| Date:
April
3, 2005
Time: 6:30 am - 11:00 am
Place: Mt. Makiling, Laguna
Birders:Marc Bosc ,Teresa Cervero, Eric Cu and 2 boys,
Liza Dans, JC Gonzalez, Mike Lu, Alex Tiongcoo
Trip Report: Mike Lu
Bird List: Mike Lu
| We
started birding at the back of the TREES lodge where
a huge leafless tree served as a favorite perch for
the early morning birds. The backside also offers a
view of the forested ravine although it is screened
by dense foliage. Marc first pointed to the silent silhouette
of a malkoha glidingtowards the canopy.
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| We
waited for a few minutes and a pair of magnificent Red-crested
Malkohas flew out to be counted as our first forest
birds to start the day.
A
migrant Brown Shrike came to perch on the big tree and
soon a pair of seldom seen Black-and-White Trillers
came to view and then a green bird that turned out to
be a Guaiabero ! So many species and we have not even
started on the forest trail yet.
Heading
for the main forest trail, the first bird call was from
a Tarictic Hornbill ! The hornbill would call us continuously
and fly away every time we go near.
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Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
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| Another
interesting species was the Greater Flameback with its
brilliant red wings.Other forest birds seen were the "pok-poking"Coppersmith
Barbet, Coleto, Blackish Cuckoo-shrike and Red-keeled
Flowerpecker. |
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Coppersmith
Barbet
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At the Botanic Gardens, the first bird to show up was
the Purple- throated Sunbird along with a Yellow-vented
Bulbul.On the trail to the Raptor Rescue Center, we
had good views of the Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike and
a fleeting glimpse of the Philippine Fairy Blue-bird.
On the way out, the group rested at the rotunda.
We
noticed that the trees around were fruiting and soon
enough a White-eared Brown Dove came to feed. |
The
birds that made an appearance include the Grey-streaked Flycatcher,
Yellow-wattled Bulbul, Olive-backed Sunbird and even a Grey
Wagtail with it's throat speckled black on the way to putting
on its breeding plumage.
BIRDLIST:
- White-eared
Brown Dove - 1
- Guaiabero
- 3
- Red-crested
Malkoha - 3
- Blue-throated
Bee-eater - 12+
- Tarictic
Hornbill - 2
- Coppersmith
Barbet - 2
- Philippine
Pygmy Woodpecker - 1
- Greater
Flameback - 1
- Bar-belllied
Cuckoo-shrike - 3
- Blackish
Cuckoo-shrike - 4
- Black
and White Triller - 2
- Yellow-vented
Bulbul - 2
- Yellow-wattled
Bulbul - 1
- Philippine
Bulbul - 10+
- Balicassiao
- 10+
- Philippine
Fairy Bluebird - 1
- Grey-streaked
Flycatcher - 2
- Grey
Wagtail - 1
- Brown
Shrike - 3
- Coleto
- 2
- Olive-backed
Sunbird - 1
- Purple-throated
Sunbird - 1
- Red-keeled
Flowerpecker - 2
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