Little Egret (Egretta garzetta, migrant)

Habitat: Coastal marsh and tidal flats to ricefields.

Shooting info - San Juan, Batangas, April 16, 2010, 7D + 400 2.8 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 560 mm, f/5.6, ISO 200, 1/2000 sec,
475B/3421 support, major crop, GPS Latitude = 13°48'04.24", GPS Longitude = 121°26'28.64".

Intermediate Egret (Egretta intermedia, migrant)

Habitat - Fresh water marshes, ricefields and tidal flats.

Shooting info - San Juan, Batangas, April 16, 2010, 7D + 400 2.8 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 560 mm, f/5.6, ISO 250, 1/2000 sec,
475B/3421 support, major crop, GPS Latitude = 13°48'04.24", GPS Longitude = 121°26'28.64".

Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis, resident/migrant)

Habitat: Pastures, ricefields and marshes.

Shooting info - San Juan, Batangas, April 16, 2010, 7D + 400 2.8 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 560 mm, f/5, ISO 200, 1/200 sec, bean bag, major crop,
GPS Latitude = 13°48'11.1857", GPS Longitude = 121°25'46.6696".

Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis, migrant)

Habitat - Uncommon in open country, pine forest, forest and edge.

Shooting info - San Juan, Batangas, April 16, 2010, 7D + 400 2.8 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 560 mm, f/4.5, ISO 400, 1/1600 sec, 475B/3421 support, near 100% crop,
GPS Latitude = 13°48'04.24", GPS Longitude = 121°26'28.64".

Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos, resident)

Habitat - open country.

Shooting info - San Juan, Batangas, April 16, 2010, 7D + 400 2.8 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 560 mm, f/4.5, ISO 400, 1/1600 sec, 475B/3421 support, near 100% crop,
GPS Latitude = 13°48'04.24", GPS Longitude = 121°26'28.64".

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)/Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

Habitat - Wetlands from coastal mudflats to ricefields/Various wetlands.


Shooting info - San Juan, Batangas, April 16, 2010, 7D + 400 2.8 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 560 mm, f/5, ISO 250, 1/1600 sec, 475B/3421 support, near full frame,
GPS Latitude = 13°48'04.24", GPS Longitude = 121°26'28.64".

MT. BANAHAW AT SUNSET. This enchanted mountain at nearby Quezon province towers over the newly harvested ricefields of San Juan, Batangas.

Shooting info - San Juan, Batangas, April 15, 2010, Nokia N97, 5.4 mm, f/2.8, ISO 100, 1/250 sec, hand held, GPS Latitude = 13°48'11.1857", GPS Longitude = 121°25'46.6696", GPS Altitude = 19m ASL.

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres, migrant)

Habitat - Uncommon along coast on exposed mud and coral flats.

Shooting info - San Juan, Batangas, April 15, 2010, 7D + 400 2.8 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 560 mm, f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/2000 sec, 475B/3421 support, major crop, GPS Latitude = 13°48'04.24", GPS Longitude = 121°26'28.64".