Paoay Lake, Ilocos Norte
7:00 am – 10:30 am
WBCP birders: Doc Pete Calope, Richard Ruiz
Other birders: Councilor Galen Pobre, DENR Rep. Merle Gonzales,
Doc Buen, Pepito Alvarez, Bebot Ferrer
Waterfowl counts:
Grebes
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis – 2
Cormorants & Darters
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo – 1
Herons & Egrets
Great Egret Egretta alba – 6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta – 10
Unidentified egrets – 50+
Geese & Ducks
Philippine Duck Anas luzonica - 2100
Tufted Duck Anas fuligula - 800
Rails, Gallinules & Coots
White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus – 5
White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus - 3
Gulls, Terns & Skimmers
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus – 3 |