Java Sparrows at Bued River (La Union)

I was trekking along the banks of Bued River (a river that snakes from the Cordillera mountains down to my native La Union) when I saw these pretty, little birds. This turned out to be my closest encounter yet with this species, and I'm glad I got both an adult and immature.

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Java Sparrow (Padda oryzivora, resident)

Habitat - Uncommon in parks, residential areas and scrub, sometimes in neighboring ricefields.

 

Immature



 



Shooting Info - Bued River, Rosario, La Union, January 10, 2013, Canon 7D + EF 500 f4 L IS + EF 1.4x II, 700 mm, f/7.1, ISO 400, 1/320 sec, bean bag.

 

 

 

Adult
 







Shooting Info - Bued River, Rosario, La Union, January 10, 2013, Canon 7D + EF 500 f4 L IS + EF 1.4x II, 700 mm, f/7.1, ISO 400, 1/400 sec, bean bag



 

 





Shooting Info - Bued River, Rosario, La Union, January 10, 2013, Canon 7D + EF 500 f4 L IS + EF 1.4x II, 700 mm, f/7.1, ISO 400, 1/500 sec, bean bag.