Canon EF 800mm f/5.6L IS USM

Recent one with the big gun;

Very good shot Zethar. I should go back to the BCNH colony for more BIFs.

In some parts of the Philippines these birds are called "Bakaw Gabi" Bakaw = Heron; Gabi = Night.

These are a bird in flight sequence of the Blue-headed Racket-tail parrot. Cropped to 100%. This is a lifer for me.

The Blue-headed Racket-tail, Prioniturus discurus is a parrot found on all the larger islands of the Philippines not starting with "P" (i.e., not Palawan or Panay). It is 27 cm, basically green with a blue crown, bluish undertail, whitish beak, and dark underwings with green coverts. The Blue-headed Racket-tail (P. platenae) was formerly included in this species.

Read More: http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Blue-crowned_Racket-tail

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I would have liked to be 1-2 meters more elevated but I was very happy with how close I was able to get.

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Immature Red-keeled Flowerpecker or Red-striped Flowerpecker (Dicaeum australe)

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This is Kida, a Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus). She is being cared for at the Philippine Eagle Center, Davao City, Philippines. Find out how you can help her and other eagles at http://www.philippinee​agle.org/

BTW Kida is not caged, tied down or hindered in any way.

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It is endemic to the Philippines, where it occurs in primary, mature secondary and disturbed forests on 11 islands: Luzon and Marinduque (race hydrocorax), Samar, Leyte, Bohol, Panaon, Biliran, Calicoan and Buad (race semigaleatus), Dinagat, Siargao, Mindanao (plus Balut, Bucas and Talicud) and Basilan (race mindanensis). It is still common locally, notably in the Sierra Madre of Luzon, but continues to suffer from substantial hunting pressure and widespread loss of habitat.

Read More: http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Rufous_Hornbill

This hornbill is a lifer for me. I spotted 2 pairs in flight.

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The Philippine Fairy-bluebird (Irena cyanogastra) is a species of bird in the Irenidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Read more: http://en.wikipedia.or​g …Philippine_Fair​y-bluebird

This is a lifer for me.

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Here's another take of image #2. Do you think crop is better?

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