Portrait of a Long-tailed Shrike at Candaba wetlands Photo Gallery by romy ocon at pbase.com

Portrait of a Long-tailed Shrike at Candaba wetlands

The farmers are preparing rice paddies for planting in my favorite wetlands, and for the paddies that are newly seeded, they're using firecrackers to scare off birds
that feed on the seeds. I suspect this is why there are hardly any Philippine Ducks at the ponds in this visit, just a few Garganeys and Northern Shovelers.
Everytime a firecracker goes off, many ducks took to the air and left the area. I've to settle for a few portraits of a Long-tailed Shrike and Blue-tailed Bee-eater in this sortie.
I hope the departure of the ducks is just temporary, and these will return to the area once the seeding season is over.

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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]

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Long-tailed Shrike

Scientific name - Lanius schach

Habitat - Open country and scrub.

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

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Black-crowned Night-Heron

Scientific name - Nycticorax nycticorax

Habitat - Variety of wetlands from ricefields to mangroves.

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

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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]

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