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Post by Romy Ocon on Feb 18, 2009 0:39:15 GMT
;D For me: 1. Year when one started bird imaging: 20042. Photo-lifers, Philippine birds: 53. Photo-lifers, non-Philippine birds: 395 all in USA4. Video-lifers, Philippine birds: 05. Video-lifers, non-Philippine birds: 0 - (I have 41 videos but they are not HD quality) Wow, Bob broke the 400 species barrier, congrats! I'm probably 3-5 years away from that number. As regards video-lifers, it need not be HD quality unless you personally set that as the level of your bar. ;D
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Post by Bob Kaufman on Feb 18, 2009 3:59:08 GMT
Mastah Romy, the reason I have that much is that birds are easier to photograph here in the states. Also there is a great variety of habitats right here in California - therefore there's a wide diversity of species. If you were here since 2004 you would have garnered maybe 500 already.
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Post by ppaaoolloo on Feb 18, 2009 9:07:56 GMT
Mastah Romy, the reason I have that much is that birds are easier to photograph here in the states. Also there is a great variety of habitats right here in California - therefore there's a wide diversity of species. If you were here since 2004 you would have garnered maybe 500 already. I have to agree that the US has more birds as they have laws protecting birds from human interaction. Last year when I lived in Southwest Florida (50km north of the Everglades) the whole city of Naples was literally overrun by different types of waterfowl. Just imagine all the alley cats in your neighborhood as wild birds. It also helped that we had a lot of fresh bodies of water. My backyard was one big pond with a fountain and the canals for water run-off were filled with fish and shellfish. I even saw one duck/goose trying to enter the convenience store of a Shell petrol station. My Pinoy roommates wanted to have wild duck but I reminded them that they could get deported if they did. I'll try to look for some videos and photos of the birds I took using my point and shoot. I think Romy would get more bird shots by a factor of 10 but they wouldn't be as diverse, exotic or rare as the ones we have here.
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Post by Jun Gregorio on Mar 29, 2009 16:17:36 GMT
Time to revive this thread. I have to agree that the US has more birds as they have laws protecting birds from human interaction. Last year when I lived in Southwest Florida (50km north of the Everglades) the whole city of Naples was literally overrun by different types of waterfowl. Just imagine all the alley cats in your neighborhood as wild birds. It also helped that we had a lot of fresh bodies of water. My backyard was one big pond with a fountain and the canals for water run-off were filled with fish and shellfish. I even saw one duck/goose trying to enter the convenience store of a Shell petrol station. My Pinoy roommates wanted to have wild duck but I reminded them that they could get deported if they did. I'll try to look for some videos and photos of the birds I took using my point and shoot. I think Romy would get more bird shots by a factor of 10 but they wouldn't be as diverse, exotic or rare as the ones we have here. by human interaction, if you meant poaching then you are right. But human interaction in the form of conservation is still essential. As your example with Naples. The municipality allowed the waterfowl population to overrun the city. To a point where they are no longer shy/afraid of humans. This was also our problem a few years ago. Since the Canada Goose is our national bird they are considered protected animal. They run, mate, poop all over the place. It makes our parks really unattractive, not to mention causing traffic jam and accidents int he highway. Then they implement a program of going to their nests and making the eggs sterile and left the eggs back in the nests. This seem to have controlled the population. Now we seem to have a good balance between the humans and wildlife. I think the US has more birds because of it's size and migratory paths. I'm sure if Philippines has the same land mass as the US, the variety of birds would increase by tenfold. To quote Bob:Mastah Romy, the reason I have that much is that birds are easier to photograph here in the states. Also there is a great variety of habitats right here in California - therefore there's a wide diversity of species. If you were here since 2004 you would have garnered maybe 500 already. Just the same that's quite an achievement Bob! *thumbs-Up* Back to topic:1. Year when one started bird imaging: Spring 20082. Photo-lifers, Philippine birds: 1 ( I think it's called Tagak) 3. Photo-lifers, non-Philippine birds: 50+ (I'm not sure how many are endemics) 4. Video-lifers, Philippine birds: 05. Video-lifers, non-Philippine birds: 0This topic inspired me to create my very own Lifers website. I haven't added all my lists but the look and feel are done. Please check it out and feel free to send me comments , suggestions, and critiques. avianika.gregorio.ca/Cheers Jun
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Post by Romy Ocon on Mar 31, 2009 0:10:55 GMT
Those wood ducks are amazingly beautiful, Jun!
