Post by Mark Jason Argallon on Jan 10, 2012 5:27:47 GMT
It's nice to be back here.
My church Higher Rock had a three-day retreat in Jabez Campsite, Pala-pala, Dasmariñas, Cavite that started last January 5 up to January 7. Last year, the youth ministry went there for a camp and they saw an Indigo-Banded Kingfisher. Unfortunately, it accidentally went to the electric fan and it died because of the impact. I just saw the photo of the dead bird. I planned of seeing the bird alive so I brought my birding gear. I didn’t see the endemic kingfisher but I saw another lifer instead. I saw a White-Breasted Waterhen. Further, I was able to see a family. A saw the pair and then I saw four young chicks.
I wasn’t able to photograph the waterhen family because I’m observing from a perilous spot. The waterhen lives in a creek, which is two to three meters below where I’m standing. Nevertheless, I enjoyed what I saw. I never ventured going nearer where the nest is because I discerned that the parents seems to have sense my presence, even though I’m quite a distance away and I’m camouflaging behind trees and shrubs. The creek wasn’t a pleasant place to bird because it really stinks because it serves as the piggery sewerage of someone somewhere. But then for the sake of observing a bird in its natural habitat, the foul odor has to be tolerated.
White-Breasted Waterhen
Manual, 500mm, f/7.1, 1/100 sec., ISO-560, handheld
Manual, 500mm, f/7.1, 1/100 sec., ISO-560, handheld
My church Higher Rock had a three-day retreat in Jabez Campsite, Pala-pala, Dasmariñas, Cavite that started last January 5 up to January 7. Last year, the youth ministry went there for a camp and they saw an Indigo-Banded Kingfisher. Unfortunately, it accidentally went to the electric fan and it died because of the impact. I just saw the photo of the dead bird. I planned of seeing the bird alive so I brought my birding gear. I didn’t see the endemic kingfisher but I saw another lifer instead. I saw a White-Breasted Waterhen. Further, I was able to see a family. A saw the pair and then I saw four young chicks.
I wasn’t able to photograph the waterhen family because I’m observing from a perilous spot. The waterhen lives in a creek, which is two to three meters below where I’m standing. Nevertheless, I enjoyed what I saw. I never ventured going nearer where the nest is because I discerned that the parents seems to have sense my presence, even though I’m quite a distance away and I’m camouflaging behind trees and shrubs. The creek wasn’t a pleasant place to bird because it really stinks because it serves as the piggery sewerage of someone somewhere. But then for the sake of observing a bird in its natural habitat, the foul odor has to be tolerated.
White-Breasted Waterhen
Manual, 500mm, f/7.1, 1/100 sec., ISO-560, handheld
Manual, 500mm, f/7.1, 1/100 sec., ISO-560, handheld
