Amar
@amarhss.bsky.social
Bird & nature lover; Paediatrician; believer in the Divine
Official proclamation of wisdom from Cissa jefferyi (Bornean Green-Magpie): "Listen up, mortals, I am telling you a fact. Seeing one magnificent emerald-green specimen (ahem, that means me!) every day is guaranteed to keep your blues away.” #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Official proclamation of wisdom from Cissa jefferyi (Bornean Green-Magpie): "Listen up, mortals, I am telling you a fact. Seeing one magnificent emerald-green specimen (ahem, that means me!) every day is guaranteed to keep your blues away.” #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social
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Take a few seconds to enjoy the beautiful rainforest sounds of the Hacking River Valley and a Superb Lyrebird as he forages. He's ably assisted by a Yellow-throated Scrubwren who are comensal to lyrebirds and are also excellent mimics.
#birds #birding #nature #naturelovers #lyrebirds
#birds #birding #nature #naturelovers #lyrebirds
December 9, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Take a few seconds to enjoy the beautiful rainforest sounds of the Hacking River Valley and a Superb Lyrebird as he forages. He's ably assisted by a Yellow-throated Scrubwren who are comensal to lyrebirds and are also excellent mimics.
#birds #birding #nature #naturelovers #lyrebirds
#birds #birding #nature #naturelovers #lyrebirds
One of the banes of bird hides are the treeshrews that wipe out the food put out for birds. This is a Plain or Mountain Treeshrew. Gunung Alab, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia, June 2025.
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Plain or Mountain Treeshrew at Bird Hide
YouTube video by Amar-Singh HSS
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December 9, 2025 at 5:41 AM
One of the banes of bird hides are the treeshrews that wipe out the food put out for birds. This is a Plain or Mountain Treeshrew. Gunung Alab, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia, June 2025.
youtu.be/ocZFwTFlEEA
youtu.be/ocZFwTFlEEA
Good feature to differentiate female Red-throated (A. rhodolaemus) from Brown-throated Sunbird (A. malacensis):
Red-throated (left) has better defined ‘eyelid-rims’ (lower large); Brown-throated (right) has broader, diffuse eye-ring.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Sabah #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social
Red-throated (left) has better defined ‘eyelid-rims’ (lower large); Brown-throated (right) has broader, diffuse eye-ring.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Sabah #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Good feature to differentiate female Red-throated (A. rhodolaemus) from Brown-throated Sunbird (A. malacensis):
Red-throated (left) has better defined ‘eyelid-rims’ (lower large); Brown-throated (right) has broader, diffuse eye-ring.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Sabah #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social
Red-throated (left) has better defined ‘eyelid-rims’ (lower large); Brown-throated (right) has broader, diffuse eye-ring.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Sabah #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social
My favourite deep sky object Orion Nebula (M42)
The ‘dagger’ or ‘sword’ of Orion
1st image - naked eye view
2nd - closeup of dagger
3rd - closeup of Orion Nebula
Very beautiful & a joy to image & see again & again. My bucket list is to visit the Orion Nebula. #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia #SeeStar S50
The ‘dagger’ or ‘sword’ of Orion
1st image - naked eye view
2nd - closeup of dagger
3rd - closeup of Orion Nebula
Very beautiful & a joy to image & see again & again. My bucket list is to visit the Orion Nebula. #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia #SeeStar S50
December 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Plain Flowerpecker (Dicaeum minullum) feeding on nectar of Scurrula ferruginea (Rusty-leaf Mistletoe). It will also feed on the fruit of this and other mistletoe. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
December 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Plain Flowerpecker (Dicaeum minullum) feeding on nectar of Scurrula ferruginea (Rusty-leaf Mistletoe). It will also feed on the fruit of this and other mistletoe. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
Garganey (Spatula querquedula)
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
December 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Garganey (Spatula querquedula)
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
Head images of some egrets in Malaysia that can be confusing. Mostly in non-breeding plumage (Basic Plumage). Dave Bakewell was kind to allow me to use two of his images.
@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #Malaysia
@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #Malaysia
December 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Head images of some egrets in Malaysia that can be confusing. Mostly in non-breeding plumage (Basic Plumage). Dave Bakewell was kind to allow me to use two of his images.
@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #Malaysia
@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #Malaysia
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This super female Common Kestrel landed right next to the car and was on the hunt. I was pleased with how well the shot came out as it was taken through my dirty car window. Beautiful birds. #birds #birdphotography #birdsseenin2025 #birdsofprey #canonphotography #alicante
December 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
This super female Common Kestrel landed right next to the car and was on the hunt. I was pleased with how well the shot came out as it was taken through my dirty car window. Beautiful birds. #birds #birdphotography #birdsseenin2025 #birdsofprey #canonphotography #alicante
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After 99 years, Michigan clockmaker Howard Miller is shutting down. The culprit: Trump's tariffs.
"If the federal government had said, ‘Oh, it's a 10% tariff, constant,' … they might've worked things out," an employee said. "But no. It's just chaos."
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
"If the federal government had said, ‘Oh, it's a 10% tariff, constant,' … they might've worked things out," an employee said. "But no. It's just chaos."
