A New King Has Taken Over.
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[image: Amazon Kingfisher]Some birds you forget. Others never leave
you.Then there are the ones you keep going back for, visit after visit,
like an old fri...
Day 4 - Framed!
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July 1st 2025
Half the year is gone!
The window
frames
glimpses.
A Gentle peek of the outside
Freezing a Munia moment
Why is the munia a quiet visitor?...
The common iora - Chicks
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Cikgu Azimah Abdullah AreXie aka "Tuan Tanah Kedaung" found this baby bird
on 22 April 2023.
The bird landed in her front yard after the heavy rain. She to...
First Look At A Grasshopper Sparrow In Years!
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There's only a few select areas where you regularly see Grasshopper
Sparrows in Connecticut. Years ago their was a large area of land in East
Hartford wh...
BirdFinder – A wordy puzzle for bird nerds
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BirdFinder, a new puzzle by The Green Ogre, is exactly what you need to
spend time away from time-wasting online habits and apps that do the
thinking for you
Head In The Clouds
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Caitlyn emailed me from Princeton ‘I am delighted to let you know about
this one-of-a-kind illustrated guide to clouds, cloud formations, and the
artists w...
Rundum Highland, Tenom
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9th - 13th January 2024
Bird survey with the Sabah Birdwatchers Association at Rundum Highland,
revealed some of the exciting mixture of species from ...
The Site is Dead, Long Live the Site
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I'm moving house.
Over the past few years, Blogger has become somewhat less user-friendly
behind the scenes. Nothing major, and certainly nothing I'm going...
Loose Feathers #800
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*White-crowned Sparrow / Photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS*
Birds and birding news
- Tomorrow is NJ Audubon's World Series of Birding, a big day tournament ...
Juvenile Hummingbird Behavior
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Young hummingbirds leave the nest full of curiousity and uncertainty.
They have to figure things out quickly and innocence is short-lived, but
their initi...
Last Eagles of 2018............
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Today was probably my last trip up to Yakumo this calendar year...........
We were showing Mike and Carrie the eagles.
They are visiting Japan from H...
October in the garden
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[image: The Urban Gardener | Dendrobium Orchid]
Come October and a gardener's mind turns to things colourful and bountiful.
My garden is flourishing in a g...
It's Been Too Long
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The Waldoboro Town Landing
It's been a very long time since I have written a blogpost, and of course
so much has happened. Suffice it to say that we hav...
Florida Scrub-jay
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[image: Florida Scrub-jay]
The Florida Scrub-jay is a rather unique bird. This member of the Corvidae
family is found only in central Florida. It is the on...
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Some birds are just simply very hard to photograph. It takes a lot of time,
patience and a whole lot of luck. Having experienced all the elements, I
learn...
Killdeer Chick in Yellowstone National Park
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These were taken at West Thumb Geyser Basis, along the beach. It was really
cool to get to watch these little chicks up close and personal. I had never
see...
Why I otter.....
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I'm guessing I'm the last person seriously interested in british mammals to
get around to visiting the norfolk town with otters gambolling through the
rive...
This Last Year
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On Father's Day, 2011, Geoff and I came to the conclusion that we didn't
want to be married anymore.
We cried, we talked. We asked ourselves, "What happe...
Photo of the Week (10/03/2012): Safety Stop
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For the beginner diver this is one of the most discomfiting times of a
dive, the safety stop, 3 minutes at 5 meters with the aim of eliminating
microbubb...
Painted Redstart in Ocean Springs, Mississippi!
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On Jan. 5, Nancy Madden found a *Painted Redstart* just east of Ocean
Springs, Mississippi, on the Jackson County Christmas Bird Count. The bird
has been...
Twitching a rarity
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Week 40 - 08 October 2011, Pivot Fields
There is nothing worse than getting news of a first and national rarity
whilst you are away on a business trip, so...
Diamond Desert
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I stayed late after the IBCM conference to go out and see springtime in the
desert. I got to spend a delightful day hiking and insect watching out by
Dese...
Common Kingfisher - Thalangama, Sri Lanka
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Common Kingfisher photographed at Thalangama this morning. The bird was far
away and I had to crop the image a fair bit. It was pretty quiet from a
bi...
I Want To Be A Nationalist
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Whichever direction I glance in it seems that Nationalism is on the rise.
Be it Sinhala Buddhist Nationalism over your way, the good old US Trump
flavoure...
Fashion that doesn't bleed!
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Been a very very long time since I wrote something on the blog... :)
But moving and being busy doesn't really help. So becoming vegetarian
(again) was...
I am a naturalist guide specialising in bird watching and wildlife tours. I have keen interests in Theravada Buddhism and Vedic Astrology. I became an ardent Buddhist in October, 2012 after meeting Venerable Waharaka Abhayaratanalanka--who attained the Supreme Bliss of Nibbana in February, 2017. I studied at St. Peter's College, Colombo 4.
19 comments:
Wow! what a take! Already voted :)
wow! :O talk about a closeup! haha :D
Fantastic shot. Thanks to Technology.
I shall never see it with my bared eyes.
another macro shot totally nailed!
UNBELIEVABLE !
another cracker. good stuff amila.
What a beautiful beard!
Love the subtle shades - could never have been appreciated without the ultra-close-up.
Cheers!
What big eyes, you have, damsel!
And is that a nose or what?!
As Tabib says, cool beard too.
We would never see all this with the naked eye isn't it?
Thank you all!
No nose visible, flowergirl.
This is more than what meets the eye.
All I can say is "Wow"
Thank you, Lady divine!
Super macro work machng.
Thanks u4j10!
WOW! I don't guess I have ever seen one SO close up!!
I wonder why all damselflies look squint-eyed? They're still beautiful inspite of that (yes, beard and all)
Thanks Carla and Sunita.
It is a question worth investigating! The beard enhances their looks.
I am speechless...
What a shot!
Thanks, Andrea!
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