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.

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."

Truth

In search

Not afraid to be known, true self.

not simply a tune

streaked bulbul

cream-vented bulbul

when beauty distracts

what tone, what tune

what song

what echo

buff-vented bulbul

red-eyed bulbul

what width, what length

what's to reach

ashy/cinereous bulbul

what's to reach

a lot

black-headed bulbul

a lot

enough

scaly-breasted bulbul

There, and

There, and 

then here,

the same.

Here now
but almost dismissed,
Intent almost misplaced.

Coming together

Coming together
Reaching out
Celebrating differences
Celebration of recognition.

When nature gives

Bird moment:

When nature gives

Receive,

Receive as nature gives.

Sometimes Heaven and Earth
come together,
And we miss that.

Let it be sometime
only sometime.

Bird tale

Bird tale:
I was there
I am here,
I am the same
You may not be
of me.

"There are two worlds ...."

There are two worlds, the world that we can measure with line and rule, and the world that we feel with our hearts and imagination.

--> Leigh Hunt