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Post by Manny Illana on Jan 25, 2008 10:14:29 GMT
was fortunate enough to see el nido courtesy of a good friend... and even more fortunate to have captured these winged friends... pacific swallow  eastern reef egret  green imperial pigeon  was able to see lots more but wasnt able to take good photos of others including the "aurora" olive-backed sunbirds, blue-tailed bee-eaters, palawan hornbills, pied imperial pigeon, white-breasted sea eagle, unidentified flycatcher, palawan titmouse... hope to come back there someday and be able to capture all of them in pictures.... |
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Post by Romy Ocon on Jan 25, 2008 10:17:03 GMT
Wow.... congrats on the new Palawan birds, Manny... I'm dying to see a reef-egret in bird!
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Post by mantarey on Jan 25, 2008 10:59:49 GMT
Wow, great set Manny. The blue egret's so beautiful  |
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Post by Martin Alvendia on Jan 25, 2008 16:11:54 GMT
Envy.... I wish I could go to Palawan one day.....
Lovely shots in all Manny!
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Post by JP Cariño on Jan 25, 2008 17:06:18 GMT
nice! love the egret shot
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Post by tina mallari on Jan 25, 2008 22:10:07 GMT
woooooooo what a beauty that reef egret is !!!! are there a lot of those in Palawan ?
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Post by Reyno Rosete on Jan 27, 2008 0:18:55 GMT
Very nice captures in all Manny !!!
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Post by tjparpan on Jan 27, 2008 14:52:58 GMT
A great Palawan harvest Manny! I know what you mean about wanting to return. One visit just fuels the desire for future trips.
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Post by Manny Illana on Jan 30, 2008 8:13:21 GMT
thanks guys! @tina.... it's the one and only that i saw during my stay.... it was in fact being harassed by a white-bellied sea eagle on our way to the airport.... ;D more of the eastern reef egret.... is that a shrimp or a fish? ;D yum!!!   |
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Post by Manny Illana on Jan 30, 2008 8:15:15 GMT
what looks like a palawan titmouse???  |
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Post by Manny Illana on Jan 30, 2008 8:57:29 GMT
also got to see a lot of these sub-species of OBS's at first glance thought it was a different sunbird note the reddish-orange tint on the breast between the blue and yellow portions.... kind of unfortunate not to have been able to get up close to these small and skittish guys......  |
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Post by steve pryor on Jan 30, 2008 10:00:01 GMT
what looks like a palawan titmouse??? Hi Meillana, Let's see. Palawan Titmouse. A bird that I have never heard of before, so I guess that I will exclude it. EDIT: Yes, I do know what you are talking about - Just Tit (not Titmouse) and don't worry because the other thing (the woman's appanage) is spelled differently - perhaps that is why you did not want to use the word. I want everybody to raise their hands if they think this is a Bulbul! I want everybody to raise their hands that think this is Pycnonotus atriceps! The tail conformation and color distribution, coupled with the color of the head and primaries, and the chunky body, should leave no doubts.  |
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Post by Farmer Nestor on Jan 30, 2008 11:40:25 GMT
Nice harvest Manny
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Post by Manny Illana on Jan 30, 2008 23:27:58 GMT
what looks like a palawan titmouse??? Hi Meillana, Let's see. Palawan Titmouse. A bird that I have never heard of before, so I guess that I will exclude it. EDIT: Yes, I do know what you are talking about - Just Tit (not Titmouse) and don't worry because the other thing (the woman's appanage) is spelled differently - perhaps that is why you did not want to use the word. I want everybody to raise their hands if they think this is a Bulbul! I want everybody to raise their hands that think this is Pycnonotus atriceps! The tail conformation and color distribution, coupled with the color of the head and primaries, and the chunky body, should leave no doubts. hi steve, manny here. for what its worth, i actually got that name fom the "a guide to the birds of el nido", text by juan carlos gonzales and illustrations by nilo geronimo. and i quote.... palawan titmouse parus ambilislocal name: kasisiroy identifiaction: 10-11cm; head, neack and throat black with bluish gloss, wings black with white patches forming brood bars, underparts pale yellow, female: back greenish, crown and throat duller black similar specie : black-headed bulbul status: fairly common endemic range: endemic to the palawan islands habitat: forests and forest edge |
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