Las Pinas-Paranaque Coastal Lagoon

[Edu Lorenzo Jr]

I learned about this place from a LandBank of the Philippines 2009 Calendar. I asked around and was very kindly given not only directions how to go there, but WHEN.

The timing perfectly coincided with my wish to practice BIFs with my 'still relatively new' lens. So with no further adue..

This guy has a 'white collar' but wears a Blue Shirt

Camera: Nikon D90
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 400 mm
Exposure: 0.00
ISO Speed: 100

I call this one.. "Reflection"

Camera: Nikon D90
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 400 mm
Exposure: 0.00
ISO Speed: 100

This is for neon and his really good eyes. I can't tell what this tern caught.

Camera: Nikon D90
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 400 mm
Exposure: 0.00
ISO Speed: 100

well as they say.. one good 'tern' deserves another

Camera: Nikon D90
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 400 mm
Exposure: 0.00
ISO Speed: 100

and another..

Camera: Nikon D90
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 400 mm
Exposure: 0.00
ISO Speed: 200

aaaaand another..

Camera: Nikon D90
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 400 mm
Exposure: 0.00
ISO Speed: 200

had enough yet?

Camera: Nikon D90
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 400 mm
Exposure: 0.00
ISO Speed: 200

There were lots of egrets too!


so many that you can take your 'pic'

Camera: Nikon D90
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 400 mm
Exposure: 0.00
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV

There was a whimbrel but was too far from me, couldn't get a good picture (good reason to go back?)

I heard Zebra Doves, Gerygones and there was this one that made a distinct sound like tapping two medium sized stones slowly then suddenly the tapping accelerates to about 8 times per second.

Also saw a very small bird, about the size of a gerygone but could not take a picture as it was also as skittish as one.

This is my way of sharing the experience. I had fun going there, I hope you guys have fun looking at these pics.

Thank you for looking!

[Edu Lorenzo Jr]

all shots were handheld as I don't have a good tripod yet. Post processed with LightRoom and Photoshop for adding the watermark.

[Neon Rosell II]

Wooohoo, nice harvest Edu!! Beautiful captures in all.

Thinking that it is on a mudflat and long things should normally be an annelid/worm, the WT picked it up thinking it can feed it to its nestling. But the thing is not segmented so I'm assuming that it is a piece of nylon from a disintegrated sack. It will feed it to its chick and the chick will choke and die, caus it could not digest the plastic..my two centavos.

[Edu Lorenzo Jr]

Disintegrated sack???

After being there personally.. I won't be surprised if it is a sack or even something worse.

[alainpascua]

Very nice set Edu, great harvest! Now that you've seen many birds in the Coastal Lagoon, they will be much much more in Bataan come January! I hope I can get my lens next week so I could join you in your birding sorties.... there are a lot of holidays to come, a lot among us here who have new glasses... we can go birding together and share tips!

[Edu Lorenzo Jr]

Thank you Alain. I am not planning to go to Bataan. Because everytime I plan, it doesn't push through.

A "spur of the moment" trip might be a better approach for me.
It is a very active year I see with a lot of us acquiring new glass. This means a lot more birding trips, a lot better images to share and more stunning images to post as tribute to the beauty of nature.

[Edu Lorenzo Jr]

Was looking at the pics again.. found this BIF (Blurred In Flight )



Camera: Nikon D90
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 400 mm
Exposure: 0.00
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Handheld