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Post by paulbourdin on Oct 14, 2011 4:24:20 GMT
The second bird is a Philippine Hawk Cuckoo. Nice set.
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Post by paulbourdin on Oct 7, 2011 13:37:23 GMT
Yes indeed, Northern Mockingbird.
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Post by paulbourdin on Oct 5, 2011 9:47:26 GMT
The Tern is a Whiskered Tern, coming out of breeding plumage (not going in Ely). I love how the nostrils have lined up so you can see daylight through them!
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Post by paulbourdin on Sept 22, 2011 12:36:22 GMT
Some more excellent pictures. Another ID issue is the "Great Egret", which is in fact an Intermediate Egret. I've had problems with these myself here, but the black tip to the bill is diagnostic in the race that occurs here (E. i. intermedia). Another feature that you've captured well is the gape, which extends beyond the eye in Great Egret, but stops below the eye in Intermediate.
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Post by paulbourdin on Sept 22, 2011 12:25:28 GMT
Very nice shots here. Two points about ID. Your "Common Greenshank" is a Grey-tailed Tattler, and your "Greater Sand plovers" are Grey (Northern) Plovers
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Post by paulbourdin on Sept 2, 2011 11:33:31 GMT
must have been quite a thrill! thanks for sharing sir! A huge thrill. There's nothing quite like the buzz of a self-found rarity (though this is more 'scarce' than 'rare')
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Post by paulbourdin on Sept 2, 2011 4:56:10 GMT
I'm planning a trip sometime in September/ early October to Sablayan. If anyone has contact details for the prison superintendant, or other person who could guide me for 2/3 days here I would be very grateful.
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Post by paulbourdin on Aug 29, 2011 4:10:06 GMT
Finally found a Sharpie on my local patch at IRRI. Rather overdue, but worth the (3 year) wait! In company with a Long-toed Stint. Tim once described Long-toed Stints to me as "like miniature Sharp-tailed Sandpipers" I can see what he meant...
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Post by paulbourdin on Aug 28, 2011 9:17:05 GMT
How did you manage to get so close to the bird? . Only the Peacock-Pheasant and Frogmouth were with the smaller lens. For the first I was lucky, the PP just walked up to me. The Frogmouth was the one outside the lodge at Kitanglad, and was very acclimatised to people. I just took my time, and got to within 5 feet or so!
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Post by paulbourdin on Aug 28, 2011 0:30:13 GMT
New to posting, but not new to the forum. I thought I'd post some of the more interesting photos I've taken aver the last year. In all the camera used was a Canon 7D, usually with a 400mm f5.6 lens (The Peacock-Pheasant and Frogmouth were both with a 28-135 f3.5-5.6 zoom). I usually shoot hand-held, though I've recently bought a monopod. I don't keep records of camera settings, to be honest I'm a birder who's bought a camera rather than a photographer who likes birds! Mindoro Bulbul, Pandan Island Christmas 2010 Emerald Dove, Pandan Island Christmas 2010 Hooded Pitta, Pandan Island Christmas 2010 Palawan Peacock-Pheasant, St Paul's NP, January 2011 Greater Flameback, (Red-headed Flameback) St Paul's NP, January 2011 Philippine Frogmouth, Kitanglad
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Post by paulbourdin on Aug 22, 2011 11:58:16 GMT
Yes to Whiskered Tern. The only other possibility here is White-winged Black Tern, which shows a different head pattern in this plumage, (It looks like it's wearing headphones). The structure is also too heavy for WWBT, which has a more slender bill, and an overall more 'delicate' look. A good field feature is the rump. In Whiskered Tern it is concolourous with the tail and back, a uniform pale grey. In WWBT in all plumages the rump is paler than the back (usually quite white), and in most plumages this extends down to the tail. In April most birds are still in winter plumage like this one, though some are starting to change.
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Post by paulbourdin on Jul 6, 2011 5:21:33 GMT
1: Could be either Kentish Plover or Malaysian Plover. It's difficult to tell without seeing whether the black collar extends all the way round the neck (Malaysian), or stops halfway (Kentish). I would say Malaysian though. 2: Common Tern 3: Common Tern 4: Common Tern 5: Black-naped Tern
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Post by paulbourdin on Jul 4, 2011 7:56:14 GMT
It is an Oriental Skylark. Pipits' bills are usually fairly thin, and distinctly downcurved. While the culmen of a Lark's bill is often slightly downcurved (such as in this photograph), the overall impression is usually of a short, relatively straight, strong bill.
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Post by paulbourdin on Jun 22, 2011 21:57:40 GMT
Not a Tailorbird, but a Golden-headed Cisticola.
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Post by paulbourdin on Jun 18, 2011 4:00:08 GMT
Some nice shots here. Your "Paddyfield Pipit" is in fact an Oriental Skylark though. Nice birds, and pretty easy to get close to, unlike other larks around the world.
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Post by paulbourdin on May 29, 2011 22:24:08 GMT
Female sunbirds can be very tricky to identify, and I would hesitate to try and put a name to the first bird. The second does look like venusta, a male coming into adult plumage would be my assessment.
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Post by paulbourdin on May 23, 2011 0:13:39 GMT
Lovely shot, but this is a Woodland Kingfisher, not a Blue-breasted which has both a (faint) blue breast, and a blue nape and sometimes crown. The Blue-breasted are much more secretive than Woodland, and would be very unlikely to be sitting on a water tank in an inhabited area. They are essentially forest birds.
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Post by paulbourdin on May 23, 2011 0:08:28 GMT
African Pied Wagtail. White wagtail doesn't have a huge white supercilium like that (amongst other differences).
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Post by paulbourdin on Apr 13, 2011 2:57:57 GMT
The last picture is another Greenshank, not a Common Sandpiper
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Post by paulbourdin on Apr 10, 2011 11:16:51 GMT
Looks like Arctic to me. I can see a clear wing-bar, not usually present on Lemon-throated I believe.
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