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Spectacular wildlife finds in Mt. Mantalingahan, Palawan

Posted in Current Events, Fieldnotes, Initiatives, Protected Areas, Species on September 16, 2007 | 3 Comments »

[Press release - Conservation International-Philippines]
New species of animals and plants were recently discovered by a team of biologists who conducted a biodiversity survey in Mt. Mantalingahan, Palawan last June and July 2007. The survey was organized by Conservation International – Philippines to update the biodiversity data of Mt. Mantalingahan, a proposed protected area covering 120,000 [...]

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‘Do you see a lot of colorful birds in the Philippines?’

Posted in Advocacy, Birds, Birdwatching, Ecotourism, Fieldnotes, Habitats on July 2, 2007 | 6 Comments »

Social gatherings can be minefields of awkwardness for a Filipino birder because such occasions give rise to queries like “So what do you do on your spare time?” The trapped Filipino birder throws caution to the wind when he opts to respond: “That’s nice of you to ask. I look for forest birds.” To [...]

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Looking for the Whiskered Pitta on Mt. Polis

Posted in Advocacy, Birdwatching, Fieldnotes, Habitats, Species, Travels on June 18, 2007 | 6 Comments »

It’s been more than an hour into our birding group’s foray into Mt. Polis. We had clambered past the crumbly soil of the potato fields, to enter the ever-receding tree-line. Every year, the tree-line feels more distant as the vegetable patchwork creep up the mountain. Once past the vegetable patches, we followed a narrow wood-cutter’s [...]

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Fascinated by hornbills, yet again

Posted in Birdwatching, Fieldnotes, Habitats, Species, Travels on June 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »

I was commissioned to draw the maps for a Philippine biodiversity handbook earlier this year. One set of maps intended to show the distribution of the different species of hornbills in the country. Since the time my fascination for those birds began, this was the first time I had truly realized that there were indeed [...]

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“Philippine Eagle feeding its young.” Oil on canvas. 24” x 36”

Posted in Advocacy, Birdwatching, Ecotourism, Fieldnotes, Habitats, Species on May 22, 2007 | 5 Comments »

A few weeks ago I received an e-mail from wildlife illustrator Oscar Figuracion Jr. saying that he had just finished an oil painting of a Philippine Eagle and was looking for buyers. I came to know Oscar a few years ago when his illustrations had graced a series of NGO-produced species-identification guides meant for DENR [...]

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