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Post by Tonji Ramos on Jan 9, 2010 0:46:03 GMT
Sylvia and I went to La Mesa Jan.2 with Ely and Ding. I want to thank Ding for taking us and wasting his precious time taking us around the Dam. The boat that took us around was new, clean, fast and stable. It was a great ride. I love being on the water and that was a great treat for me. Another great treat was getting our first lifer for the year. This was the best way to start our birding year, a rare lifer, the now famous Grey-Headed Fish Eagle of La Mesa. I hope it means we will have lots of lifers for this year. This is a very shy and wary bird that did not want us to get close. It was always flying away. I just set my speed at 1/1600 when we were taking it so I would be ready to shoot it as it flew off. I used my 5d mk2 and 100-400. Grey-Headed Fish Eagle ISO 640, 1/1600, f5.6  ISO 640, 1/1600, f6.3  ISO 640, 1/1600, f6.3  ISO 640, 1/1600, f6.3 |
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Post by Dennis Alfaro on Jan 9, 2010 0:51:28 GMT
Excellent shot Tonji esp photo #2, congrats on the lifer.
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Post by Romy Ocon on Jan 9, 2010 1:04:44 GMT
Excellent series on this handsome raptor, Tonji! I wonder though what took you so long to share the pics, given that this was your first lifer last year (2009)?
Hehehe.... just kidding, I know it's a typo, it happens to all of us every new year. ;D Sylvia and I went to La Mesa Jan.2 with Ely and Ding. I want to thank Ding for taking us and wasting his precious time taking us around the Dam. The boat that took us around was new, clean, fast and stable. It was a great ride. I love being on the water and that was a great treat for me. Another great treat was getting our first lifer for the year. This was the best way to start our birding year, a rare lifer, the now famous Grey-Headed Fish Eagle of La Mesa. I hope it means we will have lots of lifers for this year. This is a very shy and wary bird that did not want us to get close. It was always flying away. I just set my speed at 1/1600 when we were taking it so I would be ready to shoot it as it flew off. I used my 5d mk2 and 100-400. |
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Post by Tonji Ramos on Jan 9, 2010 1:15:22 GMT
Thanks Dennis. The boat captain called this bird white feet eagle.
Thanks Romy. 2010!!! Happy New Year hehe!
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Jan 9, 2010 1:28:42 GMT
Those are great shots. Hope to see some more of them. Well done Tonji. Mabuhay.
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Post by Toto Gamboa on Jan 9, 2010 1:44:22 GMT
Great shots of the white feet eagle  Congrats on the first lifer of 2010. |
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Post by Ariel Matias on Jan 9, 2010 3:18:29 GMT
Impressive captures!
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Post by Mark Itol on Jan 9, 2010 5:36:10 GMT
Nothing like starting the year with excellent captures of such a beautiful bird. Congratulations! |
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Post by mantarey on Jan 9, 2010 10:12:27 GMT
Excellent BIF shooting Tonji. Love the wing position and details on the number three pic, my favorite. |
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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on Jan 9, 2010 11:44:32 GMT
started 2010 with a lifer.. the only way to go! Congrats sir tonji!
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Post by Tonji Ramos on Jan 9, 2010 11:55:25 GMT
Thanks guys. Its nice to start the year with a lifer and such an interesting one to boot. I do hope we see lots of new birds this year. We just came back from the Mt. Province and had a lot of fun taking bird pics in the cold weather.
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Post by Godfrey "Godo" Jakosalem on Jan 9, 2010 12:14:45 GMT
Wow!!! really a lifer... great shot!
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Post by Luis (Chito) Limchiu on Jan 9, 2010 14:00:14 GMT
Well, it really is grey-headed and It looks really angry in all the shots!. Nice details on the 100-400 lens specially on the second pic. Congratulations on the lifer, Tonji!
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Post by Ding Carpio on Jan 10, 2010 0:33:37 GMT
Thanks Dennis. The boat captain called this bird white feet eagle. He-he. I've been trying to "educate" Guerrero, the boat captain. I like him. He's a good and simple man. Everytime we see a bird, I tell him the name but he just can't seem to recall, probably because the name's in English. He'd always refer to the birds as lawin (hawk) for the Osprey, mahabang leeg (long neck) for the Purple Heron, makulay (colorful) for the Blue-tailed Bee-eater, kalapati (pigeon) for the Pink-necked Green Pigeon (and other pigeons), kilyawan for the Black-naped Oriole. Since the Grey-headed Fish-Eagle's a new one, he, at least, attempted to name it: White-feet Eagle! |
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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on Jan 10, 2010 0:42:54 GMT
But I do love how Guerrero can spot a motionless little heron from over 20meters and in the bushes! He has eagle-eyes!
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Post by Bobby Kintanar on Jan 10, 2010 3:38:22 GMT
Very nice start for the New Year indeed Tonji! :-)
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Post by Bob Kaufman on Jan 10, 2010 4:00:48 GMT
Wow! What an excellent way to start off the new year! Congrats on your lifer and wonderful photos!
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Congrats on the first lifer of 2010. 
