HDV - Pheasant-tailed Jacana

[Neon Rosell II]

It would have been better if I was able to capture the call, the pond was just beside the main highway connecting Macabebe to Masantol, all natural sounds were drowned out by the vehicle sound and the people talking that were curious as to what four, "normal looking", persons who suddenly stopped beside an empty track of "quiapo"(water lettuce) filled pond were up to. Later they learned, Certified Birdnuts pala!!! ;D

[Ely Teehankee]

:)I have never seen a Pheasant-tailed Jacana up this close. Thank you for sharing your video with us. Well done Neon. Mabuhay.

[Romy Ocon]

Another well-done job, Direk Neon! Just pile on the footages, and pretty soon we'll perhaps look for a corporate sponsor to bankroll a 1-hour TV special.

[Tonji Ramos]

Neon, the video really shows how unique this birds are and how they are able to walk on the water. Its no wonder they are called Jesus birds in some places. Those plants are on a pond of water but it looks like they are on land in pictures. In the video you can see the bird sinking sometimes. No wonder their feet are sooo big.

I was walking in the filled up backyard of one of the houses and I was sinking even with all the dirt and stuff they put in the marsh. Hehe. Maybe my feet are too small.

[Bob Kaufman]

Fantastic video capture, Neon. It is as if I was there watching the jacanas with you. ;D

[Neon Rosell II]

Thanks Ely, Ka Mastah, Tonji and Bob!!

I just updated the video again using Exposure Room, the one I uploaded in Flickr was truncated, now it's complete. .

I have several more minutes of footage I haven't watched as my computer is at a crawl pace when rendering video.

[Ed Matuod]

Awesome video footages of this species, Neon! Clarity at its best.