Habitat - Open country or lawns.
Sunday, May 7, 2023
Birds in flight at Maambal Orchard
Habitat - Open country or lawns.
Monday, February 27, 2023
White-breasted Waterhen (in 4K)
White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus, resident)
Habitat – Wetter areas like grasslands, marshes and mangroves.
Size - 11.0 inches total length
Shooting Info - filmed in habitat at Maambal Orchard, Pozorrubio, Pangasinan, Philippines on February 27, 2023, Nikon Coolpix P1000, fluid head + tripod + shotgun microphone, manual exposure in available light, recorded and processed at 4K/29.97p.
Saturday, February 25, 2023
War of the Sparrows (in 4K)
Territorial dispute is not a monopoly of Homo sapiens.
Two groups of sparrows - Java Sparrows (with black head and white cheeks) and Eurasian Tree Sparrows - contest a choice nesting hole in the trunk of a dead palm tree.
Shooting Info - filmed in habitat at Maambal Orchard, Pozorrubio, Pangasinan, Philippines on February 26, 2023, Nikon Coolpix P1000, fluid head + tripod, built-in microphone, manual exposure in available light, recorded and processed at 4K/29.97p.
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Java Sparrow (Padda oryzivora)
Habitat - Uncommon in parks, residential areas and scrub, sometimes in neighboring ricefields.
Size - 5.50 inches total length
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Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Habitat - Common in virtually every inhabited island of the Philippines.
Size - 5.25 inches total length
Friday, February 24, 2023
Java Sparrow (in 4K)
Java Sparrow (Padda oryzivora, resident)
Habitat - Uncommon in parks, residential areas and scrub, sometimes in neighboring ricefields.
Size - 5.50 inches total length
Shooting Info - filmed in habitat at Maambal Orchard, Pozorrubio, Pangasinan, Philippines on February 25, 2023, Nikon Coolpix P1000, fluid head + tripod + shotgun microphone, manual exposure in available light, recorded and processed at 4K/29.97p.
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Kingfisher in light rain (4K)
White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis, resident)
Habitat – Clearings, along large streams and rivers, and in open country.
Size - 10-1/2 inches total length
Shooting Info - filmed in habitat at Maambal Orchard, Pangasinan, Philippines on February 8, 2023, Nikon Coolpix P1000, fluid head + tripod + built-in mic, manual focus, manual exposure in available light, recorded and processed at 4K/29.97p.
Sunday, September 11, 2022
Pacific Swallow (in 4K)
Pacific Swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
Habitat - Common along coasts, in towns and open country, rarely over forest.
Size - 5 inches total length
Shooting Info - filmed in habitat at Maambal Orchard, Pangasinan, Philippines on September 11, 2022, Nikon Coolpix P1000, fluid head + tripod + built-in mic, manual focus, manual exposure in available light, recorded and processed at 4K/29.97p.
Friday, September 9, 2022
Scaly-breasted Munia (in 4K)
Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)
Habitat: Ricefields, grasslands, gardens and scrub.
Size - 4.25 inches total length
Shooting Info - filmed in habitat at Maambal Orchard, Pangasinan, Philippines on August 25, 2022, Nikon Coolpix P1000, fluid head + tripod + built-in mic, manual focus, manual exposure in available light, recorded and processed at 4K/29.97p.
Sunday, September 4, 2022
Call of the Black-naped Oriole (in 4K)
A Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis) calling on top of a tall tree.
Habitat - Early second growth, open scrub and gardens.
Size - 10 to 11 inches total length.
Shooting Info - filmed in habitat at Maambal Orchard, Pangasinan, Philippines on August 28, 2022, Nikon Coolpix P1000, fluid head + tripod + built-in mic, manual focus, manual exposure in available light, recorded and processed at 4K/29.97p.
White-breasted Wood-Swallow (in 4K)
White-breasted Wood-Swallow (Artamus leucorynchus, resident)
Habitat - From open country to clearings at forest edge up to 1800 m.
Size - 7.50 inches total length.
Shooting Info - filmed in habitat at Maambal Orchard, Pangasinan, Philippines on September 4, 2022, Nikon Coolpix P1000, fluid head + tripod + built-in mic, manual focus, manual exposure in available light, recorded and processed at 4K/29.97p.
Saturday, November 27, 2021
Call of the Red-keeled Flowerpecker (in 4K)
Red-keeled Flowerpecker (Dicaeum australe, a Philippine endemic)
Habitat - Canopy of forest, edge and flowering trees.
Size - 4 inches total length.
Shooting Info - filmed in habitat at Bued River, La Union, Philippines on November 28, 2021, Nikon Coolpix P1000, fluid head + tripod + shotgun microphone, manual focus, manual exposure in available light, recorded and processed at 4K/29.97p.
Sunday, November 14, 2021
A Singing Golden-bellied Flyeater (in 4K)
Golden-bellied Flyeater (Gerygone sulphurea, resident)
Habitat – Open country, second growth, mangroves and even in residential areas.
Size - 4.00 inches total length
Shooting Info - filmed in habitat at Bued River, La Union, Philippines on November 15, 2021, Nikon Coolpix P1000, fluid head + tripod + shotgun microphone, manual exposure in available light, recorded and processed at 4K/29.97p.
Java Sparrow (in 4K)
Java Sparrow (Padda oryzivora, resident)
Habitat - Uncommon in parks, residential areas and scrub, sometimes in neighboring ricefields.
Size - 5.50 inches total length
Shooting Info - filmed in habitat at Bued River, La Union, Philippines on November 15, 2021, Nikon Coolpix P1000, fluid head + tripod + shotgun microphone, manual exposure in available light, recorded and processed at 4K/29.97p.