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Big sky: Sweeping views of Muara Beach, #Brunei. Photo: Hirusha

Impressive ant colony at Bukit Tempayan Pisang, #Brunei. Photo: Jack

Cold-eyed caffeinated cat looking from the wall of a cafe in Kiulap, #Brunei. Photo: Chi

Chenille plant with beautifully long, fluffy, and drooping red flowers at UBD's Botanical Research Centre. These are not only ornamental but are also being studied for their potential medicinal properties. Photo: Maha

Mall in the Abdul Razak Complex in Gadong, #Brunei. It boasts stores, a food court, arcade, and a multiplex movie theater.

Crew for yesterday's "littoral biodiversity survey" at Muara Beach, #Brunei.

Food fight: Pink-necked green pigeons (Treron vernans) squabbling in #Brunei. Photo: Husini Bakar. #Borneo #wildlife #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #BirdsSeenIn2024

Feisty feathered fellows: Group of black-backed swamphens (Porphyrio indicus) in #Brunei. Photo: Husini Bakar. #Borneo #wildlife #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #BirdsSeenIn2024

Frugivore in paradise: Night encounter with an Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) in a masting palm at Meriuk Farm, #Brunei.

Seed eater: Scaly-breasted munia (Lonchura punctulata) munching on a rich food source in #Brunei. Photo: Husini Bakar. #Borneo #wildlife #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #BirdsSeenIn2024

Blending in: Common iora (Aegithina tiphia) in #Brunei. Photo: Husini Bakar. #Borneo #wildlife #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #BirdsSeenIn2024

Camouflage: Bush cricket (Tettigonidae sp.) on a lichen encrusted leaf at Mout Kinabalu, Sabah, #Malaysia. Photo: rainforestkayaker. #Borneo #wildlife #insects

Hawkeye: Crested serpent eagle (Spilornis cheela) surveying its surroundings in #Brunei. Photo: rainforestkayaker. #Borneo #wildlife #birds #birding #wildlifephotography

Big beautiful eyes: Elegant bronzeback (Dendrelaphis formosus) in #Brunei. Photo: rainforestkayaker. #Borneo #wildlife #snakes #wildlifephotography

In deep thought: Crested serpent eagle (Spilornis cheela) contemplating life, the universe, and everything while roosting in #Brunei. Photo: Husini Bakar. #Borneo #wildlife #birds #birding #wildlifephotography

Greetings from beautiful Ottawa, where the 186th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America/Acoustics Week in Canada has just started. #ASA186

Impressive pose: lesser coucal (Centropus bengalensis), a non-brood-parasitic cuckoo surveying the terrain in #Brunei. Photo: Husini Bakar. #Borneo #wildlife #birds #birding #wildlifephotography

Not just nectar: Orange-bellied flowerpecker (Dicaeum trigonostigma) eating small fruit in #Brunei. Photo: Husini Bakar. Borneo #wildlife #birds #birding #wildlifephotography

Shiny red eyes: Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) nesting in #Brunei. Photo: Husini Bakar. Borneo #wildlife #birds #birding #wildlifephotography

Iridescent plumage: Purple-throated sunbird (Leptocoma sperata) in #Brunei. Photo: Husini Bakar. Borneo #wildlife #birds #birding #wildlifephotography