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.

(eBird)

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 -

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.

(eBird)

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 -

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.

(eBird) 

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 -

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.

(eBird)

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 -

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)

Of all sizes and stages, but of one focus and goal.

* Beware of strength - strong is not the mighty, the unyielding, the unbending *

- beware of the loud, the all-knowing -

Siberian Blue Robin

Passeriformes - Muscicapidae - Larvivora cyane (Murai Biru Siberia)

A slender, long-legged songbird with a “crouched” profile. Adult male is unmistakable, with blue upperparts and snow-white belly separated by black running from the eye to the bend of the wing. Female warm brown with blue-tinted rump and whitish underparts. Juvenile resembles female but grayer above. Like most other robins, shy and retiring, inhabiting forested areas with dense undergrowth; on its breeding grounds, most easily detected by its song, an explosive “tsi-tsi-TEWEE-TEWEE.”

(eBird)

The call to nothing, or is that so?

The search for nothing, or is that so

* Greediness' loss - the more one fears death the least one lives fully *

- the more one wants, the greater the loss felt -

Crested Serpent-Eagle

Accipitriformes - Accipitridae - Spilornis cheela (Helang-Kiuk Biasa)

A rather large, heavily built eagle with a dark, white-tipped bushy crest that gives it a distinctive large-headed look. When raised in alarm, the crest frames the whole face, highlighting the bare yellow lores and eyes, making the head look larger and fiercer. The rufous-brown underparts have neatly arranged dark-edged bold white spots. In flight, shows broad rounded wings with a wide black trailing edge. Juvenile predominantly white with dark streaks below; also note dark mask. Commonly seen perched upright in well-wooded areas, with wingtips nearly covering the broad white sub-terminal band on the tail. Its 1-3 note scream is often heard in the forest.

(eBird)

What dictate repose, what dictate flight?

* To overcome delusion - be mindful of what you are not, of how easily you can assume another's role *

- be mindful of flattery, imagined importance -