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romy ocon | profile | all galleries >> Wild Birds of the Philippines (Photos) >> Bird Galleries by Location >> Archives of Older Galleries by Location >> Archives - Part 10 >> Blue Tailed Bee Eater At Candaba Wetlands tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Blue Tailed Bee Eater At Candaba Wetlands

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The Blue-tailed Bee-eater is common in open country, usually associated with water. But it's only in this sortie that I was able to get close to this bird....:)
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Blue-tailed Bee-eater 

Scientific name - Merops philippinus 

Habitat - Open country usually associated with water along rivers, marshes and ricefields. 

[40D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, bean bag]
Blue-tailed Bee-eater -IMG_8928.jpg

Blue-tailed Bee-eater

Scientific name - Merops philippinus

Habitat - Open country usually associated with water along rivers, marshes and ricefields.

[40D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, bean bag]

Philippine Duck 
(a Philippine endemic) 

Scientific name - Anas luzonica 

Habitat - Freshwater marshes, shallow lakes and ricefields. 

[1DM2 + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]
KZ2L3087-1100x880.jpg

Philippine Duck
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Anas luzonica

Habitat - Freshwater marshes, shallow lakes and ricefields.

[1DM2 + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]

Philippine Duck 
(a Philippine endemic, an amelanistic individual) 

Scientific name - Anas luzonica 

Habitat - Freshwater marshes, shallow lakes and ricefields. 

[1DM2 + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]
KZ2L3151-1000x750.jpg

Philippine Duck
(a Philippine endemic, an amelanistic individual)

Scientific name - Anas luzonica

Habitat - Freshwater marshes, shallow lakes and ricefields.

[1DM2 + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]

Buff-banded Rail 

Scientific name - Gallirallus philippensis 

Habitat - Marshes, ricefields and open grasslands.

[40D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, bean bag]
IMG_8729-900x675.jpg

Buff-banded Rail

Scientific name - Gallirallus philippensis

Habitat - Marshes, ricefields and open grasslands.

[40D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, bean bag]

Common Moorhen 

Scientific name - Gallinula chloropus 

Habitat - Marshes and ponds. 

[40D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, bean bag]
IMG_9275-1000x800.jpg

Common Moorhen

Scientific name - Gallinula chloropus

Habitat - Marshes and ponds.

[40D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, bean bag]

Philippine Duck 
(a Philippine endemic) 

Scientific name - Anas luzonica 

Habitat - Freshwater marshes, shallow lakes and ricefields. 

[1DM2 + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]
KZ2L3090-1000x750.jpg

Philippine Duck
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Anas luzonica

Habitat - Freshwater marshes, shallow lakes and ricefields.

[1DM2 + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]

Northern Pintail (male) 

Scientific name - Anas acuta 

Habitat - Uncommon in wetlands from marshes to lakes. 

[1DM2 + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]
KZ2L3122-1000x750.jpg

Northern Pintail (male)

Scientific name - Anas acuta

Habitat - Uncommon in wetlands from marshes to lakes.

[1DM2 + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]

Whiskered Tern 

Scientific name: Chlidonias hybridus 

Habitat: Bays, tidal flats to ricefields. 

[1DM2 + 100-400 L IS, hand held, IS off]
KZ2L2762-1000x750.jpg

Whiskered Tern

Scientific name: Chlidonias hybridus

Habitat: Bays, tidal flats to ricefields.

[1DM2 + 100-400 L IS, hand held, IS off]

Purple Heron 

Scientific name - Ardea purpurea 

Habitat - All types of wetlands. 

[40D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, bean bag]
IMG_9145-1000x750.jpg

Purple Heron

Scientific name - Ardea purpurea

Habitat - All types of wetlands.

[40D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, bean bag]

Blue-tailed Bee-eater 

Scientific name - Merops philippinus 

Habitat - Open country usually associated with water along rivers, marshes and ricefields. 

[40D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, bean bag]
IMG_8854-1200x900.jpg

Blue-tailed Bee-eater

Scientific name - Merops philippinus

Habitat - Open country usually associated with water along rivers, marshes and ricefields.

[40D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, bean bag]

Black Bittern 

Scientific name - Dupetor flavicollis 

Habitat - Uncommon in wetlands from ricefields to mangroves. 

[40D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, bean bag]
IMG_8723-800x600.jpg

Black Bittern

Scientific name - Dupetor flavicollis

Habitat - Uncommon in wetlands from ricefields to mangroves.

[40D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, bean bag]

Northern Pintail (two males and a female) 

Scientific name - Anas acuta 

Habitat - Uncommon in wetlands from marshes to lakes. 

[40D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 2x TC, MF via Live View, bean bag]
IMG_8838-1000x750.jpg

Northern Pintail (two males and a female)

Scientific name - Anas acuta

Habitat - Uncommon in wetlands from marshes to lakes.

[40D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 2x TC, MF via Live View, bean bag]

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