Rare Herons at Candaba Photo Gallery by romy ocon at pbase.com

Rare Herons at Candaba

Got extremely lucky on November 27, 2004 at Candaba Swamp - the Chinese Pond Heron made a very rare appearance. I almost didn't get a pic. I thought it was an ordinary, garden variety Little Egret when it was coming in and just ignored it. When it flew past me, I noticed that it was not all-white. I grabbed by 20D + 400 5.6L and tried to focus at the rarity. Fortunately, it changed direction and flew towards me again. Got a few snaps, with enough detail to pin the ID.

Got the Grey Heron too...8-)... the closest encounter I ever made with flying, large water birds.

IMG_3626.jpg Chinese Pond-Heron Scientific name - Ardeola bacchus Habitat - Ricefields and marshes, rare in the Philippines, with only 3 records (1905 - Rizal province, 1909 - Mindoro and 1948 - Negros), as per Kennedy Guide.	IMG_3625.JPG Chinese Pond-Heron Scientific name - Ardeola bacchus Habitat - Ricefields and marshes, rare in the Philippines, with only 3 records (1905 - Rizal province, 1909 - Mindoro and 1948 - Negros), as per Kennedy Guide.	IMG_3627.jpg Chinese Pond-Heron Scientific name - Ardeola bacchus Habitat - Ricefields and marshes, rare in the Philippines, with only 3 records (1905 - Rizal province, 1909 - Mindoro and 1948 - Negros), as per Kennedy Guide.	IMG_3557-720x720.JPG Purple Heron Scientific name - Ardea purpurea Habitat - Fairly common in all types of wetlands. [20D + 400 5.6L, hand held]	IMG_3561.JPG Purple Heron Scientific name - Ardea purpurea Habitat - Fairly common in all types of wetlands.
IMG_3428-800x600.jpg Grey Heron Scientific name - Ardea cinerea Habitat - Uncommon in wetlands. [20D + 400 5.6L, hand held]	IMG_3443.jpg Grey Heron Scientific name - Ardea cinerea Habitat - Uncommon in wetlands.	IMG_3406-800x800.JPG Grey Heron Scientific name - Ardea cinerea Habitat - Uncommon in wetlands. [20D + 400 5.6L, hand held]	IMG_3504.jpg Grey Heron Scientific name - Ardea cinerea Habitat - Uncommon in wetlands.	IMG_3427.jpg Grey Heron Scientific name - Ardea cinerea Habitat - Uncommon in wetlands.
IMG_3355.jpg MIXED FLOCK - Grey Heron, Great Egret and Little Egret

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Louie		28-Nov-2004 14:43
Idol Romy, These are such great pics, hope you can get more since I still dont have the kennedy guide yet so I have to look at all your pics for bird IDS here in Cebu. More Power!

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