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Pygmy Woodpecker Up Close

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I'm not supposed to bird on this business trip (March 18th) to a place near Subic. But I carried a light set-up (20D + 400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC)
just the same in case an interesting birdie begs me to take its pic...;-)

Well... a few minutes of drive-thru pseudo-birding along one of Subic's roads allowed me a glimpse of a lone Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker
doing its thing low at a tree trunk. So I grabbed my camera to take a few shots of this Philippine endemic, the closest encounter I had to date with the bird.

A couple of lifers, including the endemic Blackish Cuckoo-Shrike, came in as a bonus.
Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker (a Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Dendrocopos maculatus Habitat - Smallest Philippine woodpecker, common in lowland and montane forest and edge, in understory and canopy. [20D + 400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]
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Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Dendrocopos maculatus

Habitat - Smallest Philippine woodpecker, common in lowland and montane forest and edge,
in understory and canopy.

[20D + 400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]

 Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker (a Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Dendrocopos maculatus Habitat - Smallest Philippine woodpecker, common in lowland and montane forest and edge, in understory and canopy. [20D + 400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]
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Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Dendrocopos maculatus

Habitat - Smallest Philippine woodpecker, common in lowland and montane forest and edge,
in understory and canopy.

[20D + 400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]

 Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker (a Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Dendrocopos maculatus Habitat - Smallest Philippine woodpecker, common in lowland and montane forest and edge, in understory and canopy. [20D + 400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]
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Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Dendrocopos maculatus

Habitat - Smallest Philippine woodpecker, common in lowland and montane forest and edge,
in understory and canopy.

[20D + 400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]

 Blackish Cuckoo-Shrike (a Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Coracina coerulescens Habitat - Canopy of forest in the lowlands. [20D + 400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]
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Blackish Cuckoo-Shrike
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Coracina coerulescens

Habitat - Canopy of forest in the lowlands.

[20D + 400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]

 Blackish Cuckoo-Shrike (a Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Coracina coerulescens Habitat - Canopy of forest in the lowlands. [20D + 400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]
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Blackish Cuckoo-Shrike
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Coracina coerulescens

Habitat - Canopy of forest in the lowlands.

[20D + 400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]
Besra Scientific name - Accipeter virgatus Habitat - All forest types from lowlands to 2400 m. [20D + 400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]
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Besra

Scientific name - Accipeter virgatus

Habitat - All forest types from lowlands to 2400 m.

[20D + 400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]

 White-breasted Wood-swallow Scientific name - Artamus leucorynchus Habitat - Common, from open country to clearings at forest edge up to 1800 m. [20D + 400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]
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White-breasted Wood-swallow

Scientific name - Artamus leucorynchus

Habitat - Common, from open country to clearings at forest edge up to 1800 m.

[20D + 400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]

 White-breasted Wood-swallow Scientific name - Artamus leucorynchus Habitat - Common, from open country to clearings at forest edge up to 1800 m. [20D + 400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]
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White-breasted Wood-swallow

Scientific name - Artamus leucorynchus

Habitat - Common, from open country to clearings at forest edge up to 1800 m.

[20D + 400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]

 Yellow-vented Bulbul Scientific name: Pycnonotus goiavier Habitat: Common in gardens, urban areas and grasslands but not in mature forests. [20D + 400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]
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Yellow-vented Bulbul

Scientific name: Pycnonotus goiavier

Habitat: Common in gardens, urban areas and grasslands but not in mature forests.

[20D + 400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]

 Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Scientific name - Coracina striata striata Habitat - Forest and forest edge. [400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]
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Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike

Scientific name - Coracina striata striata

Habitat - Forest and forest edge.

[400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]

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