3 BROADBILLS OF KKC, THAILAND

[Ramon Quisumbing]

Last May, I visited Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand with Singapore birder Micky Lim. This is a beautiful cloud forest that is well-protected and well-maintained by the Thai park service, with awesome, easy birding where I got more than 20 lifers. The Philippines can certainly learn from Thailand.

I captured 3 out the 5 Broadbills in KKC.

Canon 1DX camera, 600 mm lens, tripod.

SILVER-BREASTED BROADBILL (Serilophus lunatus) - Male.
Taken in KKC on 5/5/13.
F/8, ISO-1600, 1/100 second.


BLACK-AND-RED BROADBILL (Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchus)
Taken in KKC on 5/6/13.
1.4x TC, 840 mm, F/5.6, ISO-800, 1/125 second.


DUSKY BROADBILL (Corydon sumatranus)
Taken in KKC on 5/6/13.
1.4 x TC, 840 mm, F/5.6, ISO-800, 1/160 second.

[Ely Teehankee]

I like the first one best of all. Beautiful capture. It looks like it was taken very close, probably full frame. Well done Ramon & Mabuhay.

[Ramon Quisumbing]

Thanks, Ely. You're right, the first one is almost full-frame.