Collared Kingfisher

 Coraciformes - Alcedinidae - Todiramphus chloris (Burung Pekaka Sungai)

A mid-sized kingfisher with a variable plumage pattern; nearly 50 subspecies described worldwide. All of them have a greenish-blue crown, a white spot above the lores, a black mask extending down as a narrow band across the hindneck, and a white collar. Upperparts are greenish-blue, rump brighter blue, with blue wings and tail and white underparts. Female and juvenile slightly duller. Subspecies mainly differ in plumage, with upperparts varying from blue to green to olive-toned, white loral spot sometimes extending as a supercilium, and underparts sometimes buffier. Gives various vocalizations, but most common call is a “kek-kek-kek-kek.” Frequents mangroves and tidal creeks, though sometimes inhabits other habitats, including coconut plantations in islands.

(eBird)

For the moment or for life, moments that matter.

Mask

"Mortals are equal, their mask differs."

 

A catch, a treat, a journey

A catch, a treat, a journey

down the guts

Warming senses, awakening heart-laughs.

"Treasure, or waste ...."

"Treasure, or waste, is in you"

 

Tide in, tide out

Tide in, tide out

Gain in, or

Gain out

Back to basics.

 

Full of presence

Bird tale:
Full of presence
lost the plot
lost the origin
lost the beauty.

Not much asked

Bird moment:
Not much asked,
Given,
Gratitude is all that's asked.

Bird moment

Bird moment:
Unnatural ground, perhaps,
Finding my intent,
I find passion.

Bird tale

Bird tale:
Purity,
that's purity,
tell it as it is.

"If you can be aligned ...."

"If you can be aligned and be tranquil,

Only then can you be stable.

With a stable mind at your core,

With the eyes and ears acute and clear,

And with the four limbs firm and fixed,

You can thereby make a lodging place for the vital essence.

The vital essence: it is the essence of the vital energy.

When the vital energy is guided, it [the vital essence] is

generated,

But when it is generated, there is thought,

When there is thought, there is knowledge,

But when there is knowledge, then you must stop.

Whenever the forms of the mind have excessive knowledge,

You lose your vitality."