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Date:
March
20, 2005
Time: 6:30 am - 9:00 am
Place: Pook Aguinaldo and NIGS area, UP Diliman, Quezon
City
Birders: Lilian Bellen, Trinket Canlas, Adrian Constantino, Lilibeth Deapera, Ronald Long, Mike Lu, Lemuel Ponce, Crysta Rara & 10 students from Environmental Journalism
class, Irene Tan, Rolly Urriza, Gerry de Villa, Jon Villaspero
Trip Report: Mike Lu
Bird List: Mike Lu
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The
Eurasian Kestrel that came to perch by the College of
Science parking lot was a good start for the birding
day. Our first site was the marsh at the Pook Aguinaldo.
The waters have been drained though and waterbirds were
hiding in the remaining thickets.
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Nevertheless we were able to spot White-breasted Waterhen,
Common Moorhen, White-browed Crake, Cinnamon and Yellow
Bitterns. A flock of Intermediate Egrets that flew northwards
was an unusual treat. Other grassland birds in the fields
include the Zitting Cisticiola, Chestnut and Scaly-breasted
Munias.
Back
at the National Institute of Geological Science (NIGS)
grasslands, among the birds were slow to come out were
Striated Grassbird, Long-tailed Shrike, Blue-rock Thrush
and Zebra Doves. Gerry called out to the Black-naped
Orioles while bee-eaters flew by. It seemed like a slow
day and I was surprised we ended with more than 20+
species ! |
Barn Swallow
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BIRD LIST:
- Intermediate
Egret - 10
- Cinnamon
Bittern - 1
- Yellow
Bittern - 3
- Eurasian
Kestrel - 1
- White-browed
Crake - 2
- White-breasted
Waterhen - 1
- Common
Moorhen - 1
- Zebra
Dove - 2
- Bee-eaters
sp - 7
- Barn
Swallow - 20+
- Yellow-vented
Bulbul - 10+
- Black-naped
Oriole - 3
- Blue
Rock Thrush - 2
- Striated
Grassbird - 3
- Zitting
Cisticola - 1
- Pied
Fantail - 5
- Richard's
Pipit - 2
- White-breasted
Wood-swallow - 2
- Long-tailed
Shrike - 3
- Brown
Shrike - 5+
- Scaly-breasted
Munia - 5+
- Chestnut
Munia - 10+
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