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Post by Jun Gregorio on Mar 31, 2009 1:05:45 GMT
Those wood ducks are amazingly beautiful, Jun! Thanks Romy, one of my favourite too
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Post by Tonji Ramos on May 11, 2009 4:52:25 GMT
Great thread Romy. Sylvia and I almost always go birding together, when we go out of town. Except once in Mindoro when it was just me and once in Canyon Woods when she went without me. Our photo list is the same except for 1 bird. We would take turns taking pics which was ok, but now its more fun because we have our own gear. We are taking many more birds and getting more keepers as a result. Our birdlist is in our website: tonjiandsylviasbirdlist.smugmug.comAll the birds were captured in the wild. No cages, zoo photos, or handheld birds. We only count birds that can be identified from the photo. 1. Year we started bird imaging. May 2008. One year anniversary! 2. Photo-lifers, Philippine birds 135 (1 not posted in our website yet) 3. Photo-lifers, Non-Philippine birds: none 4.Video-lifers, Philippine birds: 4 (Philippine Eagle, Yellow Bittern, SWKF, LTS) 5. Video-lifers, Non-Philippine birds: none In addition we are maintaining our birds seen life list and have seen but not photographed 33 other birds. Most of these birds were in Mt. Kitanglad, we really have to go back there soon. There are four birds difference between us. She has seen two I have not seen. I also have seen two she has not seen. I must confess these four birds are on the top of our target list!
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Post by Bob Kaufman on May 11, 2009 16:38:14 GMT
For me: 1. Year when one started bird imaging: 20042. Photo-lifers, Philippine birds: 53. Photo-lifers, non-Philippine birds: 411 all in USA4. Video-lifers, Philippine birds: 05. Video-lifers, non-Philippine birds: 0 - (I have 41 videos but they are not HD quality) BTW, my photo list is in here: www.pbase.com/ornithographyplus/my_bird_list
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Post by Tonji Ramos on Jan 1, 2010 0:52:14 GMT
Its January 1, 2010. Wow, 2009 came and went so fast. Its a good time to update our photolife list.
1. Year we started bird imaging. May 2008. One year and seven months ago. 2. Photo-lifers, Philippine birds 200 3. Photo-lifers, Non-Philippine birds: none 4.Video-lifers, Philippine birds: 4 (Philippine Eagle, Yellow Bittern, SWKF, LTS) 5. Video-lifers, Non-Philippine birds: none
Our website is slowly improving as we add new species and improve the pictures. Hopefully 2010 will bring us many new lifers.
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Post by Tonji Ramos on Mar 4, 2010 12:45:18 GMT
First two months of 2010 went by so fast. A quick update on our photolifelist.
1. Year we started bird imaging. May 2008. One year and nine months ago. 2. Photo-lifers, Philippine birds 226 3. Photo-lifers, Non-Philippine birds: none 4.Video-lifers, Philippine birds: 4 (Philippine Eagle, Yellow Bittern, SWKF, LTS) 5. Video-lifers, Non-Philippine birds: none
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Post by Tonji Ramos on Sept 28, 2010 13:10:24 GMT
As of 9/28/2010 we have moved just a little in our list. But best to keep updating.
We did not do any birding the last few months but hope to end 2010 with a few nice sorties.
1. Year we started bird imaging. May 2008. 2. Photo-lifers, Philippine birds: 236 3. Photo-lifers, Non-Philippine birds: 30 (might be a bit more) 4.Video-lifers, Philippine birds: 4 (Philippine Eagle, Yellow Bittern, SWKF, LTS) 5. Video-lifers, Non-Philippine birds: none
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Post by Nikko Guiam on Sept 27, 2011 0:14:35 GMT
Student just starting out : )
1. Year when one started in bird imaging : 2010 2. Photo-lifers, Philippine birds: 23 species (3 endemics) 3. Photo-lifers, non-Philippine birds: 0 4. Video-lifers, Philippine birds: 1 (Brown-cheeked bulbul @720p) 5. Video-lifers, non-Philippine birds: 0
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Post by birdphotoer on May 16, 2012 5:56:22 GMT
that sounds interesting ! 1. Year when one started in bird imaging - 2009 2. Photo-lifers, Philippine birds (specifiy the number of endemics/near endemics) - 12 species (3 endemics) 3. Photo-lifers, non-Philippine birds - 2 species 4. Video-lifers, Philippine birds (specifiy the number of endemics/near endemics) - 0 species 5. Video-lifers, non-Philippine birds - 0 species
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Post by oespena on Nov 2, 2012 11:56:06 GMT
Some of the photos not really clear but it's a life for me so that's why I didn't upload it. 1. Year when one started in bird imaging - 2010 2. Photo-lifers, Philippine birds (specify the number of endemics/near endemics) - 39 species (10 endemics) 3. Photo-lifers, non-Philippine birds - 1 species 4. Video-lifers, Philippine birds (specifiy the number of endemics/near endemics) - 0 species 5. Video-lifers, non-Philippine birds - 0 species I'm aiming more soon and just waiting for my new equipments for birding.
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