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romy ocon | profile | all galleries >> Wild Birds of the Philippines (Photos) >> Bird Galleries by Location >> Archives of Older Galleries by Location >> Archives - Part 5 >> An Uncommon Lifer from Infanta-Sta. Cruz tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

An Uncommon Lifer from Infanta-Sta. Cruz

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I conducted a scouting sortie at the extensive fishponds of the adjoining towns of Infanta (Pangasinan) and Sta. Cruz (Zambales) the other day (October 12, 2005) and I was rewarded with my 182nd lifebird - a beautiful Java Sparrow...;-)
Java Sparrow 

Scientific name - Padda oryzivora 

Habitat - Uncommon in parks, residential areas and scrub, sometimes in neighboring ricefields. 

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]
IMG_6486-800x600.jpg

Java Sparrow

Scientific name - Padda oryzivora

Habitat - Uncommon in parks, residential areas and scrub, sometimes in neighboring ricefields.

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]

Java Sparrow 

Scientific name - Padda oryzivora 

Habitat - Uncommon in parks, residential areas and scrub, sometimes in neighboring ricefields. 

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]
IMG_6611-800x600.jpg

Java Sparrow

Scientific name - Padda oryzivora

Habitat - Uncommon in parks, residential areas and scrub, sometimes in neighboring ricefields.

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]

Java Sparrow 

Scientific name - Padda oryzivora 

Habitat - Uncommon in parks, residential areas and scrub, sometimes in neighboring ricefields. 

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]
IMG_6469-640x480.jpg

Java Sparrow

Scientific name - Padda oryzivora

Habitat - Uncommon in parks, residential areas and scrub, sometimes in neighboring ricefields.

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]

Java Sparrow 

Scientific name - Padda oryzivora 

Habitat - Uncommon in parks, residential areas and scrub, sometimes in neighboring ricefields. 

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]
IMG_6390.jpg

Java Sparrow

Scientific name - Padda oryzivora

Habitat - Uncommon in parks, residential areas and scrub, sometimes in neighboring ricefields.

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]

Black-winged Stilt 

Scientific name: Himantopus himantopus 

Habitat: Wetlands from coastal mudflats to ricefields 

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]
IMG_6740-800x600.jpg

Black-winged Stilt

Scientific name: Himantopus himantopus

Habitat: Wetlands from coastal mudflats to ricefields

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]

Black-winged Stilt 

Scientific name: Himantopus himantopus 

Habitat: Wetlands from coastal mudflats to ricefields 

[20D + 400 5.6L, hand held]
IMG_6486_2-800x600.jpg

Black-winged Stilt

Scientific name: Himantopus himantopus

Habitat: Wetlands from coastal mudflats to ricefields

[20D + 400 5.6L, hand held]

Little Heron 

Scientific name - Butorides striatus 

Habitat - Exposed coral reefs, tidal flats, mangroves, fishponds and streams. 

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]]
IMG_6463-800x600.jpg

Little Heron

Scientific name - Butorides striatus

Habitat - Exposed coral reefs, tidal flats, mangroves, fishponds and streams.

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]]

Osprey 

Scientific name - Pandion haliaetus 

Habitat - Associated with water both along coast and inland.

[20D + 400 5.6L, hand held]
IMG_6551_2-640x480.jpg

Osprey

Scientific name - Pandion haliaetus

Habitat - Associated with water both along coast and inland.

[20D + 400 5.6L, hand held]

Little Egret 

Scientific name: Egretta Garzetta 

Habitat: Coastal marsh and tidal flats to ricefields. 

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]
IMG_6440-600x800.jpg

Little Egret

Scientific name: Egretta Garzetta

Habitat: Coastal marsh and tidal flats to ricefields.

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]

Little Egret 

Scientific name: Egretta Garzetta 

Habitat: Coastal marsh and tidal flats to ricefields. 

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]
IMG_6438-900x450.jpg

Little Egret

Scientific name: Egretta Garzetta

Habitat: Coastal marsh and tidal flats to ricefields.

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]

Little Ringed-Plover 

Scientific name - Charadrius dubius 

Habitat - Common, from ricefields to river beds. 

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DSG)]
IMG_6709-640x480.jpg

Little Ringed-Plover

Scientific name - Charadrius dubius

Habitat - Common, from ricefields to river beds.

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DSG)]

Brahminy Kite 

Scientific name - Haliastur indus 

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

[20D + 400 5.6L, hand held]
IMG_6507_2-640x480.jpg

Brahminy Kite

Scientific name - Haliastur indus

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

[20D + 400 5.6L, hand held]

Brahminy Kite 

Scientific name - Haliastur indus 

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

[20D + 400 5.6L, hand held]
IMG_6510_2-800x600.jpg

Brahminy Kite

Scientific name - Haliastur indus

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

[20D + 400 5.6L, hand held]

Brahminy Kite 

Scientific name - Haliastur indus 

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

[20D + 400 5.6L, hand held]
IMG_6516_2-800x600.jpg

Brahminy Kite

Scientific name - Haliastur indus

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

[20D + 400 5.6L, hand held]