Lifers from a Fruiting Ficus

[Tirso Paris]

Sometime late last month (May 2012), a ficus tree near the UPLB experimental fields was bearing fruits and it brought about a few lifers for me, particularly the Mangrove Blue Flycatcher, Oriental Magpie Robin, Asian Glossy Starling and Pied Triller. In addition, I saw some Lowland White-eyes and a juvenile Coppersmith Barbet.

All pictures were taken with a Canon EOS 7D and an EF100-400mm L IS USM, Manfrotto 190CXPRO3, Tripod, and in natural light.



Mangrove Blue Flycatcher (Cyronis rufigastra) - Adult Female
2012-05-18 08:34, 1/640 sec, Shutter priority, F 5.6, ISO 2000, 400 mm



Mangrove Blue Flycatcher (Cyronis rufigastra) - Adult Male
2012-05-21 08:15, 1/160 sec, Shutter priority, F 5.6, ISO 250, 390 mm



Mangrove Blue Flycatcher (Cyronis rufigastra) - Adult Female
2012-05-22 08:44, 1/30 sec, Shutter priority, F 9, ISO 400, 390 mm



Mangrove Blue Flycatcher (Cyronis rufigastra) - Adult Male
2012-05-23 08:12, 1/500 sec, Shutter priority, F 5.6, ISO 1250, 380 mm



Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis)
2012-05-22 07:48, 1/320 sec, Shutter priority, F 5.6, ISO 400, 400 mm



Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis)
2012-05-19 07:16, 1/800 sec, Shutter priority, F 5.6, ISO 1000, 390 mm



Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis)
2012-05-22 07:45, 1/640 sec, Shutter priority, F 7.1, ISO 400, 400 mm



Pied Triller (Lalage nigra)
2012-05-20 07:18, 1/1000 sec, Shutter priority, F 6.3, ISO 400, 400 mm



Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis) - Immature
2012-05-20 07:15, 1/1000 sec, Shutter priority, F 5.6, ISO 2500, 400 mm



Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis) - Immature
2012-05-20 07:15, 1/1000 sec, Shutter priority, F 5.6, ISO 2500, 400 mm



Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala) - Immature
2012-05-23 07:35, 1/500 sec, Shutter priority, F 5.6, ISO 2500, 390 mm



Lowland White-eye (Zosterops meyeni)
2012-05-26 07:16, 1/250 sec, Shutter priority, F 5.6, ISO 800, 380 mm



Lowland White-eye (Zosterops meyeni)
2012-05-26 07:45, 1/250 sec, Shutter priority, F 7.1, ISO 800, 375 mm

[des]

Nice set! I am sure there will be more species...

[Ramon Quisumbing]

Great harvest, Prof Tirso!

[tina mallari]

Excellent set of photos Prof. Tirso !!!!! :-)

[Tirso Paris]

Thank you very much Des, Ramon, and Tina for the nice comments. Actually, I almost missed the fruiting period as most of the fruits were almost gone when I discovered the tree. Yes, there were other birds under the canopy which I could not take a good photo of but the most plentiful were the Yellow Vented Bulbuls.

[Ely Teehankee]

I like the Oriental Magpie Robin best of all. Well done Tirso & Mabuhay.

[Mark Itol]

Congrats on your lifers, Prof. Tirso. That's a lot of Asian Glossy Starlings!

[Tirso Paris]

Thanks a lot Ely and Mark. By the way, I read somewhere that the Oriental Magpie Robin is now to be called Philippine Magpie Robin. I love their sing song bird call. Mark, I was actually alarmed when all of sudden about a dozen asian glossy starlings arrived. They just fed on the fruits for a couple of minutes and then continued on with their journey.

[Ariel Matias]

Wow! Excellent captures on all!

[Tirso Paris]

Muchas gracias Ariel!