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Forest gossip department open for business ☕🐦: Rufous-fronted Babbler (Cyanoderma rufifrons) belongs to a family of high...
08/23/2026

Forest gossip department open for business ☕🐦: Rufous-fronted Babbler (Cyanoderma rufifrons) belongs to a family of highly social understory birds that rarely keep their observations to themselves📣🍃. Photo: Daniel Yong.

Forest acrobatics practice session🤸🦉: Juvenile barred eagle-owl (Ketupa sumatrana) testing branch geometry before gradua...
08/23/2026

Forest acrobatics practice session🤸🦉: Juvenile barred eagle-owl (Ketupa sumatrana) testing branch geometry before graduating to full-time nighttime surveillance duties🌳📡. Photo: Daniel Yong.

Forest daycare in session🐣📚: Red-breasted Partridge (Arborophila hyperythra) young are precocial and mobile early in lif...
08/23/2026

Forest daycare in session🐣📚: Red-breasted Partridge (Arborophila hyperythra) young are precocial and mobile early in life, though finding snacks still seems to benefit from adult expertise🍂🐜. Photo: Daniel Yong.

Migration fuel stop. Please keep snacks coming⛽🍇: White-throated rock thrush (Monticola gularis) migrates thousands of k...
08/09/2026

Migration fuel stop. Please keep snacks coming⛽🍇: White-throated rock thrush (Monticola gularis) migrates thousands of kilometers to spend the non-breeding season in the tropics🌍✨. Photo: Lee.

Testing the structural integrity of the rainforest📋🐦: Laced Woodpecker (Picus vittatus) helping control wood-boring inse...
08/09/2026

Testing the structural integrity of the rainforest📋🐦: Laced Woodpecker (Picus vittatus) helping control wood-boring insects one peck at a time🪲✅. Photo: Lee.

Looking suspiciously overqualified for branch-sitting🤨🐦: Male banded kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella) perched patiently, be...
08/09/2026

Looking suspiciously overqualified for branch-sitting🤨🐦: Male banded kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella) perched patiently, because sitting still is often the first step to catching an unsuspecting insect🐛🎯. Photo: Lee.

Forest freight service incoming 🚚🍇: Rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) transporting seeds across the rainforest on...
07/29/2026

Forest freight service incoming 🚚🍇: Rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) transporting seeds across the rainforest one fruit feast at a time 🌳🌱. Photo: Tan Tc.

Maximum pigment, minimum effort 😌🎭: Diard's trogon (Harpactes diardii) can sit still for ages and still steal every scen...
07/29/2026

Maximum pigment, minimum effort 😌🎭: Diard's trogon (Harpactes diardii) can sit still for ages and still steal every scene 📸🌳. Photo: Tan Tc.

Just passing through 👀🍃: Plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus, male) letting other birds handle daycare while staying ...
07/29/2026

Just passing through 👀🍃: Plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus, male) letting other birds handle daycare while staying fully booked with singing duties 🎶🌿. Photo: Tan Tc.

The beak is not a design flaw😎📏: Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) uses its oversized casque and bill f...
07/25/2026

The beak is not a design flaw😎📏: Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) uses its oversized casque and bill for communication, display, and efficient fruit handling🍉🎭. Photo: Jason Bugay Reyes.

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