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Post by alainpascua on Nov 14, 2009 15:53:44 GMT
Today, fellow PBPF members Bert M., Doc Mando and I, and UP Mountaineer Freddie went to Ipo River and Watershed to bird. On our way back to the entrance while we were aboard a motorized banca, we came across what the folks there, particularly our guide/banca pilot, thought as the Philippine Eagle as it is huge. Based on our documentary pics and the Kennedy Field Guide, however, we are in a consensus that the eagle is actually a Grey-Headed Fish-Eagle. The Kennedy Field Guide says that the Grey-Headed Fish-Eagle is "Rare," while our PBPF Philippine Bird List says it's "Near-Threatened." Here are the documentary pictures that I have taken. Hope the pictures of Bert and Mando are better than these. All taken with Canon 50D + EF 400mm + 2-pounder weights/dampener (Toto's 2-pounder rice).... handheld, aboard a motorized banca in the middle of impounded/dammed water.       Can the experts please confirm our ID? Thanks! |
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Post by Toto Gamboa on Nov 14, 2009 15:57:38 GMT
Woooooooooooooow. Tsk ... so bad I wasn't able to join! Look what I missed! Congrats bro! Rare catch!
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Post by gabriel buluran on Nov 14, 2009 16:09:50 GMT
Ipo Dam!!! I will put that area in my checklist.
Congrats Alain!
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Post by Ding Carpio on Nov 14, 2009 22:32:10 GMT
Fantastic! It's good to know that the GHFE is well and good in that area. Got that bird, too, some two years back but mine was much less clear than yours. Will have to go back there!   |
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Post by Bobby Kintanar on Nov 14, 2009 22:43:49 GMT
Nice catch there, Alain! Keep on shooting! :-)
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Nov 15, 2009 1:00:43 GMT
That must have been quite an experience. I don't have a single eagle on my file. Well done Alain. Mabuhay.
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Post by Bert Madrigal on Nov 15, 2009 1:05:09 GMT
super, considering the limitations during the shot. got the same angle but it was not sharp. congrats
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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on Nov 15, 2009 1:18:59 GMT
 this is what I missed... oh well. Great shots sir!
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Post by Dennis Alfaro on Nov 15, 2009 8:02:02 GMT
Great set Alain! quite a harvest you got
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Post by alainpascua on Nov 15, 2009 8:06:58 GMT
Thank you Toto, Gabs, Ding, Bobby, Ely, Bert, Edu and Den!
Yes, Ding... let's go back there. Our guide told us, there are two GHFE and with a nest!
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Post by Mark Itol on Nov 17, 2009 10:58:56 GMT
Nice shots, Alain. Too bad I missed this sortie.
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Post by alainpascua on Nov 18, 2009 17:06:44 GMT
Thanks, Mark! We can go back there... maybe Ding can show us another way!
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Post by Martin Alvendia on Nov 19, 2009 2:37:30 GMT
Wonderful find Alian! I have yet to see this in the wild. Congrats!
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Post by Sylvia Ramos on Nov 19, 2009 5:10:07 GMT
Congrats Alain! From a banca!!
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Post by Elvin Sansona on Nov 19, 2009 7:03:35 GMT
Great great great shot you got there! Congrats!
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Post by Luis (Chito) Limchiu on Nov 20, 2009 2:02:40 GMT
Hi Alain, Congratulations on the capture, I was with Ding when we had the excursion to the site , it's a beautiful site, although i remembered it rained that day with lousy skies. So balik tayo doon!! Sama ako!! Here my image of the GHFE taken there. March 2007  as I notice there is a slight color difference with your bird, baka immature? or just the bad contrast in my pic with the white skies? FYI also saw I think i saw an immature at Subic a about years back but has not seen it since. September 2008  Regards Chito |
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Post by Tonji Ramos on Nov 20, 2009 3:08:45 GMT
Great captures Alain and Doc. Interesting bird.
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Post by alainpascua on Nov 20, 2009 13:06:30 GMT
Thanks Martin, Sylvia, Elvin, and Doc Chito!
Yes, Doc Chito, it looks like my pictures are that of an immature eagle, while yours and Ding's are that of a mature one. The guide said there are two eaqgles and a nest!
Yes, let's go back there. Maybe Ding can arrange it or Bert can organize one again. He he he!
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Post by Romy Ocon on Nov 20, 2009 22:35:37 GMT
Congrats on the capture of this rare raptor, Alain!
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this is what I missed... oh well. 
