Feb. 20 -26, 08: BLUE-HEADED FANTAIL, By Romy O.

[Romy Ocon]

Blue-headed Fantail (Rhipidura cyaniceps,a Philippine endemic)

Size - 152 mm (female) and 180 mm (male) total length
Habitat - Common in forest up to 2000 m
Range - Luzon and some central Philippine islands.

Photographed at Elev. 1615 M asl, Mankayan, Benguet province, by Romy Ocon on February 13, 2008 - 40D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 700 mm, 1/125 sec, f/6.3, ISO 800, in available understory light, 475B/3421 support, RAW:

[Manny Illana]

wow! what a pretty bird captured perfectly! he/she(?) looks so serene in that pose. love it!

[Bobby Kintanar]

Definitely WOW! Beautiful bird, beautiful capture! Wow. wow, wow. Gotta get me one of these!!!

[Lydia Robledo]

Naks. So good to be bird watching here again in the forum. Everything here is better than the real thing . A week of of 2 seasons in Leyte- "wit and very wit" was too dampening. The hundreds of Philippine mallards in Tabuk Island cannot match this one- so little but is already a scene stealer. Look at the eye. Whoa! Love the shot Ka Master. It's look is like a thousand words that whispers to my empty heart. (he, he... that's a song). te lyd (Where's my flying icon???) Gosh, who caught it. Pakawalan na please.

[JP Cariño]

thanks romy for giving us a glimpse of the montane birds hopefully i'll get to travel there soon

[Ding Carpio]

Wow. Haven't been checking the featured birds thread lately and now I can see I missed quite a bit!