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Amar
@amarhss.bsky.social
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Bird & nature lover; Paediatrician; believer in the Divine
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Three juvenile Orange-bellied Flowerpeckers (Dicaeum trigonostigma)
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum) feeding on fruit of Scurrula ferruginea (Rusty-leaf Mistletoe). I introduced some of this mistletoe to our garden trees & flowerpeckers have been visiting.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia
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November 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Dark-necked Tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis), adult male.
Such a pretty little bird.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
November 27, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Some of the many migratory, small flycatchers feeding on Glochidion obscurum fruit this morning: Mugimaki, Green-backed, Yellow-rumped, Asian Brown, Dark-sided Flycatcher.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
November 27, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Cervical Cancer Elimination Progress Report 2025, Australia
No cervical cancer cases diagnosed in women aged <25 yrs in 2021 – 1st time this has occurred in data going back to 1982. Remarkable achievement almost certainly due to impact of HPV vaccination.
report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
2025 Cervical Cancer Elimination Progress Report | C4
Australia’s progress towards the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem
report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
November 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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We are at the end of November but still receiving tons of new species from all over the world for the #BirdsSeenIn2025 challenge!

Now three countries have crossed the 700 species mark, the latest being India! Check the top 40 below:
November 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Thankfully, someone has already thought of an adjective to describe this bird. It’s a:

Superb Fruit-Dove

Though resplendent, scintillating, arresting would all be apt. Any more?

Mt Mahawu, Sulawesi
Aug 2025

#birds #birding #birdphotography #sulawesi #naturephotography
August 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia) – adult preparing a mantis-like prey, feeding juvenile & the satisfied fledgling.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Frugivory (fruit feeding) by Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis) considered rare but I have seen a number of episodes at 7 different trees. Here taking Macaranga heynei (Blue Mahang) fruit.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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Addressing Malaysia's Teenage Pregnancy Crisis -- Dr Amar-Singh HSS — Ova
Preventing teenagers from engaging in sexual activity requires a combination of formal sex education, open communication in families, setting boundaries and fostering healthy attitudes towards relatio...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Mugimaki Flycatcher (Ficedula mugimaki), juvenile female (1st year bird) feeding on Glochidion obscurum fruit.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
Small brownish flycatcher, darker brown above and pale orange below.
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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A few of the many bird species feeding on Glochidion obscurum fruit. Red-eyed Bulbul (Pycnonotus brunneus), Cream-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus simplex), Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis).
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Lisa Murkowski becomes the first Republican senator to defend her colleague under attack from Trump and Hegseth.
November 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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#AIslop being presented in an #ecology conference about #conservation
Come on people, there's plenty of talented photographers you can showcase (& credit) in your slides instead of wasting water and CO2 making this crap, practice what you preach #esa2025
AI generated image of a parrot, cat, rooster, and rats plus a few headless AI animals (circled in red)
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Saw a Crested Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis cheela) looking at habitat recently devastated. Painful to see a location, where I have watched birds often, destroyed. Does not seem to matter which government we elect, greedy corporations will continue their destruction of environment. #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia
Heavily logged forest
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Purple-naped Spiderhunter (Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum) feeding on fruit of the Macaranga bancana.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Saw a flock of 40+ Hume's White-eye (Zosterops auriventer) feeding on Glochidion obscurum and Macaranga heynei fruit. Images show Glochidion obscurum feeding.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:

“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”

“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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B'cos of bad weather (prolonged rain) went to forest fringe (figured birds hungry). Handheld video of PN Green-Pigeon (T. vernans) feeding on Glochidion obscurum - so hungry ‘buat tak tahu’ – ignored me. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social
youtu.be/uPg1xZrz9P8
Pink necked Green Pigeon feeding on Glochidion obscurum
YouTube video by Amar-Singh HSS
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November 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
Slender bird with a long tail, grey above, pale yellow & white below.
November 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Male Plain Sunbird (Anthreptes simplex) feeding on nectar of Dendrophthoe pentandra (Malayan Mistletoe), favourite of sunbirds. Plant well known for antioxidant, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory effects.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
An image showing the plant with the Sunbird in the background
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Silver-rumped Spinetail (Rhaphidura leucopygialis) with a nice tail display. Good to see flock of 18 birds this morning (a very dark day).
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
November 24, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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Mugimaki Flycatcher (F. mugimaki), juv. male (1st yr). Confused with adult female as no white post-ocular patch. But white at outer base of tail (arrow) very useful feature not present in females. Richer rufous chin/breast helps. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social
Bird on a branch with orange breast & throat, brown above.
November 24, 2025 at 5:12 AM