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  • Palawan Is Love

    It's my personal paradise... birding, beaches and the great outdoors! I was so excited that Adri and I finally got to fit a return trip to Puerto Princesa for a 5 day weekend at the end of November for an early wedding anniversary trip.

    Unfortunately, a cancelled flight made us lose an evening and a morning, but our optimism overtook our disappointment and soon we were in Puerto Princesa, ready to bird! I love Puerto Princesa!

    We picked up our rental car, picked up some supplies at the NCCC, found our way to our downtown inn, had our lunch, took a nap and... off we were! Our agenda for ...

  • Baras Bird Sanctuary Showcased In 9th Philippine Bird Festival

    Tacurong City's Baras Bird Sanctuary was showcased during Zamboanga City's 1st Ecotourism Fair for the 9th Philippine Bird Festival on February 27 to March 2, 2014.

    Photos of migratory birds inhabiting Tacurong's one and three-fourth hectare-bird sanctuary were displayed for local and international bird watchers, students, and locals. These migratory birds include the Great Egret, Intermediate Egret, Little Egret, Cattle Egret, Rufous Night Heron, Black-Crowned Night Heron, and Javan Pond. The exhibit also included the the Wild Bird Photographers of the Philippines' sightings of the Variabl ...

  • Spotting The Birds At The Quiet Place

    I went to The Quiet Place Farm Resort in Bago City expecting to have some quiet time with friends, only to be disturbed by the birds. It was not their melodious early morning calls that I find disquieting but the fact that these beautiful creatures need our constant protection because some of them are already threatened species.

    The Bird Watching Activity of The Quiet Place was such an eye opening activity for me that I swear, I will never look at birds the same way again. Unlike those unscrupulous hunters, shooting birds with a camera doesn't harm them and sharing their pictures would even ...

  • Wings In The Water The Birds In Candaba Swamp

    Candaba Swamp is located in the Candaba, Pampanga municipality, 60 km northeast of Manila in the Philippines. It encompasses about 32,000 ha, made of freshwater ponds, swamps and marshes surrounded by seasonally flooded grasslands.

  • Panlabuhan Floating Village Agusan Marshland Sanctuary

    Agusan Wildlife Sanctuary courses through five municipalities — Rosario, San Francisco, Talacogon, Bunawan, La Paz, and Loreto. Bunawan being the most famous one as it was where Lolong was captured. To those who have no idea who Lolong was, Lolong was the world's longest crocodile in captivity. He was a 20ft 3in Indo-Pacific saltwater croc and he weighed around 1,075 kg. He was found dead in his cage last February 10, 2013.

    We asked the Panlabuhan locals about what they think of Lolong. "Gamay man siya". He's small, they said. Nakadakop mig mas dako pa niya, kaduhaon. Abi namo namata ...

  • Birds At Naujan Lake

    From January 23 to 25, 2014, we birded in Oriental Mindoro. Our first day and the following morning was spent at the Naujan Lake National Park. Naujan Lake in Oriental Mindoro is the 5th largest lake in the Philippines. It is about about 14 km from north to south, and 7 km from east to west, a total of 13,011 hectares in area. The lake is bounded by the municipalities of Naujan, Pola, Victoria and Socorro.

    The Mindoro Biodiversity Conservation Foundation, Inc. (MBCFI), a non-government organization that implements conservation initiatives in Mindoro Island, organized a Wild Bird Photosafar ...