Quezon National Park

[Neon Rosell II]

Although I consider this sortie to be one of the worst if not the worst in terms of, Kilometers walked without firing a shot, amount of perspiration generated, hills climbed and obstacles encountered it was all compensated by the wonderful company and two lifers I got. Thanks guys (My wife Aphine, Ixi, Tina&Wency and of course Allan) I really had a grand time!!!

We left Manila at around 02:30 and met up with Tina & Wency at SLEX Petron station. Left for Lucena at 03:30. Arrived Lucena at 06:00 and fetched Ixi at Queen Margaret Hotel. 07:30 parked our cars at QNP and started to walk the Pinagbanderahan Trail.

Heading to “Pinagbanderahan” Trail – There is a 5 peso entrance fee.
Tina! Here’s what you’ve missed and what we went through…Lucky we have Aphine carrying the 30D and she was shooting away to document this endeavor!!













Sorry, after 4 hours of going through these, not a single bird photo!!! It might have been a different story if we went there not on a holiday as there were lots of people on the trail and have scared the birds away!!

But when we parked along the hi-way I got these two lifers..
Orange Bellied Flowerpecker (Diceaum trigonostigma) - 40D + 300 mm f4 IS + 1.4x Kenko TC (420mm), f 5.6, 1/100, ISO 640, Manual Exposure

Buzzing Flowerpecker (Dicaeum hypoleucum)40D + 300 mm f4 IS + 1.4x Kenko TC (420mm), f 5.6, 1/60, ISO 640, Manual Exposure


And a bonus for Te lyds...



Got to go I'll finish this later....

[tina mallari]

Very nice set Neon !!!! I agree with you, QNP is one of the worsttt if not the worst ever birding area I've ever been to. HEhEHheHEehE but boy am I glad that I decided not to join you guys at that HELL of a trail ;D

The ONLY thing that made that trip worth it was the company !!!! Boyyyyy it's a good thing we were with you guys

[Romy Ocon]

Great photo-report, Neon! Any sighting of the Rufous Hornbill?

[Neon Rosell II]

Mar 25, 2008 11:24:37 GMT Romy Ocon said:

Great photo-report, Neon! Any sighting of the Rufous Hornbill?

Thanks Master Romy, That was our target for this sortie but unfortunately not even a single feather of this species was sighted.

[Mark Itol]

Congratulations Neon. Wow, you went all the way to Quezon just to shoot those.

[Neon Rosell II]

Mar 25, 2008 12:08:59 GMT Mark Itol said:

Congratulations Neon. Wow, you went all the way to Quezon just to shoot those.

Thanks Mark, Our target species was a no show we got dipped!!! There is always another day

[Mark Itol]

Mar 25, 2008 12:17:41 GMT Neon Rosell II said:

Mar 25, 2008 12:08:59 GMT Mark Itol said:

Congratulations Neon. Wow, you went all the way to Quezon just to shoot those.

Thanks Mark, Our target species was a no show we got dipped!!! There is always another day

It's probably the most difficult aspect of this type of photography -- having no control over our subject.

[Lydia Robledo]

Oh, thanks, Neon for the beautiful butterfly. I took the same trail last year with James, my butterfly mentor from Hongkong and Doc Chito and Aires. So the felled trees are still there. If only you looked closely, the most beautiful butterflies of the Philippines are on the floor of that trail, flying low, back and forth along the trail. We plan to go back there in early May- to butterfly watch, of course to do a little birding. BTW, QNP is in Atimonan, not Pagbilao, di ba?

te lyd

[Neon Rosell II]

Mar 25, 2008 12:55:48 GMT Lydia Robledo said:

Oh, thanks, Neon for the beautiful butterfly. I took the same trail last year with James, my butterfly mentor from Hongkong and Doc Chito and Aires. So the felled trees are still there. If only you looked closely, the most beautiful butterflies of the Philippines are on the floor of that trail, flying low, back and forth along the trail. We plan to go back there in early May- to butterfly watch, of course to do a little birding. BTW, QNP is in Atimonan, not Pagbilao, di ba?

te lyd

Thanks Te Lyds, Yes we saw some butterflies on the trail but it was constantly flying. If there were butterflies there it would have been scared away by the numerous people, who were noisy as well, using the trail. QNP is located inside Pagbilao, Atimonan and Padre Burgos. Oh Yes you are right, I thought it is still Pagbilao as it is nearer to that trail. Thanks for the correction.