Backyard Birding (part 4)

[Mark Jason Argallon]

The pied fantail is one of the reasons why I got in love with birds. It's such as playful bird. I'm delightfully entertained when it "dances" along the electric cables or tree branches. Such a cheerful bird. But furiously attacks the dogs of our neighbor, particularly the black ones.

Manual Exposure, 500mm, F/6.3, 1/80sec., ISO-400, Handheld


Manual Exposure, 500mm, F/6.3, 1/80sec., ISO-400, Tripod


Manual Exposure, 500mm, F/6.3, 1/80sec., ISO-400, Tripod


Manual Exposure, 500mm, F/6.3, 1/30sec., ISO-400, Tripod


Manual Exposure, 500mm, F/6.3, 1/80sec., ISO-400, +2 Exposure Compensation, Tripod

[Brian Powell]

Lovely pictures, Mark.
I have also seen this bird attacking dogs, cats, crows and almost anything else that threatens its territory.
Strangely, we haven't been able to learn a local name for it though. Sometimes we have referred to it as a paypaykog as a rough translation of fantail into Cebuano.

[Mark Jason Argallon]

Jun 17, 2011 7:51:07 GMT Brian Powell said:

Lovely pictures, Mark.
I have also seen this bird attacking dogs, cats, crows and almost anything else that threatens its territory.
Strangely, we haven't been able to learn a local name for it though. Sometimes we have referred to it as a paypaykog as a rough translation of fantail into Cebuano.

thank you for appreciating, kuya brian! we call it maria kapra. i don't know why. at least, paypaykog is quite close. paypay is fan.

[Tirso Paris]

Nice series Mark!

[Mark Jason Argallon]

Jun 18, 2011 10:37:09 GMT Tirso Paris said:

Nice series Mark!

thank you, kuya tirso!