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Amar

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Bird & nature lover; Paediatrician; believer in the Divine

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Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 10h

Brown-backed Needletail (Hirundapus giganteus giganteus). A number seen mid-morning. One of the fastest birds in the world in plain flight.
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Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 10h

Grey-rumped Treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis). Saw a number in flight this morning. A composite of a male & a female.
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Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 11h

Checker-throated Woodpecker (Chrysophlegma mentale), Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia, October 2025.
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Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 1d

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

Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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.

Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 2d

Bornean Spiderhunter (Arachnothera everetti) feeding on nectar of Wightia borneensis.
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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.
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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.
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Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 2d

Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 2d

In case you are having bad day & need a boost. A Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker (Prionochilus percussus), male.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2d

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.

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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...

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

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...
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Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 3d

Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
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Tony Rinaud @tonyrinaud.bsky.social · 3d

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 ;)

Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 3d

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

Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 3d

Much appreciated, thanks Clay

Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 4d

Many thanks Mark. |
Was very close to me & ignored me - looking for the partner I suspect (priorities).

Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Mark - our least common Tailor bird in Peninsular Malaysia & behaves likes a undergrowth babbler. Easier to see & common in Borneo.

Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 4d

Black-and-red Broadbill (Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos). Some birds are just so magnificently coloured, it is hard to believe they exist.
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