Striated Heron

 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae - Butorides striata (Pucung Bakau Biasa)

A small heron that is widespread and common across South America, as far north as Panama and southern Costa Rica. Small size and overall gray color separates from most other herons and bitterns. Look for contrasting dark cap, distinct pale edges on wing feathers, and white and rufous stripes on front of neck. Juvenile streakier below than adult. Similar to Green Heron but note mostly gray neck, usually with rufous restricted to the front and sides of the neck. Juvenile is much smaller and more slender than juvenile Black-crowned Night-Heron, with long streaks on the chest and spotting restricted to the wings. Normally solitary, found standing quietly around wetland habitats such as marshes, agricultural fields, rivers, and lakes.

(eBird)

Mystifying, undetectable, yet ever present, ever giving.

Jambu Fruit-Dove

Columbiformes - Columbidae - Ramphiculus jambu (Punai 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)

Presence of Yin, detectable and undetectable.

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Chapter 6

The completion of form

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The valley-spirit not dies.

This is called the mysterious woman.

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The mysterious woman of the gate,

this is called heaven earth the root.

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Continually, continually it seems to remain.

In using it [there is] no effort.

Diard's Trogon

  Trogoniformes - Trogonidae - Harpactes diardii (Kesumba Diard)

Chunky, sluggish bird of lowland and foothill tropical broadleaved forests. Male has brilliant crimson underparts, a black head, and a triangular pinkish nape. Female is brown-headed with a sharp and solid white line between head and red breast. Red-headed Trogon female has a thinner, incomplete white collar. Often perches quietly at middle levels, frequently in pairs. Song is an echoing series of rising hoots that levels off.

(eBird)

One of many words, soon loses one’s wits, soon loses one’s balance.

Scaly-breasted Munia

 Passeriformes - Estrildidae - Lonchura punctulata (Pipit Pinang)

Attractive small songbird of grasslands, gardens, fields, and agricultural areas. Native to India and Southeast Asia, with introduced populations scattered elsewhere around the world. Typical adults dark chestnut-brown above, white below, with fine dark scaly pattern on belly; some populations duller brown. Juveniles plain brown all over with slightly paler underparts. Typically found in small flocks, sometimes mixed with other species of munia.

(eBird)

What is the formless in a form, its function.

Black-naped Oriole

 Passeriformes - Oriolidae - Oriolus chinensis (Kunyit Besar)

Typical yellow and black Old World oriole. Male entirely golden-yellow apart from black wings and tail and a broad black band through the eyes. The tail and wings have yellow tips. The bill is deep pinkish. Female similar to the male but with more yellowish-green upperparts. Juveniles show streaked underparts. Found in a variety of forest habitats, including plantations and gardens; forages in forest canopy.

(eBird)

When no divine or earthly signs, seek the essence.

Yellow-rumped Flycatcher

Passeriformes - Muscicapidae - Ficedula zanthopygia (Sambar Pinggul Kuning)

Gaudy male striking, with yolk-yellow underparts and rump and black upperparts set off by white supercilium and wing patch. Female less brightly colored but still distinctive, with brown upperparts, a smaller yellow rump and white wing patch, and whitish underparts with faint scaling on the breast. Breeds in broadleaf and mixed forests, especially groves in riparian areas. Can be encountered in a wide range of wooded areas outside of the breeding season, from coastal scrub to pristine hill forests. Song is a short, thrush-like series of burry whistles.

(eBird)

Seek the core, the essence in what seems designed, framed.

Common Iora

 Passeriformes - Aegithinidae - Aegithina tiphia (Kunyit-kecil Biasa)

Breeding adult males are black above and rich yellow below with white wingbars. In nonbreeding plumage the upperparts are greenish-yellow, but the wings are still black with white wingbars. The female is similar in appearance to a nonbreeding male. These birds are quite vocal and can produce a wide variety of calls. The most commonly heard is the whistle “twiii tuiii twiiii.” Apart from this, it utters variable “chirrs” and chattering. The song is a trilled “wheeeee-tee.” Common Iora are frequently seen in wooded areas, scrub, and cultivated lands.

(eBird)

When form is unchangeable, unbreakable, extreme reaction will go to waste.