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  • Coron Birding Day 1 Change Is Coming

    It was totally unexpected. Our friend, Chin Fernandez, who is from here told us that there was an uncommon raptor seen by the road near the airport. So far only three people had photographed this species he said since the time it was first spotted in the area.

    After having just arrived at Coron and while we were in the van that the Darayonan Lodge provided to pick us up that I saw some birds. Rodel, our driver, stopped the van and we all (me, Cynthia, our friend, Peter, and the Taiwanese couple) unpacked our gears. Our first official bird of the trip was the Pacific Golden Plover - about 12 ...

  • Sunny Saturday Morning On Campus

    Sunny Saturdays are few and far between this rainy season, making it difficult to plan out-of-Metro-Manila birding trips. Thankfully, the sprawling University of the Philippines grounds are just a stone throw's away. So when the skies were looking clear last weekend, Adri and I went for a quick drive and walk to check out the birds.

    We ran into birding couple Bob and Cynthia, and caught up on the latest news. In typical birder and photographer fashion, our conversation remained uninterrupted while we stared up into the trees and pointed out birds in the canopy. A few Golden-bellied Gery ...

  • Saturday Morning At The LPPCHEA

    I was happy to be back at the LPPCHEA (Las Piñas-Parañaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area) for a bit of Saturday morning birding with some members of the WBCP.

    I had not been back for a few years and I was curious to see the beach we once dubbed as "rubber slipper beach" when I was just starting out birding. All sorts of trash littered the beach, from your usual plastic packaging to styrofoam boxes, discarded nets and rope, furniture, handbags, clothes, toys... ANYTHING you can think up, including A LOT of rubber slippers. Well, there was still a LOT of the city's trash washed up o ...

  • 36 Bird Species Discovered At Aboitiz Cleanergy Park In Davao

    A total of 36 bird species—a number of which are considered endangered—have been recently identified living at the Aboitiz Cleanergy Park, reinforcing the park's status as a thriving outdoor biodiversity preserve that is also one of the country's few nesting sites for hawksbill turtles.

    This initial discovery, made by members of the Davao Wild Bird Photographers group and the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) following Philippine Eagle Week (June 4 to 12), revealed the existence of 36 bird species in the park.

    Two prominent species discovered include the endangered Spotted Imperial P ...

  • Home To Thousand Of Migratory Birds This Island Is Best For Birdwatching

    The favorite island of bird watchers!

    Olango Island is part of a group of islands in Cebu Province. The island group is under the jurisdiction of the municipality of Cordova and Lapu-Lapu City. It is a major tourist destination of Cebu known for its wildlife sanctuary and is only 5 kilometers east of Mactan Island.

    The Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary is home to migratory birds. It's a perfect side trip, most especially by bird watchers, if you're in Cebu. The island serves as a pit stop by birds that came from as far as Northern China and Siberia. The sea grasses, mudflats and mangrove ...

  • Back In Davao With The Philippine Eagle Foundation

    In a follow-up activity to last year's birdwatching workshop , Adri and I found ourselves back at the Philippine Eagle Center in Davao City, working with the staff and volunteers of the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF).

    Last September 26 – 28, a second training session for the PEF was held entitled "Facilitating Effective Philippine Eagle Center and Community-based Bird-watching Tours". The goal of the workshops was to increase the PEF staff and volunteer competency in birding and bird identification so that regular guided bird walks might eventually by established at the Philippine Eagl ...