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
In Congress, He Said Tariffs Were Bad for Business. As Trump’s Ambassador to Canada, He’s Reversed Course.
Pete Hoekstra once testified that “the market should dictate the price of steel, not the government.” But he now champions the Trump trade policies that are being linked to job losses in his former Mi...
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December 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
After 99 years, Michigan clockmaker Howard Miller is shutting down. The culprit: Trump's tariffs.
"If the federal government had said, ‘Oh, it's a 10% tariff, constant,' … they might've worked things out," an employee said. "But no. It's just chaos."
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
"If the federal government had said, ‘Oh, it's a 10% tariff, constant,' … they might've worked things out," an employee said. "But no. It's just chaos."
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
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Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
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Two days after Witkoff and Kushner met Putin, the Treasury Department partially suspended sanctions on Russia announced last October
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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Trump envoys press plan with Ukraine as sanctions eased on Russia
President Donald Trump's envoys were to meet Thursday with Ukrainian negotiators for the third time in two weeks to press his plan to end the war as his administration eased economic pressure on Russi...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Two days after Witkoff and Kushner met Putin, the Treasury Department partially suspended sanctions on Russia announced last October
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) with Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus).
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) with Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus).
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
Should we go left or right?
They went right.
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
They went right.
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
December 5, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Should we go left or right?
They went right.
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
They went right.
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
A birdwatcher’s Christmas tree:
Little Cormorant, Asian Openbill, Grey Heron, Oriental Darter.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
Little Cormorant, Asian Openbill, Grey Heron, Oriental Darter.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
December 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
A birdwatcher’s Christmas tree:
Little Cormorant, Asian Openbill, Grey Heron, Oriental Darter.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
Little Cormorant, Asian Openbill, Grey Heron, Oriental Darter.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
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NEW VIDEO: We uncovered footage showing Pete Hegseth in 2016 saying the military won’t follow unlawful orders — the same point he has recently criticized Democrats, including Sen. Mark Kelly, for making - and which Trump has said is punishable by death.
December 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
NEW VIDEO: We uncovered footage showing Pete Hegseth in 2016 saying the military won’t follow unlawful orders — the same point he has recently criticized Democrats, including Sen. Mark Kelly, for making - and which Trump has said is punishable by death.
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
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It's time to talk to you about my cat.
Vital Cat Update
It’s time to talk about my cat. To which you might be saying, “Chuck, I didn’t know you had a cat!” and I’d respond with, “I didn’t know I had a cat either…
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December 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
It's time to talk to you about my cat.
Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris), an immature bird.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
December 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris), an immature bird.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus), female
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#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
December 4, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus), female
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#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
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That old chestnut…
1 & 3. Chestnut-bellied Malkoha
2 & 4. Chestnut-breasted Malkoha
More info on nostrils in the 🧵
1 & 3. Singapore Sept 25
2 & 4. Malaysia May 25
#birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #malkoha #singapore #malaysia
1 & 3. Chestnut-bellied Malkoha
2 & 4. Chestnut-breasted Malkoha
More info on nostrils in the 🧵
1 & 3. Singapore Sept 25
2 & 4. Malaysia May 25
#birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #malkoha #singapore #malaysia
October 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
That old chestnut…
1 & 3. Chestnut-bellied Malkoha
2 & 4. Chestnut-breasted Malkoha
More info on nostrils in the 🧵
1 & 3. Singapore Sept 25
2 & 4. Malaysia May 25
#birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #malkoha #singapore #malaysia
1 & 3. Chestnut-bellied Malkoha
2 & 4. Chestnut-breasted Malkoha
More info on nostrils in the 🧵
1 & 3. Singapore Sept 25
2 & 4. Malaysia May 25
#birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #malkoha #singapore #malaysia
Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237)
Magnificent, large, star-forming emission nebula in Monoceros ~5,200 light-yrs from Earth. Central star cluster emits radiation that ionizes surrounding gas, causing it to glow. Nebula is known for its rose/rosette shape.
1 hr of data, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
Magnificent, large, star-forming emission nebula in Monoceros ~5,200 light-yrs from Earth. Central star cluster emits radiation that ionizes surrounding gas, causing it to glow. Nebula is known for its rose/rosette shape.
1 hr of data, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
December 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237)
Magnificent, large, star-forming emission nebula in Monoceros ~5,200 light-yrs from Earth. Central star cluster emits radiation that ionizes surrounding gas, causing it to glow. Nebula is known for its rose/rosette shape.
1 hr of data, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
Magnificent, large, star-forming emission nebula in Monoceros ~5,200 light-yrs from Earth. Central star cluster emits radiation that ionizes surrounding gas, causing it to glow. Nebula is known for its rose/rosette shape.
1 hr of data, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
Blue Whistling-Thrush (Myophonus caeruleus) – an immature/1st year bird
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
December 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Blue Whistling-Thrush (Myophonus caeruleus) – an immature/1st year bird
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta) – notice the long toes projecting beyond the tail in flight.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
December 3, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta) – notice the long toes projecting beyond the tail in flight.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
Airllerinas (ballerinas in another life)
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
December 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Airllerinas (ballerinas in another life)
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife