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Post by Lydia Robledo on Sept 16, 2008 10:29:41 GMT
Two weeks ago, I went to Hardin and unfortunately, there was a man with a fishing line doing his thing and yes, of course, the waders were shooed away. There were birds cheerping merrily, playfully flying from one tree to another- the trees just right beside the building. I was lucky to pin one, thought it was a GBF (maybe it is) but the bird call was different and there is a ring around the eye. It's not a LWE, or is it? Please help id. telyd   |
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Post by jonathandael on Sept 17, 2008 14:24:40 GMT
Must be a White-Eye / Oriental White-Eye
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Post by Romy Ocon on Sept 18, 2008 0:00:40 GMT
Hmmmm.... very interesting bird, TeLyds. The bill looks too short for a Lowland WE, but I've no idea what the birds is!
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Post by Lydia Robledo on Sept 18, 2008 13:12:58 GMT
I sent the link to WBCP and the comments are below. Now I have learned my lesson. When in Hardin, don't always think that the noisy birds close to the building are only ETS and YVBs. The only reason why I bothered was because there was a man fishing with a long line in the kangkungan and I was willing to shoot anything. Maybe Doc Mando has a shot of this bird. Anybody else frequenting Hardin? The comments from Mads Bajardias and Desmond Allen, Re: [wbcp] Please ID this bird Hi Ate Lyds, Des and all: Kennedy entry for Golden-bellied Flyeater doesn't mention a whitish eye-ring, which is interesting. The whitish eyering is illustrated in Robson and is shown clearly in Birds of Thailand by Webster and Fook.. It's also mentioned in Philip Round of "Birds of Bangkok Area" on juvenile GBF: "juveniles have whiter, more washed-out underparts and usually a diffuse whitish area above and below the eye." Eyering just overlooked detail in Kennedy or a matter of subspecies difference? mads --- On Thu, 9/18/08, Desmond Allen <dnsallen@...> wrote: From: Desmond Allen <dnsallen@...> Subject: Re: [wbcp] Please ID this bird To: wbcp@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 6:40 PM I think it is an immature Flyeater. It seems to show a fleshy coloured gape indicating a juvenile. The proportions are about right though most pics seem to show a shorter tail for flyeater. And there is a photo of a chick in a nest on OBI that shows white eyerings. However, I don't remember ever seeing a bird like this. Maybe propjerry could confirm the appearance of young flyeaters? cheers Des [/quote] |
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Post by Romy Ocon on Sept 18, 2008 13:21:52 GMT
I defer to the opinion of Des and Mads.  |
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Post by Bobby Kintanar on Sept 19, 2008 0:08:15 GMT
Yep, it's a fly eater. I have a similar photo:  and this one:  |
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Post by Lydia Robledo on Sept 19, 2008 10:17:10 GMT
O thanks so much, Bob. So that settles it. Nice catch you have there. Just imagine, if I had a 400mm. It was so close.
Dreaming, telyds
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Post by pattyadversario on Sept 20, 2008 23:25:40 GMT
hello te lyds,
just joined this forum. thks for sharing your pix. just for your reference - here's what des was referring to from craig robson's book on the birds of southeast asia.
juvenile golden-bellied gerygone has "complete narrow whitish eyering, plain greyish sides of head, slightly paler yelowunderparts, and flesh-coloured bill.
And Birds of Thailand by Boonsong Lekagul and Philip D. Round notes "whitish lores and subterminal tail spots."
that's your bird all right!
cheers
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Post by Lydia Robledo on Sept 21, 2008 15:12:09 GMT
Hey yah Patty. Hallelujah! Welcome to the forum! Thanks for sharing additional information. Mas maliwanag.  When are we going birding again? BTW, I was with Doc. Joey in Palawan. The next Bird Fest will be in Bataan. But before that, we will have a Paro-parozzi day in Subic. Most likely next month. I hope you can join. telyds |
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Post by pattyadversario on Sept 22, 2008 2:27:13 GMT
te lyds, yes would be keen to join. still have to see the white-fronted tit. have you seen it? when is it? but sana we can go birding before then. what's your mobile? |
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Post by Romy Ocon on Sept 22, 2008 3:22:06 GMT
Great to see you around, Patty....... welcome! hello te lyds, just joined this forum. thks for sharing your pix. just for your reference - here's what des was referring to from craig robson's book on the birds of southeast asia. juvenile golden-bellied gerygone has "complete narrow whitish eyering, plain greyish sides of head, slightly paler yelowunderparts, and flesh-coloured bill. And Birds of Thailand by Boonsong Lekagul and Philip D. Round notes "whitish lores and subterminal tail spots." that's your bird all right! cheers |
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