It's great to be in the company of people who enjoy natural history! I know it isn't for everyone to spend hours on end watching insects and birds... sitting motionless or crawling on grass or perched in some precarious position. How I wish I could have such focus and patience for all other aspects of my life!
Boso-boso Paro-parozzi (starting from left, standing): Alex L., Alex T., Mae, Adri, Wency, Tina M., Felix, Tina A., Anna, Tere, me!, Ixi, Lydia (not in photo: Orly)
Haha, I hope Lydia won't mind my saying but the highlight of the trip for me was seeing a pair of grey-backed tailorbirds hopping around a bamboo thicket! Not a lifer for me, but a great view of a hard to spot bird. (The highlight could have been a shot of the tiger-patterned lycaenid which I have tried to photograph twice before: in Boso-boso and in Caylabne. I got the picture, unfortunately, the lighting was all wrong).
Strangely, the activity was pretty draining and at the end of the day I was so tired I could hardly keep my eyes open. It could've been the weather, it was quite humid. Signs of summer fast approaching.
See my pictures at: http://katrinket.multiply.com/photos/album/7
Ah trinks, after all, most if not all, are members of the Wild Bird Club and Phil. Bird Photographers Group. I guess God must have arranged that some days you people don't see birds so you take time to appreciate the butterflies. In my case, to wait for a year for a foreign butterflynut to come and accompany me is too unbearable for my addiction. A week a year will kill me! Not enough dose. I'm glad I found the predators! Hah! I have to camouflage as a birder to survive.
ReplyDeleteBut by now I think they know that I am that butterfly specie that can be detestable. (Untouchable) He, he. Di naman. Mimicking only the toxic specie sometimes for survival. :D But truli-li, this is one set up where birds and butterflies get together happily. Keep watching. te lyd