Oriental Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis) with a small beetle prey. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Crested Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis cheela). No matter how many times I see their regal flight, still makes my heart beat faster. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus). I have often seen bee-eaters take bees, wasps, moths, butterflies & dragonflies. First time I have observed them eating a grasshopper. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Trump told Fox News he doesn’t believe that people are anxious about money.

The competition is, as ever, at such a high (literally 😏) standard. The judges will have to fall back on a photo finish 🏁

Especially for @everyheron.bsky.social Participants of the ‘Longest Neck’ competition. Great Egrets (Ardea alba) & Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

Little Cormorant (Microcarbo niger) numbers have ‘exploded’ in Pen. Malaysia. From a dozen reported in 2013 (I reported 12) to now 1000s of birds. Video of a small flock seen this week. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

Chestnut Munia (Lonchura atricapilla) #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Grey-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus). Immature/Juvenile (left) and adult. 2nd & 3rd image of 2 different juveniles that I saw in a group of 10 birds. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Comet C2025 K1 (ATLAS) this morning from #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia using multiple 3min SeeStar S50 exposures which were then stacked in DeepSkyStacker comet mode.

Daurian (Purple-backed) Starling (Agropsar sturninus). #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Pin-tailed Parrotfinch (Erythrura prasina), male #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

Adult male Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster) – Sexes are not easy to distinguish but adult males are said to have black speckles that coalesce on the white throat (see image). #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

Before & after coffee. White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) at rest & fluffed up. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus). Seen a single a bird over the city 3 out of the past 4 years. Wonder if it is the same migrant? Looks like a female. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife ‪

Pectinate Claw in a Pond-Heron species (Ardeola sp.). Seen in nightjars, owls, pratincoles, terns, grebes, herons, egrets, bitterns & cormorants. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Gular Flutter by a Pond-Heron species (Ardeola sp.) Gular fluttering used to regulate temperature. Activity is rapid, does not involve movements of thorax. Rate was 332/min. Video recording & details here: youtu.be/q9FmZnvf2K4. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

Crested Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis cheela) with crest partially raised. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

AOC: "This is about, do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And they assignment is to come together across difference no matter what."

Live Births Malaysia 2012-2024 with Linear Trend Line & 5yr extrapolation. Note that I have shortened the vertical axis to show the change better. Expected steep decline in births, seen all over the world.

Democrat Abigail Spanberger was elected governor of Virginia, the first woman to hold the office. The race, one of only two gubernatorial contests this year with New Jersey’s, offered Democrats a test ground for rebuilding ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Every day at noon, no matter how busy, Johny Merida Aguilar left his construction job and hurried to his 5-year-old son's school to feed him. His son has brain cancer and generally only accepts food from his father. Merida Aguilar was arrested by ICE in September and faces deportation to Bolivia.

I have observed the courtship of the Savanna Nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis) a number of times (not described in literature). A description & a short handheld hand phone video here: youtu.be/yIhaT0yBjgE #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

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A composite of some of the many birds feeding at a fruiting Ficus benjamina at the fringe of a forest reserve. A birdwatcher’s delight & a photographer’s ‘nightmare’. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

Belgium will need a little push to get back in the top 40! Because it's tied with Portugal and Chile right now! Participate to the #BirdsSeenIn2025 challenge by sharing a bird picture taken this year and adding the location and the hashtag!

New #BirdsSeenIn2025 recap! Kenya overtook England for the 7th rank, Malaysia consolidated its 3rd place with a +30 species compared to last week! Portugal benefitted from the Azores birders and reached the top 40!

LBJs (Little Brown Jobs) - a joy to watch but not always easy to differentiate. No expert & did this for myself. There more LBJs species not illustrated here. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Penang #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

The Black Crowned Night Heron. Not extravagant. Merely simple classic lines. Just black and white and the soul piercing ruby red jewel of the eye. 🔺🔻

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) (left) vs Pacific Golden-Plover (P. fulva), non-breeding plumage. Even in strong/harsh light the difference is appreciable. Asian Dowitcher in bottom images. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Penang #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds

Best I could do for Comet C2025 A6 (Lemmon) from Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia at 8pm, 10 October 2025. Spectacular comet. Comet was low down & I am taking images in the direction of the city lights. Using #SeeStar S50. #comet #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia

Comet C2025 K1 (ATLAS) 29 Oct 2025 @6am #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia #comet

Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis). I like the expression of these 2 birds. So much intelligence shown. Such capable birds to fly 4-10,000km on migration & back yearly. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Penang #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Penang #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

For 61 years the #BBCWorldService has been broadcasting the latest in science via its weekly Science in Action programme. That dies in the next half hour, with this final edition, reflecting on the fall in trust in expertise driven by malign interests over recent years.

Affinity has been taken over by Canva. Now completely free. Integrated application - not just photo editing but publishing, vectors, Canva AI, etc. One of the best options instead of paid/subscription Photoshop. What a breath of fresh air. www.affinity.studio

Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) 4 subspecies: islandica, limosa, melanuroides, bohaii (bohaii described recently). With discovery of bohaii we have 2 subspecies along EAAF. Bohaii larger with longer beak in image. See text image. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Penang #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

Close up of single birds. Broad-billed Sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus) vs Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Penang #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Asian Openbill (Anastomus oscitans) soaring with thermals. We saw large numbers & a few groups using thermals. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Penang #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

A mother of 8 was deported within 24 hours of reporting sexual harassment by an ICE contracto She was following the rules & going through the process to get her green card Someone working on behalf of ICE abused her. She spoke out and was kicked out of the country. It’s retaliation & it’s wrong

Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) Broad-billed Sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus) Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) Tibetan Sand-Plover (Anarhynchus atrifrons) #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Penang #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Penang #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Black-tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) in flight to show the black tail & the black-white wing pattern. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Penang #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Black-tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) with Asian Dowitchers (Limnodromus semipalmatus) (in the foreground, smaller, more streaked). Light was sadly harsh. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Penang #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Penang #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife ‪

Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii) non-breeding (Basic) plumage. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Penang #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Dark-sided Flycatcher (Muscicapa sibirica). Unlike the Asian Brown Flycatcher (M. dauurica) it usually returns to the same perch when it sallies out to feed. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perlis #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife