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Macabebe's Cisticolas and a photogenic Coucal

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With the sun coming out for the first time in weeks, I checked out the western seaboard of Macabebe wetlands (Pampanga province) if the migrant water birds
have made their landfall. I saw a few of them in flight, but not close enough to be photographed... perhaps there will be more of them in September.

I turned my attention instead to the Bright-capped Cisticolas - noisy little jerky fliers that have denied me a close capture so far. I got them real close this time.

On my way out of the wetlands, I came upon a Lesser Coucal perched on top of an Ipil tree. I had to climb on top of my off-road vehicle to get a clear line of fire
over the tall grasses obstructing the view. This is my cleanest and most detailed capture so far of this common but shy skulker....;-)
Lesser Coucal Scientific name - Centropus bengalensis Habitat - Grassland and open country. [20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held]
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Lesser Coucal

Scientific name - Centropus bengalensis

Habitat - Grassland and open country.

[20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held]

 Bright-Capped Cisticola (Cisticola exilis) Habitat - Drier grasslands and ricefields. Shooting info - Macabebe, Pampanga, August 29, 2006, 20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 700 mm, f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/320 sec, hand held
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Bright-Capped Cisticola (Cisticola exilis)

Habitat - Drier grasslands and ricefields.

Shooting info - Macabebe, Pampanga, August 29, 2006, 20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 700 mm, f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/320 sec, hand held

Blue-tailed Bee-eater Scientific name - Merops philippinus Habitat - Open country usually associated with water along rivers, marshes and ricefields. [20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held]
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Blue-tailed Bee-eater

Scientific name - Merops philippinus

Habitat - Open country usually associated with water along rivers, marshes and ricefields.

[20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held]

 Long-tailed Shrike Scientific name - Lanius schach Habitat - Open country and scrub. [20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x, hand held]
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Long-tailed Shrike

Scientific name - Lanius schach

Habitat - Open country and scrub.

[20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x, hand held]

Zitting Cisticola Scientific name - Cisticola juncidis Habitat - Ricefields and wetter grassy areas. [20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held]
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Zitting Cisticola

Scientific name - Cisticola juncidis

Habitat - Ricefields and wetter grassy areas.

[20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held]
Brown Shrike Scientific name - Lanius cristatus Habitat - Common in all habitats at all elevations. [20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held]
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Brown Shrike

Scientific name - Lanius cristatus

Habitat - Common in all habitats at all elevations.

[20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held]

Bright-Capped Cisticola Scientific name - Cisticola exilis Habitat - Drier grasslands and ricefields. [20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held]
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Bright-Capped Cisticola

Scientific name - Cisticola exilis

Habitat - Drier grasslands and ricefields.

[20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held]

Zitting Cisticola Scientific name - Cisticola juncidis Habitat - Ricefields and wetter grassy areas. [20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held]
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Zitting Cisticola

Scientific name - Cisticola juncidis

Habitat - Ricefields and wetter grassy areas.

[20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held]

Brown Shrike Scientific name - Lanius cristatus Habitat - Common in all habitats at all elevations. [20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held]
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Brown Shrike

Scientific name - Lanius cristatus

Habitat - Common in all habitats at all elevations.

[20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held]


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