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Fork-tailed Swift at Mt. Palay-Palay

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I visited Mt. Palay-palay in Cavite province and I was fortunate to see the uncommon Fork-tailed Swift and get a documentary capture of it, my 253rd photo-lifer. Got close too to a male Spotted Wood-Kingfisher. :)
Spotted Wood-kingfisher (a Philippine endemic, male) Scientific name - Actenoides lindsayi Habitat - Lowland forest understory, perches motionless in dark recesses. [MT. PALAY-PALAY, CAVITE, 40D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, bean bag]
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Spotted Wood-kingfisher
(a Philippine endemic, male)

Scientific name - Actenoides lindsayi

Habitat - Lowland forest understory, perches motionless in dark recesses.

[MT. PALAY-PALAY, CAVITE, 40D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, bean bag]

Fork-tailed Swift Scientific name - Apus pacificus Habitat - Uncommon over towns, sea coasts and mountains. [MT. PALAY-PALAY, CAVITE, 1DM2 + 400 5.6L, hand held]
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Fork-tailed Swift

Scientific name - Apus pacificus

Habitat - Uncommon over towns, sea coasts and mountains.

[MT. PALAY-PALAY, CAVITE, 1DM2 + 400 5.6L, hand held]

Brahminy Kite Scientific name - Haliastur indus Habitat - Open areas often near water, and also in mountains to 1500 m [MT. PALAY-PALAY, CAVITE, 1DM2 + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]
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Brahminy Kite

Scientific name - Haliastur indus

Habitat - Open areas often near water, and also in mountains to 1500 m

[MT. PALAY-PALAY, CAVITE, 1DM2 + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]

Spotted Wood-kingfisher (a Philippine endemic, male) Scientific name - Actenoides lindsayi Habitat - Lowland forest understory, perches motionless in dark recesses. [MT. PALAY-PALAY, CAVITE, 40D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, bean bag]
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Spotted Wood-kingfisher
(a Philippine endemic, male)

Scientific name - Actenoides lindsayi

Habitat - Lowland forest understory, perches motionless in dark recesses.

[MT. PALAY-PALAY, CAVITE, 40D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, bean bag]

Brahminy Kite Scientific name - Haliastur indus Habitat - Open areas often near water, and also in mountains to 1500 m [MT. PALAY-PALAY, CAVITE, 1DM2 + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]
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Brahminy Kite

Scientific name - Haliastur indus

Habitat - Open areas often near water, and also in mountains to 1500 m

[MT. PALAY-PALAY, CAVITE, 1DM2 + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]

Spotted Wood-kingfisher (a Philippine endemic, male) Scientific name - Actenoides lindsayi Habitat - Lowland forest understory, perches motionless in dark recesses. [MT. PALAY-PALAY, CAVITE, 40D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, bean bag]
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Spotted Wood-kingfisher
(a Philippine endemic, male)

Scientific name - Actenoides lindsayi

Habitat - Lowland forest understory, perches motionless in dark recesses.

[MT. PALAY-PALAY, CAVITE, 40D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, bean bag]


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