Citrine cotton ball

[Neon Rosell II]

Before I used to go to the Cordilleras to look for montane species which entails a 10-12 hrs drive, like this sortie back in 2008. Now there is one that is just 2 hrs away - BK Valley.

As usual without a legitimate sortie to go to, went to my HDD and relived the old days, still finding some unposted captures, as if I only shot 2 or 3 frames , during that time my trigger finger used to lock up when I get excited resulting in countless captures or the camera buffer runs out . Doing this I missed a lot of shots as it takes a while for the camera to store the captures and is disabled until it does. So learned my lesson and shot in burst of 3-4 frames after.

Got this on the same series but framed (cropped) it differently.

Citrine Canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa helianthea) - Mt Data, November 22, 2008

30D + 600 f4 IS, f4, 1/180 sec, ISO 200, manual exposure, Tripod-Gimbal support.

[Ramon Quisumbing]

Lots of details on the CCF, Neon.

[Ely Teehankee]

Looking at these two birds I noticed that the eye wattle is also yellow to match with the feathers whereas the Mountain White-eye has white wattle to match it chest feathers. God in His infinite wisdom saw the need for a variety of designs to keep the bird watchers and photographers happy. Well done Neon & Mabuhay.

[mantarey]

Wonderful catch Neon, you brought out the beauty of this tiny bird.

[Ariel Matias]

The bird has similarities with the yellow warbler of the Americas. The color blends very well with the background.

[Mark Itol]

The bird's bright color make the bird pop from the environment. Wonderful catch, Neon.