) so much."



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Sense

Estimate


What's measurable, what's unmeasurable, immeasurable - the heart thinks, the mind feels.




 

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Blindness






What we can't see, what we can't touch, what we can't utter, what we can't say, who can say is not not true.