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Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 42m

Plume-toed Swiftlet (Collocalia affinis) in flight.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

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World Health Organization Western Pacific Region @whowpro.bsky.social · 1h

Healthy coping starts with:

🕊️ Giving yourself time to adjust
🤝Reaching out for support

Social connection is key to recovery.

Learn more about #WorldMentalHealthDay 👇

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World Mental Health Day 2025

Find out about this year's World Mental Health Day campaign (10 October) and how you can get involved.

www.who.int

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Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 6h

Encouraging all of us to participate in the October Big Day on 11 Oct 2025 (Saturday).
Submit your observations to eBird.
Note that Birds of the World website is free for the next few days. Make use of it.
More details here: ebird.org/news/october...
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October Big Day—11 Oct 2025 - eBird

Mark your calendars for October Big Day—11 Oct 2025! October Big Day is an opportunity to unite around our shared love of birds.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11h

Casey Means left her surgical residency in 2018. She's frequently suggested Americans should question advice from medical authorities.

Now, she’s HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s pick for surgeon general, one of the nation’s most trusted medical posts. https://wapo.st/3KMq0im

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Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 23h

Brown-backed Needletail (Hirundapus giganteus giganteus). A number seen mid-morning. One of the fastest birds in the world in plain flight.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
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Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 1d

Grey-rumped Treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis). Saw a number in flight this morning. A composite of a male & a female.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
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Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 1d

Checker-throated Woodpecker (Chrysophlegma mentale), Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia, October 2025.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife @ebrrh.bsky.social

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Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 2d

M42 Orion Nebula this morning. Breathing in its beauty. From Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia using a #Seestar S50. #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia #Astronomy @seestar.bsky.social @seestarsstudios.bsky.social @zwoastro.com.web.brid.gy

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Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 2d

Harvest Moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival October 2025 from Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia using #Seestar S50.
#Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia #Astronomy
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2d

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Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 2d

They are joy for me Dave - among my favorite birds.
I fortunately have a pair that visit our wild urban garden daily since I 'infected' a few trees with some mistletoe they like.

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Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 2d

Bornean Spiderhunter (Arachnothera everetti) feeding on nectar of Wightia borneensis.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Sabah #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
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Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 2d

Pygmy Heleia (Heleia squamifrons), previously called Bornean Ibon or Pygmy White-eye. I saw a small flock of 6 birds, moving fast, high in the canopy and only managed a few, limited images.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Sabah #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
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Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 2d

Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus treacheri). A common montane laughingthrush, often in a social group, and very confiding.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Sabah #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
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Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 2d

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Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 3d

In case you are having bad day & need a boost. A Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker (Prionochilus percussus), male.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife @ebrrh.bsky.social

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3d

CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.

apnews.com/article/chic...

Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

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Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 3d

That is one cute bird. Bucket List.

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Dave Watson @ecosystemunraveller.com · 3d

I’m especially keen to showcase purpletufts, one of the grooviest and most underrated mistletoe specialist frugivores (sister to Tityras and becards)
(pic by Jesus Alferez)

Derpy mottle chested dark grey and white bird perched on a twig with two outrageous epaulette / armpit flanges of bright pinky purple

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Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 3d

Birds feeding on Glochidion obscurum. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon, Yellow-rumped FC, Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot, Hume's White-eye, Asian Brown Flycatcher. Read more in an article I wrote: malaysianbird.report/wp-content/u...
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

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Sharon 🫶🏻💙🇺🇸🦋🍿 @sharonsf.bsky.social · 4d

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Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 3d

Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
@mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social

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Tony Rinaud @tonyrinaud.bsky.social · 4d

The only change in the #BirdsSeenIn2025 top 10 this week comes from England (seventh to sixth place), which is benefitting from the fall vagrants meticulously looking for rare birds lately ;)

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Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 4d

Agree - many Broadbills have these great colours on their bills.