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Exploring Oriental Mindoro

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Just did a 3-day swing through the eastern seaboard of Mindoro island to explore potential bird photography areas - from the end of the road northwest of Puerto Galera
to the lower slopes of Mt. Halcon at Baco and San Teodoro towns down to Lake Naujan at Victoria town. I immediately fell in love with the island, what with the efficient RORO service,
friendly inhabitants (both lowlanders and the Mangyans at Mt. Halcon), the cuisine and of course the scenic place.

Not much bird photos in this first trip, but I was able to identify many birding spots and great places to stay - valuable info for sorties in the near future.
Whiskered Tern (breeding plumage) Scientific name: Chlidonias hybridus Habitat: Bays, tidal flats to ricefields. [LAKE NAUJAN, ORIENTAL MINDORO, 1DMII + 400 5.6L, hand held]
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Whiskered Tern (breeding plumage)

Scientific name: Chlidonias hybridus

Habitat: Bays, tidal flats to ricefields.

[LAKE NAUJAN, ORIENTAL MINDORO, 1DMII + 400 5.6L, hand held]

Collared Kingfisher Scientific name: Todiramphus chloris Habitat: Coastal areas to open country, but seldom in forest [PUERTO GALERA, ORIENTAL MINDORO, 40D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, bean bag]
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Collared Kingfisher

Scientific name: Todiramphus chloris

Habitat: Coastal areas to open country, but seldom in forest

[PUERTO GALERA, ORIENTAL MINDORO, 40D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, bean bag]

Whiskered Tern (breeding plumage) Scientific name: Chlidonias hybridus Habitat: Bays, tidal flats to ricefields. [LAKE NAUJAN, ORIENTAL MINDORO, 1DMII + 400 5.6L, hand held]
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Whiskered Tern (breeding plumage)

Scientific name: Chlidonias hybridus

Habitat: Bays, tidal flats to ricefields.

[LAKE NAUJAN, ORIENTAL MINDORO, 1DMII + 400 5.6L, hand held]

Pied Fantail Scientific name: Rhipidura javanica Habitat: Common in parks, residential areas, thickets and mangroves. [CALAPAN, ORIENTAL MINDORO, 40D + 500 f/4 IS + Canon 1.4X TC, 475B/3421 support]
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Pied Fantail

Scientific name: Rhipidura javanica

Habitat: Common in parks, residential areas, thickets and mangroves.

[CALAPAN, ORIENTAL MINDORO, 40D + 500 f/4 IS + Canon 1.4X TC, 475B/3421 support]

Whiskered Tern (breeding plumage) Scientific name: Chlidonias hybridus Habitat: Bays, tidal flats to ricefields. [LAKE NAUJAN, ORIENTAL MINDORO, 1DMII + 400 5.6L, hand held]
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Whiskered Tern (breeding plumage)

Scientific name: Chlidonias hybridus

Habitat: Bays, tidal flats to ricefields.

[LAKE NAUJAN, ORIENTAL MINDORO, 1DMII + 400 5.6L, hand held]

[1DM2 + 100-400, hand held from a moving ship, 98.6% of full frame, resized to 1200x800]
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[1DM2 + 100-400, hand held from a moving ship, 98.6% of full frame, resized to 1200x800]

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