Lesser Frigate Birds Danjugan Island Neg Occ

[Gerry Brett]

Greetings fellow birders. The undoubted highlight of three days on Danjugan Island came this morning when I sighted 5 Lesser Frigate Birds from the Observation Tower.....at least three of which appear to be juveniles. I would be the first to concede the shot has little photographic merit other than as a record but some of you guys with the monster lenses might be interested. FYI the birds were probably 750m to 1km off shore and I digiscoped the birds using a Kowa 883 Spotting Scope, a Kowa 25 x LER lens attached to a Nikon P6000; FWIW ISO 64, f5.9, 1/241 (!), -0.7 EV. The birding in the Philippines is sublime. I love it and am hoping to return for 2 weeks in October and am planning a trip into the Northern Negros Forest Reserve. If you are interested then get in touch. Mabuhay!

[Neon Rosell II]

Great to see some pelagic birds. Not to often that we see these birds as most of us here are terrestrial in nature.