After months of no serious birding, I found some time to drive to
Baguio and try my luck at Camp John Hay's Eco Trail. I walked the
slippery path down to the small stream,
and encountered a bird wave along the way. Light was very low under
the canopy of pine trees so I had to shoot at high ISOs.
I had a blast
trying to focus at the small birds
in dim lighting - just a couple of hours of birding allowed me to meet quite a few montane feathered friends again.
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Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis, migrant)
Habitat - Variety of forest types at all levels and elevations.
Habitat - Variety of forest types at all levels and elevations.
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| Shooting info - Elev. 1526 m ASL, Camp John hay Eco Trail, Baguio City,
October 1, 2017, 7D MII + EF 400 DO IS II + 1.4x TC III,
560 mm, f/5.6, 1/320 sec, ISO 2500, manual exposure in available light, hand held, near full frame resized to 800 x 533. |
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Little Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula westermanni, resident, female)
Habitat - Forest canopy or understory and edge, montane forest down to 800 m.
Habitat - Forest canopy or understory and edge, montane forest down to 800 m.
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| Shooting info - Elev. 1526 m ASL, Camp John hay Eco Trail, Baguio City,
October 1, 2017, 7D MII + EF 400 DO IS II + 1.4x TC III,
560 mm, f/5.6, 1/320 sec, ISO 2500, manual exposure in available light, hand held, near full frame resized to 800 x 533. |
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Mountain White-eye (Zosterops montanus, resident)
Habitat - All forest types above 1000 m.
Habitat - All forest types above 1000 m.
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| Shooting info - Elev. 1526 m ASL, Camp John hay Eco Trail, Baguio City,
October 1, 2017, 7D MII + EF 400 DO IS II + 1.4x TC III,
560 mm, f/5.6, 1/250 sec, ISO 2500, manual exposure in available light, hand held, major crop resized to 800 x 533. |
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Mountain Verditer-Flycatcher (Eumyias panayensis, resident, male)
Habitat - Mountain forests above 800 m.
Habitat - Mountain forests above 800 m.
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| Shooting info - Elev. 1526 m ASL, Camp John hay Eco Trail, Baguio
City, October 1, 2017, 7D MII + EF 400 DO IS II + 1.4x TC III,
560 mm, f/5.6, 1/250 sec, ISO 1250, manual exposure in available light, hand held, major crop resized to 800 x 533. |
These pictures are absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing them everyone and mentioning the details. I’m glad you took the trip and got to see these birds.
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