Barn Swallows and Pratincoles in flight at Candaba Photo Gallery by romy ocon at pbase.com

Barn Swallows and Pratincoles in flight at Candaba

Curious on how high really flood waters rise in Central Luzon's catchment basin, I visited Candaba wetlands today at the tailend of the recent typhoon.
Much of the wetlands is submerged, including the bridge and part of the concrete road at Paralaya. A field with shallower water became the feeding grounds of
many Barn Swallows and Oriental Pratincoles, and I practiced by flight shooting skills at these creatures under skies blocked by rainclouds.

Barn_Swallow-KZ2L1305 Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica , migrant) Habitat - Coast to above the forest in high mountains. Shooting info - Candaba wetlands, Pampanga, August 5, 2008, 1DM2 + 500 f4 IS, 1/1250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 640, Manfrotto 475B/3421 support	KZ2L1565-800x600.jpg Oriental Pratincole (non-breeding plumage] Scientific name - Glareola maldivarum Habitat - Drier open areas, dry ricefields, pastures and plowed fields. [CANDABA WETLANDS, PAMPANGA, 1DM2 + 500 f4 IS, Manfrotto 475B/3421 support]	KZ2L1369-1000x750.jpg Barn Swallow Scientific name - Hirundo rustica Habitat - Coast to above the forest in high mountains. [CANDABA WETLANDS, PAMPANGA, 1DM2 + 500 f4 IS, Manfrotto 475B/3421 support]	KZ2L1217-1000x750.jpg Oriental Pratincole (non-breeding plumage] Scientific name - Glareola maldivarum Habitat - Drier open areas, dry ricefields, pastures and plowed fields. [CANDABA WETLANDS, PAMPANGA, 1DM2 + 500 f4 IS, Manfrotto 475B/3421 support]	KZ2L1597-1000x750.jpg Barn Swallow Scientific name - Hirundo rustica Habitat - Coast to above the forest in high mountains. [CANDABA WETLANDS, PAMPANGA, 1DM2 + 500 f4 IS, Manfrotto 475B/3421 support]
KZ2L1221-1200X900.jpg Oriental Pratincole (non-breeding plumage] Scientific name - Glareola maldivarum Habitat - Drier open areas, dry ricefields, pastures and plowed fields. [CANDABA WETLANDS, PAMPANGA, 1DM2 + 500 f4 IS, Manfrotto 475B/3421 support]	KZ2L1184-1000x800.jpg Barn Swallow Scientific name - Hirundo rustica Habitat - Coast to above the forest in high mountains. [CANDABA WETLANDS, PAMPANGA, 1DM2 + 500 f4 IS, Manfrotto 475B/3421 support]

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