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Post by Sylvia Ramos on Sept 8, 2009 14:13:26 GMT
Hi Guys! This is a picture from the trip to Coron that Tonji and I took last month. We got a VERY pleasant surprise today when Des Allen (of WBCP) emailed us saying that this bird which we identified as a Black Naped Monarch was actually a Blue Paradise Flycatcher! Hoo hoo! Yipee! ;D An unexpected lifer via email! We were especially excited because this bird is an uncommon Philippine endemic. One telling difference between the 2 birds is the bill size.  iso 800, f7.1, 1/60 |
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Post by alainpascua on Sept 8, 2009 15:37:26 GMT
Wow!!!! Great capture and what a surprise lifer for you! Congrats Madam!
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Post by Lydia Robledo on Sept 8, 2009 16:10:17 GMT
Oh, oh, oh... so happy for you and Tonj. Take a bow. telyds  |
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Post by Romy Ocon on Sept 8, 2009 21:11:16 GMT
Yes, I mis-ID'ed my BPFC too as a BNM and it languished in my HDD for two years before I discovered the error.... indeed, the ID clincher is the much larger bill. Congrats on the lifer!
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Sept 8, 2009 22:10:26 GMT
Wow, another surprise from your Coron sortie!! Have you finished viewing all your shots from this sortie? There might be some more surprises hiding  Yeah, at first look, it looks like a BNM but the larger bill size was the clincher that it's not. Congrats on another lifer!!  |
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Sept 8, 2009 23:00:22 GMT
 Its like a dream come true. The Yellow Bellied Fly Catcher that I ID turn out to be a Pygmy Flowerpecker. Thanks to Romy for the ID. This are the "Pleasant Surprises" in life that makes our day. I am happy for you & Tonji. Well done Sylvia. Mabuhay.
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Post by Sylvia Ramos on Sept 9, 2009 0:40:53 GMT
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Post by Martin Alvendia on Sept 9, 2009 1:20:11 GMT
Big congrats to the two of you! |
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Post by Bobby Kintanar on Sept 9, 2009 1:23:08 GMT
Cograts Sylvia - same thing with me. My BPF was finally ID'd by Steve Pryor when he saw it way back in March 2007, at my Flckr site! The bill is really what makes it identifiable as such :-)
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Post by mantarey on Sept 9, 2009 3:21:28 GMT
Great catch there Sylvia. This is one of my targets when I came back to Coron. Although this bird is not very shy, it's still so hard to get a decent shot as it always stays under the dark canopy and at the same time will not stop jumping from one branch to another. |
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Post by Sylvia Ramos on Sept 9, 2009 12:26:53 GMT
Thanks Martin, Bobby, and Rey!
Rey -- it would have been my target too if I had known!! As it is, we saw two of them but really didn't pay much attention to them. I just grabbed a few shots to help me make my bird list. Hehe!
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