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Post by Ramon Quisumbing on May 14, 2011 12:34:26 GMT
I photographed this Frogmouth this afternoon nesting on the ground with one chick and one unhatched egg (I will post a photo of the chick and egg in the Philippine birds section).
According to the Kennedy Guide (p. 183), Philippine Frogmouths lay a single egg in a cup-shaped nest made of moss on a horizontal branch. This specimen has laid 2 eggs on the ground without building any nest.
Taken in BK Valley, Mt. Banahaw, Quezon. If anyone wants to photograph this Frogmouth mother and chick, send me a message.
Canon EOS 7D; 400 mm; Lens aperture F/5.7; Shutter speed 1/256 sec.
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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on May 14, 2011 13:12:11 GMT
looks like a nightjar to me sir. But am no expert. Let's wait and see what the experts say.
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Post by Ramon Quisumbing on May 14, 2011 13:22:27 GMT
Edu, I think you're right. I was about to correct my posting that this is likely a Nightjar rather than a Frogmouth. But I don't know what kind of Nightjar it is.
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Post by Neon Rosell II on May 18, 2011 0:41:48 GMT
Hi Ramon,
It takes a long time for my slow internet connection to load the attachment but from the thumbnail it looks like a Philippine Nightjar. This is one of the first photos I've seen or first one in this forum of a nesting PN.
Would it be possible to re-post the photo as a link to your hosting site. Thanks
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Post by Ramon Quisumbing on May 18, 2011 1:35:35 GMT
Hi Neon. I just posted the photo as a link to IMGUR site in my post "Nightjar Fledgling and Egg" in the Wild Birds of the Philippines section. I am posting it again here. I think this may be a Great-Eared Nightjar because of its big size.  |
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Post by Neon Rosell II on May 18, 2011 2:34:35 GMT
Hi Neon. I just posted the photo as a link to IMGUR site in my post "Nightjar Fledgling and Egg" in the Wild Birds of the Philippines section. I am posting it again here. I think this may be a Great-Eared Nightjar because of its big size. Hi Ramon, Great now it's faster Thanks! It's a PNJ.  Here's a reference photo of the Great-eared Nightjar taken by Doc Chito at UPD some time back.  |
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Post by Ramon Quisumbing on May 18, 2011 10:13:28 GMT
Neon, thanks. I see some similarities between my NJ and Doc Chito's GENJ. I checked the photos of the PNJ in Romy Ocon's website, and it does not look like my NJ.
Tina Mallari and 5-6 other birders are going to BK Valley tomorrow to photograph this NJ. Maybe they will come up with a more definite ID. Thanks again.
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Post by des on May 18, 2011 16:37:18 GMT
Ramon, when nightjars settle the feathers are designed to go into a kind of disarray to break the outline. So they can be very difficult to ID if not in flight or calling. Having said that, your bird does not have a cream crown nor signs of 'ears', it lacks a complete creamy neck collar, the blackish underparts with the cream flash on the breast side, all shown by the Great Eared-nightjar.
Your bird does has white crescents on the neck that show black spots, whitish moustachial stripe, grey crown, long pale scapulars with black spots, in short quite different from the GENJ. Distinguishing it from migrant Grey Nightjar is much harder, but that is supposed not to have white neck crescents...
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Post by Ramon Quisumbing on May 18, 2011 16:59:58 GMT
Des, wow that is some attention to detail! So which NJ do you think this is? Thanks.
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Post by Ramon Quisumbing on May 18, 2011 17:00:34 GMT
Des, wow that is some attention to detail! So which NJ do you think this is? Thanks.
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Post by des on May 19, 2011 10:24:19 GMT
I would vote for Philippine Nightjar, as Neon suggested. Since it was nesting, that would seem to confirm it, as Grey nightjar is a migrant from Japan, etc.
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Post by Ramon Quisumbing on May 19, 2011 20:58:19 GMT
Thank you for the ID, Des and Neon. This Philippine NJ is a lifer for me.
Bad news though. Yesterday, when 3 birders and I went to check on the nest, it was gone. The farmer and his wife had worked the field and installed nylon strings for green beans, including where the nest was - which I did not expect he would do. The PNJ must have left due to the disturbance. I was upset that I had not asked the farmer to give up his plants around the nest and compensated him for his loss.
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