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Post by Sylvia Ramos on Feb 12, 2010 3:37:36 GMT
These photos are from our trip to Busuanga, Palawan last November 2009. Posting them just now after I asked Des Allen of WBCP to look at my pics from November and he confirmed that this is a Palawan Blue Flycatcher. Yey, lifer for me via email! The Palawan Blue Flycatcher is an endemic and also listed as "uncommon". I was lying down on a cement block, taking a breather by the side of the road when I heard a melodious call that was too pretty to ignore! I got great views of it, but it kept flying from branch to branch before I could get a shot. I thought at first that this was a Mangrove Blue Flycatcher. Turns out that the Mangrove Blue Flycatcher is not listed in the Kennedy Guide for Busuanga/Coron and that the immature one that we saw in Busuanga last August 2009 was a "noteworthy record" for the area. Palawan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis lemprieri f4, i/50, iso 400, Canon 50d, EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM +1.4x, tripod  f4, 1/50, iso 640, Canon 50d, EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM +1.4x, tripod |
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Post by Clemn A. Macasiano Jr. on Feb 12, 2010 5:24:21 GMT
Wow 1/50 on a 300 2.8+1.x4 ! Great shot Sylvia. Congratulation .
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 12, 2010 5:35:11 GMT
Wow!! awesome shots Sylvia!! Congrats on the lifer. another one for our database!  |
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Post by Romy Ocon on Feb 12, 2010 5:58:02 GMT
Congrats on the beautiful, endemic lifer Sylvia!
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Post by Dennis Alfaro on Feb 12, 2010 8:04:31 GMT
Congrats for taking a good picture of this bird. your patience really paid off
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Post by tina mallari on Feb 12, 2010 8:56:42 GMT
Congratulations Sylvia !!! It's always nice to get those lifers. Hmmmm come to think of it, just getting fantastic shots of birds already make my day - lifer or not  |
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Feb 12, 2010 11:00:02 GMT
Congratulation on the lifer. This is the first time for me to see it so I guess its also a lifer for me from your photograph. Well done Sylvia. Mabuhay.
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Post by Sylvia Ramos on Feb 12, 2010 11:07:40 GMT
Thanks guys! Thanks Clemm, Neon, Romy, Dennis, Tina, and Ely! You can't imagine how happy I am over something that happened 2 months ago! Haha!!  Ely -- you already have a picture of this bird from last June! It was Bird Photo of the Week even. |
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Post by Mark Itol on Feb 12, 2010 11:50:35 GMT
Congratulations on this beautiful endemic lifer. |
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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on Feb 12, 2010 14:24:35 GMT
congratulations on the "lifer through e-mail" find!!! Such a beauty |
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Post by Ronnie Dominguez on Feb 12, 2010 14:47:54 GMT
a lifer and a great framing at that!
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Post by Sylvia Ramos on Feb 12, 2010 15:10:48 GMT
Thanks Mark, Edu and Ronnie!
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Feb 13, 2010 1:46:45 GMT
Thanks guys! Thanks Clemm, Neon, Romy, Dennis, Tina, and Ely! You can't imagine how happy I am over something that happened 2 months ago! Haha!! Ely -- you already have a picture of this bird from last June! It was Bird Photo of the Week even. Thank you Sylvia for the reminder. This is the reason why I wanted to photograph birds that I have seen when I joined the WBCP so that I will remember them. It did not work out that way. Neon also forgot. Heh heh heh. Your photos has an angle of showing the front view of the bird which has a lot of yellow feathers making it look much prettier and that led me to think that it was a different kind of bird. |
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Post by Ariel Matias on Feb 13, 2010 2:37:40 GMT
Nice capture even at a slow shutter speed.
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Post by Luis (Chito) Limchiu on Feb 13, 2010 3:14:16 GMT
Congratulations on the lifer Sylvia!
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Post by Edwin Matias on Feb 13, 2010 4:08:15 GMT
Congrats.. Great Capture...
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Post by Sylvia Ramos on Feb 13, 2010 6:46:28 GMT
Thanks a lot Edwin, Doc Chito, and Ariel!
Ely -- it is hard to keep track of all the birds!
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Post by Toto Gamboa on Feb 13, 2010 14:32:21 GMT
Great shot of a very beautiful bird.
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