1784

Now it never occured to me I will ever come across a recipe book to make avian dishes! Gee, the titles one can find in the good old US of ...

On the hollow bamboo beams of the cabaňa , hatchlings of a Maya (Eurasian Tree Sparrow, right) are waiting for their mother to bring them ...

One of my most favorite birds is the majestic Láwin (Brahminy Kite), still a fairly visible raptor pretty much lording the skies all over...

A pair of Spotted Buttonquails, one male and one female, locally called Púgong-Gúbat . Out on the fields, you will easily spot these low...

The Olive-Backed Sunbird ( Pipit , in my area also known as  Pusit ) has been easy to photograph lately, since they've been enjoyi...

The Brown Shrike, commonly called Tarăt but in our area, it is known as  Pákiskis.  It has become more visible and audible lately; a rowd...

The Philippine Oriole ( Kilyáwan ) is our featured bird this month, a medium-sized bird with brilliant yellow feathers that makes it easy ...

The Common Emerald Dove, locally called Batu-batong Sílî . By its name alone, it is not some endangered bird or an unusual migrant but it...

We have Philippine Pygmy Woodpeckers in our place (Tag., Karpintero-maliit, Banuktok ) and they're easy to spot because of their, ...

It was strange that in the dark of night, a bird was clearly chirping somewhere above one of the huts. We investigated and was startled to f...

White-throated Kingfisher The Kingfishers are among the easier to spot in 1784: they sound distinct and are pretty noisy, and their brill...

The Red-Crested Malkoha is the bird that gives its name to our place. Indigenous to Luzon and some parts of the Philippines, it is loca...