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Post by Mark Itol on Feb 20, 2009 9:43:29 GMT
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Post by Toto Gamboa on Feb 20, 2009 10:03:26 GMT
hmmm .. that bird is familiar to me. We use to catch these and we call it "ombok" in Negros. Am not sure if it is the same species but looks similar to me. The "ombok", or quail that I have known usually are shy birds and we usually catch them via a neck trap during dawn or when it is near dark. they are not usually seen midday. The one I know must have been another species as I recall it is kind of abundant. But that was then like 20 years ago. |
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Post by Adri Constantino on Feb 20, 2009 10:42:39 GMT
It has been posted in several websites such as Yahoo News, NatGeo etc. The discovery was made by two fellow members of WBCP (Nicky I. and Arnel Telesforo) accompanying Howie Severino's I-Witness. Here's a link to the documentary: blogs.gmanews.tv/sidetrip/blog/index.php?/archives/439-Bye-Bye-Birdie-in-three-parts.htmlThe picture of the worcester's buttonquail is on the credits part of the documentary (at 10:15) It is a good thing Des A. has sharp eyes and caught a glimpse of the buttonquail on the latter part of the show. |
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 20, 2009 14:11:29 GMT
Thanks Adri for this news  It just shows that there are still patches of habitat where the previously thought of extinct species still survives. But with increasing population these places are slowly being encroached at. Just hoping that the government with the help of the NGO's and WBCP can identify this places and enact some protection. The PBPF group with its members has done a great deal in showing the diversity of Philippine birds. But it all boils down to who are the people to be educated regarding the value of these natural treasures, not the people who has access to the internet but the people who are in the field subsisting on this wild birds. |
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Post by Teddy Regpala on Feb 20, 2009 17:16:37 GMT
It still boggles my mind, that after the discovery and photo ops ... it still ended up in the poultry market  |
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Post by Eric Patdu on Feb 20, 2009 17:32:21 GMT
It still boggles my mind, that after the discovery and photo ops ... it still ended up in the poultry market The quail was not initially identified as the rare (and believed to be "extinct") Worcester's buttonquail. The discovery was accidental as the documentary was about the bird poachers of Nueva Vizcaya, produced by GMA7. But like what Adri said in the earlier post, Desmond Allen saw the quail on the latter part of the show and identified it as such. By the way, here is the news on NatGeo: news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/02/090218-extinct-bird-photo.html |
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Post by Evanjohnn Mendoza on Apr 24, 2009 4:24:29 GMT
wow.. My greatest fear is something similar will happen in Cebu.. and then headlines would be like: "Beautiful Rare Siloy captured and sold as ornament bird to local Aviculturist, Siloy found dead the next day.." Now I understand the whole Forum rule about not sharing specific locations  |
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