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Post by Neon Rosell II on Jan 2, 2010 6:12:31 GMT
Woooohooooo!! This is a milestone!! We have provided photographs for 80% ( 79.6% to be exact) of the wild birds found in the Philippines, in there natural habitat, to be enjoyed and cherished not only by the Filipinos but all bird lovers around the world!! Congratulations to Ka Mastah Romy, who started this and all PBPF and soon to be WBNPPI members!! Now we can showcase what we are going to lose if the unabated habitat destruction does not stop!!
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Post by Carmela Balcazar on Jan 2, 2010 7:59:26 GMT
Let me be the first to congratulate this forum and its contributing members. 80% I can't believe it! Thank you very much for sharing all your wonderful photos and its invaluable contribution to awareness and inspiration.
Saludo ako sa inyong lahat!!!!
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Post by Lydia Robledo on Jan 2, 2010 9:01:44 GMT
I wish , I wish that the WBPP will start shooting as NPP and start documenting butterflies. There are about 1900 species and sub-species , 360 endemic- then I will exclaim a double yehey, even if you are able to shoot only 50%. Hey, hey, hey... this is now Wild Bird and NATURE photographer's group... don't forget. telyds, jubilant.
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Post by Romy Ocon on Jan 2, 2010 10:28:40 GMT
Wow.... I didn't notice that we're now at 80%, seems only yesterday when most in-habitat photos of Philippine birds were taken by non-locals. Congrats to everybody! When we get to the last 10%, I think WBNPPI should put out a bounty (a token prize) for each new bird added beyond 550 species. The last 10% will be so hard to find and photograph, but if the scientists had seen these birds before, there should also be a way for birdnuts to find and capture them in megapixels. ;D
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Post by Ivan Sarenas on Jan 2, 2010 13:34:34 GMT
Yeeha!
We are actually past 80%, since Nicky and my photos from the DOT book aren't in yet. We're waiting for the new online guide since the current system cant handle a lot of images. Neon, if its not going to double your work effort, and if the system can still absorb images, I could gradually post some of the other species as well.
Cheerps!
Ivan
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Jan 2, 2010 13:46:39 GMT
Yeeha! We are actually past 80%, since Nicky and my photos from the DOT book aren't in yet. We're waiting for the new online guide since the current system cant handle a lot of images. Neon, if its not going to double your work effort, and if the system can still absorb images, I could gradually post some of the other species as well. Cheerps! Ivan Yup, go ahead and post your images Ivan!! I think the current database will be maintained as a thumbnail and linked to the more detailed species site (new database), it would serve as a quick look kind of thing.
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Post by sheewai on Jan 6, 2010 5:22:00 GMT
During the early 80s i stay in town near sta cruz laguna - a farmers village mainly veg. every morning i'll be out in area roaming inquisitively, listening to the 'magpie robin watching their escapes it was so wonderful and the wild life...awww! but the villages couldn't understand the value or the rights of their 'neighbours' because their basic needs is top most important - mostly no body tells them otherwise: Now the land that was once farming is now a subdivision! Most 'excitedly: I enjoy my soft 'expedition' into the forest - meeting villages on the way in was an experience in itself...till now the hospitality i recieved is invaluable! but looking for wild life is another - the villages say " you need to go deeper into the forest".. "deeper? how deep? - two or maybe three days deeper!" wow that is deep and this is because of the activities of the army and NpA. But the villiages n these groups couldn't understand the value or the rights of their 'neighbours' because their basic needs is top most important - mostly no body tells them otherwise: Now the hills that is difficult to see thru because of the forest trees is now bare - you practically can see hill after hill nake! I love the sea and Pi is one beautiful country with it - this lovely place i went entering the town was amazing: friendly hospitable folks, the smell of the sea with all kinds of sea activities: fishing, diving etc the place famous for their marine fishes, cryctal clear coral sea! again the villages couldn't understand the value or the rights of their 'neighbours' because their basic needs is top most important - mostly no body tells them otherwise: Now its coral a darken grey because of dynamite, cyanide and over fishing - worse the faces of the town folks are that of despair. All the above adventure happens in the early 80s thru to the revolution and the inevitable 'progress' - early 90s. It is happening not just in Pi but all over including SG But Now Pi has come around - forest, land and sea has been put under protection conservation most importantly: the villages understood the value or the rights of their 'neighbours' because their basic needs is balance - they were shown visually the values and results that comes from it. This is made possible because of such dedicated philipinos, volunteers, grass roots organisation, the various medium help tremendously: one such as PBPF - what PBPF is doing not only open the eyes of everyone in Pi but the world! 80%...nah! it will reach more than... I cannot imagine that i've miss seeing so many beautiful wild life now being documented by philipinos! But im coming again this time i'll be well prepared and i know you guys will help me - experience back what i miss! Forest expedition Village folk having 'taguy' lambanog! You wonder: why isit that we are so eagerly want to save, protect, manage all things on earth? Genesis 1:20 1:28 2:19 - all things created is for us to marvel, enjoy, study....God's Love - we are to look after them, manage them and name them! Best regards I'm coming
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Post by ppaaoolloo on Jan 6, 2010 7:04:54 GMT
What are the remaining 20%? Could they be listed so we have know what to keep our eyes out?
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Jan 6, 2010 8:16:18 GMT
What are the remaining 20%? Could they be listed so we have know what to keep our eyes out? Yes, Pao, we have a list that we tick-off when we receive a new image and can be check in our online database. If you go through the data base the names without a photo is the 20% we don't have. Try browsing through the data base so that you'll have a general idea of what species you have captured, it's really good for ID use as it's got more species covered than the KG. ;D and it's Free!!
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Post by mantarey on Mar 2, 2010 10:25:02 GMT
I was checking our on-line database and I noticed that we still don't have the Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis and the Red-eared Parrotfinch that Adri posted the other day. We also have not yet included the Brown Booby of Val Borja captured in Zamboanga. Calling the attention of our Database Administrator, please check, looks like our number just went up again by three, so it's now more than 80%.
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