Pied Triller and chicks

[Tonji Ramos]

Its super hot this summer. I have not had the urge to go out of town for a birding trip because of the punishing heat. Instead I have been going around our village trying to improve my pictures of birds found in our village. Its so hard to have nice pics of all the species. Its going to take a while.

Sylvia and I are already up to 52 species photographed in our village. I even saw a Chinese Pond Heron in breeding plumage last month. I was only able to take docu shots arrghhh, good enough for ID but not nice enough to print.

We printed some of our Alabang bird pics and they were shown in our Village General Assembly. We donated them to the village and I think they are on display in the office. Its nice that our village is a bird sanctuary and that the residents appreciate the birds. Sylvia writes in the village paper every week about bird topics. I think it raises awareness and hopefully it will make our village even more bird friendly.

This particular bird is on our street. I first saw it on April 12. It had a nest and probably had eggs already. Over the past few weeks I have been checking up on this bird. What dedication it takes to sit on a nest. The heat is unbearable but there was nothing but constant care. Finally two days ago I saw a chick moving in the nest. Cool. A little more freedom for the caregiver.

I like to think of this pic as the triumphant caregiver. Basking in her great achievement.


Canon 5Dmk2, 500mm+1.4x tc, 1/320, f7.1, ISO 400, tripod

The hungry chicks


Canon 5Dmk2, 500mm+1.4x tc, 1/100, f5.6, ISO 640, tripod

[Edu Lorenzo Jr]

wow!!!!

[Romy Ocon]

Excellent detail and bokeh, Tonji!

[Ely Teehankee]

Its always a good feeling to watch additions to the bird family. Give it a few more days and it wiil be nicer to see them with feathers and since they will be bigger there would also be more to see. Looking forward to see more of this wonderful birds. Well done Tonji. Mabuhay.

[William Lim]

Great photos, Tonji.

[Bert Madrigal]

awsome !

[Tonji Ramos]

Thanks guys. Glad you liked the pics. I will try to get more photos as the birds mature.

[Toto Gamboa]

Amazing captures of a new life Tonji. The two chicks will blossom into duo-tone beauties soon and will be ready for your superb shooting skills!

[gabriel buluran]

thanks for sharing tonji! sure glad to see birds thriving. sure nice to see them beautifully captured!

congrats on the capture!

[mantarey]

Beautiful capture Tonji, love the composition with the photogenic flowers.

[Martin Alvendia]

Nice shot Tonj. The scenic perch and yummy bokeh makes it very pleasing to look at. Good job!

[Ariel Matias]

Wow! Very nice capture and details. I liked your write-up as well.

[JV Noriega]

Great documentation of this Triller family Tonj! is this the same nest that Sylvia had photographed a while back?

[Sylvia Ramos]

Hi JV, yes it's the same one. We try to leave it alone and not bother it as much as possible. It doesn't like being observed and even "buzzed" each of us separately!

[Ronnie Dominguez]

great shots! 52 species and still counting!
Here in our community in Sta. Mesa, I had so far only seen and captured 10 species. I just had a number of these photos printed last week.

[Tonji Ramos]

Thanks guys, I have only been birding in Alabang lately since the heat has been unbearable. I hope to go on a few birding trips soon. Gotta get back on the road!

Ronnie, yup we have seen more than 55 and photographed 52. I think we will end up with more than 60 with a little luck.

[Mark Itol]

Very good detail and a very lovely setting, Tonji.

[tina mallari]

Wonderful capture Tonj. I'm still sick and can't go out Parang I've been sick for ages na!

Looking forward to seeing the progress of this family

[Luis (Chito) Limchiu]

Tonji, Exceptional Image- both the bird and the BG are very well capture!

[Tonji Ramos]

Thanks Mark, Tina and Doc Chito. These birds have grown and have successfully flown away.