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Sigma 300-800 DG returns to Candaba wetlands

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Went to Candaba wetlands yesterday (April 18, 2005) to continue improving my learning curve on the Sigmonster. I was rewarded with a couple of lifers (Siberian Rubythroat and the uncommon Greater Painted-Snipe). The SR is particularly interesting, as I have all but given up in trying to get this fellow this year, after so many fruitless searches for it at Tambo mudflats. That I got the bird just before it is scheduled to go back to its breeding range makes me very lucky. Again, the Sigmonster didn't disappoint - it continues to amaze me with its reach, zoom flexibility, sharpness and subject-isolating DOF.
Siberian Rubythroat Scientific name - Luscinia calliope Habitat - uncommon in early second growth, open country and tall reeds. [300D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG), on tripod]
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Siberian Rubythroat

Scientific name - Luscinia calliope

Habitat - uncommon in early second growth, open country and tall reeds.

[300D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG), on tripod]

 Siberian Rubythroat Scientific name - Luscinia calliope Habitat - uncommon in early second growth, open country and tall reeds. [Sigma 300-800 DG]
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Siberian Rubythroat

Scientific name - Luscinia calliope

Habitat - uncommon in early second growth, open country and tall reeds.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]

Philippine Duck (a Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Anas luzonica Habitat - Freshwater marshes, shallow lakes and ricefields. [400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, hand held at 560 mm]
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Philippine Duck
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Anas luzonica

Habitat - Freshwater marshes, shallow lakes and ricefields.

[400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, hand held at 560 mm]

Philippine Duck (a Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Anas luzonica Habitat - Freshwater marshes, shallow lakes and ricefields. [Sigma 300-800 DG shot at over 100 meters]
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Philippine Duck
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Anas luzonica

Habitat - Freshwater marshes, shallow lakes and ricefields.

[Sigma 300-800 DG shot at over 100 meters]

Philippine Duck (a Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Anas luzonica Habitat - Freshwater marshes, shallow lakes and ricefields. [400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, hand held at 560 mm]
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Philippine Duck
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Anas luzonica

Habitat - Freshwater marshes, shallow lakes and ricefields.

[400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, hand held at 560 mm]

Plain Bush-Hen (a near Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Amaurornis olivaceus Habitat - Drier grasslands and scrub. [Sigma 300-800 DG]
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Plain Bush-Hen
(a near Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Amaurornis olivaceus

Habitat - Drier grasslands and scrub.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]

Plain Bush-Hen (A near Philippine endemic, adult and chick, possibly one of the first pics taken in the wild of an immature of this species.) Scientific name - Amaurornis olivaceus Habitat - Drier grasslands and scrub. [Sigma 300-800 DG]
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Plain Bush-Hen
(A near Philippine endemic, adult and chick, possibly one of the first pics taken in the wild of an immature of this species.)

Scientific name - Amaurornis olivaceus

Habitat - Drier grasslands and scrub.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]

Plain Bush-Hen (a near Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Amaurornis olivaceus Habitat - Drier grasslands and scrub. [Sigma 300-800 DG]
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Plain Bush-Hen
(a near Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Amaurornis olivaceus

Habitat - Drier grasslands and scrub.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]

Plain Bush-Hen (a near Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Amaurornis olivaceus Habitat - Drier grasslands and scrub. [Sigma 300-800 DG]
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Plain Bush-Hen
(a near Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Amaurornis olivaceus

Habitat - Drier grasslands and scrub.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]

Plain Bush-Hen (a near Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Amaurornis olivaceus Habitat - Drier grasslands and scrub. [Sigma 300-800 DG]
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Plain Bush-Hen
(a near Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Amaurornis olivaceus

Habitat - Drier grasslands and scrub.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]

Greater Painted-Snipe (one female - upper left - and three male) Scientific name - Rostratula benghalensis Habitat - Uncommon in shallow grassy wetlands. [Sigma 300-800 DG, shot facing the sun at a distance of more than 80 meters]
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Greater Painted-Snipe
(one female - upper left - and three male)

Scientific name - Rostratula benghalensis

Habitat - Uncommon in shallow grassy wetlands.

[Sigma 300-800 DG, shot facing the sun at a distance of more than 80 meters]

Brown Shrike Scientific name - Lanius cristatus Habitat - Common in all habitats at all elevations. [Sigma 300-800 DG]
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Brown Shrike

Scientific name - Lanius cristatus

Habitat - Common in all habitats at all elevations.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]

 Brown Shrike Scientific name - Lanius cristatus Habitat - Common in all habitats at all elevations. [Sigma 300-800 DG]
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Brown Shrike

Scientific name - Lanius cristatus

Habitat - Common in all habitats at all elevations.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]

 Pied Bushchat (Female) Scientific name - Saxicola caprata Habitat - common in drier open country, grasslands and cultivated areas at all elevations. [Sigma 300-800 DG]
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Pied Bushchat
(Female)

Scientific name - Saxicola caprata

Habitat - common in drier open country, grasslands and cultivated areas at all elevations.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]

 Common Moorhen (Adult and immature) Scientific name - Gallinula chloropus Habitat - Marshes and ponds. [Sigma 300-800 DG at over 60 meters]
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Common Moorhen
(Adult and immature)

Scientific name - Gallinula chloropus

Habitat - Marshes and ponds.

[Sigma 300-800 DG at over 60 meters]

Common Moorhen (Adult and immature) Scientific name - Gallinula chloropus Habitat - Marshes and ponds. [Sigma 300-800 DG at over 60 meters]
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Common Moorhen
(Adult and immature)

Scientific name - Gallinula chloropus

Habitat - Marshes and ponds.

[Sigma 300-800 DG at over 60 meters]

 Greater Painted-Snipe (In front is female, back is male) Scientific name - Rostratula benghalensis Habitat - Uncommon in shallow grassy wetlands. [Sigma 300-800 DG, shot facing the sun at a distance of more than 70 meters]
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Greater Painted-Snipe
(In front is female, back is male)

Scientific name - Rostratula benghalensis

Habitat - Uncommon in shallow grassy wetlands.

[Sigma 300-800 DG, shot facing the sun at a distance of more than 70 meters]

Great Egret Scientific name - Egretta alba modesta Habitat - Uncommon in a variety of wetlands from coastal marshes to ricefields. [Sigma 300-800 DG]
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Great Egret

Scientific name - Egretta alba modesta

Habitat - Uncommon in a variety of wetlands from coastal marshes to ricefields.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]

 Cattle Egret Scientific name: Bubulcus ibis Habitat: Common in pastures, ricefields and marshes. [400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, hand held at 560 mm]
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Cattle Egret

Scientific name: Bubulcus ibis

Habitat: Common in pastures, ricefields and marshes.

[400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, hand held at 560 mm]

 Asian Golden-Plover Scientific name - Pluvialis fulva Habitat - Common from coastal exposed mud and coral flats, beaches to ricefields. [400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, hand held at 560 mm]
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Asian Golden-Plover

Scientific name - Pluvialis fulva

Habitat - Common from coastal exposed mud and coral flats, beaches to ricefields.

[400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, hand held at 560 mm]

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