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Portrait of a Buff-banded Rail

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Not too many birds yesterday at Candaba wetlands. The flooding has receded a bit, and this left many higher spots of the wetlands dry and available as perching and foraging areas.
The birds that congregated along the road when the flood was at its deepest must have dispersed all over the wetlands. A few migrants have arrived but not in their expected numbers yet.
I got close to a Buff-banded Rail (endemic philippensis subspecies) and a Paddyfield Pipit, and that somehow saved the trip.
Buff-banded Rail Scientific name - Gallirallus philippensis philippensis (endemic ssp.) Habitat - Marshes, ricefields and open grasslands. [CANDABA WETLANDS, PHILIPPINES, 5D2 + 400 2.8 L IS + Canon 2x TC, bean bag]
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Buff-banded Rail

Scientific name - Gallirallus philippensis philippensis (endemic ssp.)

Habitat - Marshes, ricefields and open grasslands.

[CANDABA WETLANDS, PHILIPPINES, 5D2 + 400 2.8 L IS + Canon 2x TC, bean bag]

Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus, resident, formerly called Richard's Pipit) Habitat - On the ground in open country, grasslands, ricefields and parks. Shooting info - Candaba wetlands, Pampanga, August 25, 2009, 5D2 + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 700 mm, f/7.1. 1/1600 sec, ISO 400, manual exposure in available light, bean bag
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Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus, resident, formerly called Richard's Pipit)

Habitat - On the ground in open country, grasslands, ricefields and parks.

Shooting info - Candaba wetlands, Pampanga, August 25, 2009, 5D2 + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC,
700 mm, f/7.1. 1/1600 sec, ISO 400, manual exposure in available light, bean bag

 Buff-banded Rail Scientific name - Gallirallus philippensis philippensis (endemic ssp.) Habitat - Marshes, ricefields and open grasslands. [CANDABA WETLANDS, PHILIPPINES, 5D2 + 400 2.8 L IS + Canon 2x TC, bean bag]
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Buff-banded Rail

Scientific name - Gallirallus philippensis philippensis (endemic ssp.)

Habitat - Marshes, ricefields and open grasslands.

[CANDABA WETLANDS, PHILIPPINES, 5D2 + 400 2.8 L IS + Canon 2x TC, bean bag]


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