purple throated sunbird, obs and a spiderhunter?

[gabriel buluran]

i was in davao for some work last sunday and had time to visit the Philippine Eagle Center yesterday. i still didn't see the silvery kingfishers, which was my target for the trip and surprisingly didn't see a single orange belied flowerpecker.

sharing some birds captured from the trip.

purple throated sunbird


Untitled by gabsbuluran, on Flickr

Camera Nikon D300S
Exposure 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture f/7.1
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 800
gimbal support


Untitled by gabsbuluran, on Flickr

Camera Nikon D300S
Exposure 0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture f/7.1
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 800
gimbal support

Orange tufted Spiderhunter juvenile


Untitled by gabsbuluran, on Flickr

Camera Nikon D300S
Exposure 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture f/7.1
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 1000
gimbal support

Orange tufted spider hunter - adult


Untitled by gabsbuluran, on Flickr

Camera Nikon D300S
Exposure 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 640
gimbal support

red keeled flowerpecker


Untitled by gabsbuluran, on Flickr

Camera Nikon D300S
Exposure 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture f/7.1
Focal Length 230 mm (my lens must have crept on me!!!)
ISO Speed 800
gimbal support

[alainpascua]

Wow, great shots, Gabs! I like the second and fourth pics ser! Lively colors, clear BG and great details!

[Ramon Quisumbing]

Beautiful clear captures, Gabriel. I especially like the 2nd one.

[des]

Very interesting! The first two photos are of a male Purple throated Sunbird apparently intermediate between the yellow breasted ssp juliae and the red-breasted ssp trochilus. The next two are of the Mindanao Little Spiderhunter split recently to be Orange-tufted Spiderhunter, a Philippine endemic. The first one is a juvenile, the second is an adult.

[gabriel buluran]

thanks alain and ramon!

des, your inputs are always educational for me and the rest of the birdnuts here. Thank you very much! will make necessary changes.

cheers!

[Ely Teehankee]

The Purple-throated Sunbird is one of the toughest birds to get a good shot because of the colors. I like the second one. Well done Gabs and Mabuhay.

[William Lim]

Beautiful capture of the purple throated sunbird, Gabs. I never saw these birds when I went there last summer.

[gabriel buluran]

thanks ely! add to that, the skittish nature of this little fellow and its knack for staying inside the shrubbery for cover.

doc william, i was actually surprised by this one. it was feeding mixed with the OBS. i found them in the area where the rows of sea eagle cages are.

[Ramon Quisumbing]

Gabriel, about what time of the day did you see these birds at the Davao Phil. Eagle Center? I assume you got in after the gate opened to the public? Thanks.

[Steve Albano]

Luv the colors of the purple throated sunbird. Thanks for sharing.. .

[gabriel buluran]

hi Ramon! i was at the eagle center at around 9 in the morning but i only went to the area where the purple throated sunbirds are at around 10:30 or 11am. they were also there when i returned at around 2pm.

thanks steve!!!