Hunting in the Philippines: Okay for the Rich and Powerful, Illegal for the Poor and Lowly?

Hunting in the Philippines: Okay for the Rich and Powerful, Illegal for the Poor and Lowly?

What does government and society do when hunters are caught and/or documented in pictures of their own with their day’s catch – dead Philippine wild ducks which are classified as vulnerable? Of course, they are prosecuted for violation of the law, fined and jailed, just like Bryan Balaon, a 26-year-old farmer in Bukidnon, who has […]

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Lovely in Gray

Lovely in Gray

We were waiting for the Palawan Tit when we saw Wild Bird Photographers of the Philippines Fellow Rocky Sison pointing to birding buddy Michael something in the in the nearby under canopy. We’re not so enthusiastic to go to their place as Rocky left his gear beside us, but when we saw Michael making positions […]

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The Banquet

The Banquet

Names(L-R): Handsome Sunbird (female, endemic), Plain-throated Sunbird (male, resident), Handsome Sunbird (male, endemic), Orange-bellied Flowerpecker (male, resident), Buzzing Flowerpecker (male, endemic), Metallic Sunbird (male, endemic), Purple-throated Sunbird (male, resident) Location: Picop Timberland Forest, Bislig City, Surigao del Sur Date Photographed: January 2011 Note: Composite of eight shots/photographs, merged together. One of 70 bird photos of […]

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