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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 4 >> Testing the Sigma 300-800 DG monster at Candaba tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Testing the Sigma 300-800 DG monster at Candaba

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Well, after a long wait, my new Sigma 300-800 DG, a monster lens weighing almost 13 lbs and more than 2 feet in length, finally arrived. I immediately went to Candaba Swamp, my favorite wetlands, to try it out. Got a lifer too - the shy and not often seen Plain Bush-Hen ...;-)
Candaba wetlands: The 300D + Sigma 300-800 DG is my fixed heavy artillery, while the 20D + 400 5.6L is always ready to shoot fliers.
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Candaba wetlands: The 300D + Sigma 300-800 DG is my fixed heavy artillery, while the 20D + 400 5.6L is always ready to shoot fliers.

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.

[300D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG), on tripod]
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Plain Bush-Hen
(a near Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Amaurornis olivaceus

Habitat - Drier grasslands and scrub.

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

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]

Clamorous Reed-Warbler 

Scientific name - Acrocephalus stentoreus 

Habitat - Uncommon, in tall grass, bamboo thickets in open country, and in reed beds where it sings from cover. 

[300D + Sigma 300-800 DG, on tripod]
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Clamorous Reed-Warbler

Scientific name - Acrocephalus stentoreus

Habitat - Uncommon, in tall grass, bamboo thickets in open country, and in reed beds where it sings from cover.

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

Clamorous Reed-Warbler 

Scientific name - Acrocephalus stentoreus 

Habitat - Uncommon, in tall grass, bamboo thickets in open country, and in reed beds where it sings from cover. 

[Sigma 300-800 DG]
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Clamorous Reed-Warbler

Scientific name - Acrocephalus stentoreus

Habitat - Uncommon, in tall grass, bamboo thickets in open country, and in reed beds where it sings from cover.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]

Clamorous Reed-Warbler 

Scientific name - Acrocephalus stentoreus 

Habitat - Uncommon, in tall grass, bamboo thickets in open country, and in reed beds where it sings from cover. 

[Sigma 300-800 DG]
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Clamorous Reed-Warbler

Scientific name - Acrocephalus stentoreus

Habitat - Uncommon, in tall grass, bamboo thickets in open country, and in reed beds where it sings from cover.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]

Clamorous Reed-Warbler 

Scientific name - Acrocephalus stentoreus 

Habitat - Uncommon, in tall grass, bamboo thickets in open country, and in reed beds where it sings from cover. 

[Sigma 300-800 DG]
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Clamorous Reed-Warbler

Scientific name - Acrocephalus stentoreus

Habitat - Uncommon, in tall grass, bamboo thickets in open country, and in reed beds where it sings from cover.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]

Clamorous Reed-Warbler 

Scientific name - Acrocephalus stentoreus 

Habitat - Uncommon, in tall grass, bamboo thickets in open country, and in reed beds where it sings from cover. 

[Sigma 300-800 DG]
IMG_0283.jpg

Clamorous Reed-Warbler

Scientific name - Acrocephalus stentoreus

Habitat - Uncommon, in tall grass, bamboo thickets in open country, and in reed beds where it sings from cover.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]

Barn Swallow

Scientific name - Hirundo rustica

Habitat - from coast to above forests in high mountains.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]
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Barn Swallow

Scientific name - Hirundo rustica

Habitat - from coast to above forests in high mountains.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]

Barn Swallow

Scientific name - Hirundo rustica

Habitat - from coast to above forests in high mountains.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]
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Barn Swallow

Scientific name - Hirundo rustica

Habitat - from coast to above forests in high mountains.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]

Barn Swallow

Scientific name - Hirundo rustica

Habitat - from coast to above forests in high mountains.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]
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Barn Swallow

Scientific name - Hirundo rustica

Habitat - from coast to above forests in high mountains.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]

Barn Swallow

Scientific name - Hirundo rustica

Habitat - from coast to above forests in high mountains.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]
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Barn Swallow

Scientific name - Hirundo rustica

Habitat - from coast to above forests in high mountains.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]

Barn Swallow

Scientific name - Hirundo rustica

Habitat - from coast to above forests in high mountains.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]
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Barn Swallow

Scientific name - Hirundo rustica

Habitat - from coast to above forests in high mountains.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]

Barn Swallow

Scientific name - Hirundo rustica

Habitat - from coast to above forests in high mountains.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]
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Barn Swallow

Scientific name - Hirundo rustica

Habitat - from coast to above forests in high mountains.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]

Philippine Duck 
(a Philippine endemic) 

Scientific name - Anas luzonica 

Habitat - Freshwater marshes, shallow lakes and ricefields. 

[Sigma 300-800 DG]
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Philippine Duck
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Anas luzonica

Habitat - Freshwater marshes, shallow lakes and ricefields.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]

Philippine Duck 
(a Philippine endemic) 

Scientific name - Anas luzonica 

Habitat - Freshwater marshes, shallow lakes and ricefields. 

[Sigma 300-800 DG]
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Philippine Duck
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Anas luzonica

Habitat - Freshwater marshes, shallow lakes and ricefields.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]

Little Grebe 

Scientific name - Tachybaptus ruficollis 

Habitat - freshwater ponds and marshes 

[Sigma 300-800 DG + Tamron 1.4x TC, 1120 mm]
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Little Grebe

Scientific name - Tachybaptus ruficollis

Habitat - freshwater ponds and marshes

[Sigma 300-800 DG + Tamron 1.4x TC, 1120 mm]

Common Moorhen 

Scientific name - Gallinula chloropus 

Habitat - Marshes and ponds. 

[Sigma 300-800 DG + Tamron 1.4x TC, 1120 mm]
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Common Moorhen

Scientific name - Gallinula chloropus

Habitat - Marshes and ponds.

[Sigma 300-800 DG + Tamron 1.4x TC, 1120 mm]

Purple Heron 

Scientific name - Ardea purpurea 

Habitat - Fairly common in all types of wetlands. 

[Sigma 300-800 DG]
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Purple Heron

Scientific name - Ardea purpurea

Habitat - Fairly common in all types of wetlands.

[Sigma 300-800 DG]