UPD Lifers

The UP campus in Diliman is really full of surprises.

It is not very often that I set out to capture images of a particular bird and come home with a grin.

Today is different as luck is on my side.

Following tips, I went to UP Diliman to take pictures of the Lowland White-eyes there. I spent over an hour searching in vain. Called up UP Professor DocMando and he guided me to where the birds were over the phone.

Got me these:



These little critters are INCREDIBLY SKITTISH!!! Would not stay in one place for more than five seconds. Almost not enough time to meter and take pics. BUT.. I decided to play it smart, as I noticed that they were eating.. I guessed enough that they would preen (clean themselves). So I waited while praying that they would preen in the tree that I was watching.

Then DocMando came and told me there was a nesting Barbet nearby so off we went and..


What a day!

Thanks for looking!

Baguio Birding!

One of my luckiest birding trips ever!

Went to Baguio for a short vacation with the family.. sneaked out for an hour of birding and within half an hour I spotted my lifer..

An elegant tit.

Candaba

Candaba in April? Gotta be kidding!

Well it was a VERY warm day, right smack in the middle of summer and birding buddy Gabs and me went to Candaba to capture some simple birds that we have not gotten off our list. For me, I was looking for a chestnut munia and a bushchat.

The minute we got there, we were joined by birder extraordinairre Neon Rosell II, one of the top bird photographers in the country.

Here are some of my captures:

A pair of Greenshanks


A Little Egret


A Pacific Swallow


A Yellow Bittern


And of course.. my Grand Prize!!!

Chestnut Munia


Was already happy with these when I felt my mobile phone vibrate.. it was an SMS from Neon telling me that the rare migrant, a Taiga Bean Goose is in his scope.. so off I went!!!!

Got me this:


Very nice eh? Got me my target bird (at least one of them) and a rare migrant.

Thanks for looking!

kainis!

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