Pygmy Swiftlet and other unusual BIFs at Bued River

[Romy Ocon]

***UPDATE, January 31st - the small BIF turned out to be a Pygmy Swiftlet, an endemic photolifer for me! ***

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I'm having much fun trying to catch unusual BIFs along Bued River (Rosario, La Union). Most photos are heavily cropped, but the subjects are not often captured in flight, so these are novelty images nonetheless.

My venerable, battle-scarred 400 5.6L becomes my lens of choice for these hand held shots. I'm processing from my uncalibrated laptop screen, so I might have to redo these when I get back to my calibrated display.

Olive-backed Sunbird (Nectarinia jugularis, female)
Shooting Info - Bued River, Rosario, La Union, January 28, 2015, 5D MIII + 400 5.6L, 400 mm, f/5.6, ISO 800, 1/2000 sec, hand held, 100% crop.

Pied Triller (Lalage nigra, male)
Shooting Info - Bued River, Rosario, La Union, January 28, 2015, 5D MIII + 400 5.6L, 400 mm, f/6.3, ISO 640, 1/2000 sec, hand held, major crop.

Red-keeled Flowerpecker (Dicaeum australe)
Shooting Info - Bued River, Rosario, La Union, January 27, 2015, 1D MIV + 400 5.6L, 400 mm, f/6.3, ISO 800, 1/2000 sec, hand held, major crop.

Pygmy Swiftlet (Collocalia troglodytes, a Philippine endemic)

Shooting info for both images - Rosario, La Union, Philippines, January 27, 2015, 1D MIV + 400 5.6L, 400 mm, f/6.3, ISO 800, 1/2000 sec, hand held, major crop.

And lastly, a garden variety BIF.

Red Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica)
Shooting Info - Bued River, Rosario, La Union, January 28, 2015, 5D MIII + 400 5.6L, 400 mm, f/5.6, ISO 800, 1/2000 sec, hand held, major crop.

[Tateo Osawa]

Very nice captures of small birds in flight, Romy. I'm surprise how you captured the red-keeled flowerpecker because I cannot even see it flying.

[Romy Ocon]

Thanks, Tateo-san! I wish I can get it again, this time with open wings.

[Romy Ocon]

Another view of the endemic swiftlet taken this morning.

Pygmy Swiftlet (Collocalia troglodytes, a Philippine endemic)

Shooting info - Rosario, La Union, Philippines, January 30, 2015, 5D MIII + 400 5.6L, 400 mm, f/6.3, ISO 640, 1/2000 sec, hand held, major crop.

[des]

Wonderful shots of the Pygmy Swiftlet - please get photos of all the other species next :-)

[Romy Ocon]

Jan 30, 2015 5:54:31 GMT des said:

Wonderful shots of the Pygmy Swiftlet - please get photos of all the other species next :-)

Wowowowwwwww!!!!! Collocalia troglodytes?!?!?

This is a big photo-lifer for me then, my 277th species, and an endemic one at that.

Thanks for the ID confirm, Des.

[Tonji Ramos]

Very nice flight photos Romy, and congrats on the photo lifer!

[William Lim]

Difficult shots, Romy

[Romy Ocon]

Thanks, Tonji and William!