Wonderful news. A salutary reminder of the absolute benefits of scientific progress, and the absolute evil of conspiracist bollocks. Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time www.bbc.com/news/article...

Not good. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Jimmy Kimmel joked about a shooting and got canceled. Brian Kilmeade suggested killing mentally ill homeless - nothing. And now Jesse Watters is suggesting bombing the United Nations building - nothing. www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...

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Although we see the Red-breasted Partridge (Arborophila hyperythra) well at certain bird hides in Sabah, it was good to see them also in the wild. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Sabah #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social

Mountain Wren-Babbler (Gypsophila crassa). Was a joy to see this montane, dark forest bird close up. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Sabah #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife @mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social

Chestnut-crested Yuhina (Staphida everetti) are among my favourite birds in Borneo. Here with juicy bite, a moth. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Sabah #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife @mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social

Golden Babbler (Cyanoderma chrysaeum). Such a gem. A unique colour for a babbler. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #CameronHighlands #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife @mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social

Mountain Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula badia). Sexes are alike, but female said to be smaller. We saw a pair together & 2nd image possibly a male from behaviour (was calling & puffed up). #BirdsSeenIn2025 #CameronHighlands #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social

The beautiful Ferruginous Partridge (Caloperdix oculeus). #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife @mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social

Gather round people! Summer pictures have been developped and those from the onset of fall migration too: we have many new species for the #BirdsSeenIn2025 challenge this week! India is getting really close to get back the top 1 from the USA, whereas Brazil claimed the top 10!

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I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited

Saw a pair of Black Hornbill (Anthracoceros malayanus) at the outskirts of the city. Unexpected as become less common. 3rd image shows eBird reports Jan-Aug 2025. Vast majority from Sabah #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

Thanks to everyone who canceled their Disney Plus subscriptions we’ve had over 50,000 people confirm they’ve canceled!

The massive bill of the Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife @mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social

Sooty Barbet (Caloramphus hayii), male & female. There was social group of 7 birds. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife @mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social

A 1-min video on outdoor cats and extinctions (sound on) @ebdonana.bsky.social

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I ask this with 100% sincerity: How does a journo hear Trump (1) essentially admit he plans to commit war crimes while (2) making up a WILDLY wrong number, and then ... ... just keep moving on? Not: "I'm sorry, 300 million?!" "Do you know killing traffickers violates international law?"

Oriental Honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus) flight sequence. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife @mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social

Herons are such magnificent birds. Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) & Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea). #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife @mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social

Little Ringed Plover (Thinornis dubius). Saw a small flock with most being adults in basic plumage (non-breeding plumage). #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife @mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social

For those interested in art, culture & #IndigenousPeoples, the Sept 2025 Malaysian Bird Report has an interesting legend on the Soul-Bird from the Jah Hut Tribe of the Orang Asli people of Malaysia. #OrangAsli Link: malaysianbird.report/wp-content/u...

This week #BirdsSeenIn2025 leaderboard seems to have frozen since last week! Of course, most common species are entered by now by we still have three and a half months to bring late year species to the lists! Keep the pictures coming!

The Sept 2025 issue of the Malaysian Bird Report is now available & is feature packed. Please feel free to download & share the link to the report: malaysianbird.report/report/vol-3... @mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

We are at the point in the honoring-Charlie-Kirk's-memory cycle when faculty are being fired for posting, without comment, Charlie Kirk's words. At the behest of politicians sworn to uphold the first amendment, and in public institutions covered by first amendment protections.

The Sept 2025 issue of the Malaysian Bird Report is now available & is feature packed. Please feel free to download & share the link to the report: malaysianbird.report/report/vol-3... @mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.

Ruff (Calidris pugnax). #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife @mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo). A key to Tern ID for Malaysia can be found here: malaysianbird.report/wp-content/u... #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife @mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social

A colleague has kindly corrected my age/plumage ID - the bird is in Pre-Formative moult, from Juvenile to Formative plumage. Note the small lesser coverts and crown feathers with vestigial buff fringes.

Shorebirds ID is not easy for me. A Greater Sand-Plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultia) in prebasic moult, moving from alternate (breeding) plumage to basic (non-breeding) plumage using modified Humphrey-Parkes system. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @ebrrh.bsky.social

Red-necked Stints (Calidris ruficollis) in basic plumage (non-breeding plumage) left and alternate plumage (breeding plumage) right using the modified Humphrey-Parkes system. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @ebrrh.bsky.social

Many birds including the Spectacled Bulbul (Rubigula erythropthalmos) feed on seeds of Macaranga tanarius. (Parasol Leaf Tree). Fruit is a prickly 3-celled capsule with 1 black seed in each cell. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @ebrrh.bsky.social

Sooty Barbet (Caloramphus hayii), male, trying to decide which Sarcotheca monophyla fruit he should eat. Birds use excellent colour vision & UV perception + scent cues to choose ripe fruit. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @ebrrh.bsky.social

Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican' Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping. Here, he tells us his story.

Northern Ireland man from Lisburn kidnapped by Trump’s Ice raids because he “looked like a Mexican”. He had the correct visa, all his documents. He’s never been in trouble with police. Held in terrible conditions. A fellow captive couldn’t get his medication and dropped dead of a heart attack

Video of a Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus Himantopus) juvenile feeding. Was picking insects off the vegetation. youtu.be/8CoEcUwmztk #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife @mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social

Link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis), probably a first year bird. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife @mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social ‪

Little Cormorant (Microcarbo niger), juvenile #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife @mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social

Greater Painted-Snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) female (left) and male. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife @mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social

Late recap this week due to birding/beaching in Western France :) Australia clutched the rank 5 this week and marks the only change in the top 10 since last week in the #BirdsSeenIn2025 challenge!

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus Himantopus) juvenile. Such a darling. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife @mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social

Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus picatus), male. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #CameronHighlands #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife @mybirdcards.com @ebrrh.bsky.social