Post by Ramon Quisumbing on Aug 18, 2013 4:44:43 GMT
RED-BELLIED PITTA (Pitta erythrogaster)
Resident. This is the nominate subspecies endemic to most of the Philippines.
On my third visit to La Mesa EcoPark to try to capture the 2 juvenile RED-BELLIED PITTAS, I finally saw them 2 days ago (16 August 2013). ;D ;D ;D
Canon 1DX camera, 600 mm lens, tripod in a hide.
First, the parent RBP came out. I am not sure, but my guess is that this is the female.
F/4, ISO-3200, 1/100 second.
The juvenile RBPs are superbly camouflaged. Even when they are standing exposed only 10 meters away, it is very hard to see them unless they move. This is the larger, more developed juvenile.
F/4, ISO-3200, 1/125 second.
A close-up of the larger juvenile.
F/4, ISO-3200, 1/125 second.
The backside of the mother.
F/4, ISO-3200, 1/80 second.
A passport photo of the presumed Mama.
F/4, ISO-3200, 1/80 second.
This is the smaller, less-developed juvenile. It was much shyer than its sibling and would not come as close or out into the open. I kept waiting for it to move 2 inches to the left, so the leaf in front would not cover it - but no luck.
F/4, ISO-3200, 1/160 second.
Another shot of the presumed Mama.
F/4, ISO-3200, 1/100 second.
This is an adult RBP that I photographed in the exact same spot 2 weeks earlier. It has more prominent white wing bars and the blue back feathers seem different from the Mama. This could be the Papa, because it was gathering food to bring elsewhere, presumably the nestlings.
F/4, ISO-1600, 1/80 second.
Resident. This is the nominate subspecies endemic to most of the Philippines.
On my third visit to La Mesa EcoPark to try to capture the 2 juvenile RED-BELLIED PITTAS, I finally saw them 2 days ago (16 August 2013). ;D ;D ;D
Canon 1DX camera, 600 mm lens, tripod in a hide.
First, the parent RBP came out. I am not sure, but my guess is that this is the female.
F/4, ISO-3200, 1/100 second.
The juvenile RBPs are superbly camouflaged. Even when they are standing exposed only 10 meters away, it is very hard to see them unless they move. This is the larger, more developed juvenile.
F/4, ISO-3200, 1/125 second.
A close-up of the larger juvenile.
F/4, ISO-3200, 1/125 second.
The backside of the mother.
F/4, ISO-3200, 1/80 second.
A passport photo of the presumed Mama.
F/4, ISO-3200, 1/80 second.
This is the smaller, less-developed juvenile. It was much shyer than its sibling and would not come as close or out into the open. I kept waiting for it to move 2 inches to the left, so the leaf in front would not cover it - but no luck.
F/4, ISO-3200, 1/160 second.
Another shot of the presumed Mama.
F/4, ISO-3200, 1/100 second.
This is an adult RBP that I photographed in the exact same spot 2 weeks earlier. It has more prominent white wing bars and the blue back feathers seem different from the Mama. This could be the Papa, because it was gathering food to bring elsewhere, presumably the nestlings.
F/4, ISO-1600, 1/80 second.
