Sunday, April 20

raptorwatch

we celebrated an early earth day at tanay, rizal with probably the last raptorwatch for this season.  the gazebo at the santos's farm was a comfortable change from the open talahib fields or even the pag-asa watch tower.

 loads and loads of food (non-stop nibbling from 10am to 4pm), good company, a lovely breeze and a great view of the sierra madre would've been enough to satisfy me... but the thermaling raptors in the distance and a few overhead flybys were the icing on the cake.

 honestly, i had truly thought that it was a bit late in the season and we had little chance to catch any of the migrants leaving.  but it too beautiful a day (and i had too much sleep already from yesterday) to stay inside. well, i was sort of right, we probably had a total of fewer than five hundred birds. still...

 a hundred raptors rising like a tower up from the mountains in the mid-day heat, higher and higher and higher is truly a fantastic sight. i never fail to marvel at this spectacle. how long have these magnificent birds been doing this?  it must be close to perfection. regal creatures these are soaring so far above ground.

and now i realise how appropriate it was to celebrate earth day with these beautiful creatures.  they are truly creatures of the earth, traveling across lands and oceans long before boundaries were set by man.
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12 comments:

  1. A M GonzalesApril 20, 2008 at 9:11 PM

    i love raptorwatch! i was told to rest today, so i couldn't join you. thanks for the reminder that there will there next year! :)

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  2. aisa cantalejoApril 20, 2008 at 9:39 PM

    ate trinket! ang dami mo na pictures ng rainbows. :)

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  3. Lorenz PonceApril 21, 2008 at 12:03 AM

    nasan yung mga raptors?

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  4. trinket canlasApril 21, 2008 at 8:19 AM

    yup anna, we missed you!

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  5. trinket canlasApril 21, 2008 at 8:20 AM

    I know! Actually, iniisip ko nga nag gumawa ng separate folder for that. Kaso lang antok na antok na ako kagabi.

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  6. trinket canlasApril 21, 2008 at 8:21 AM

    Heehee. Wala akong ganong klaseng camera na ma-c-capture ang event eh. Imagine mo nalang na may mga tuldok tuldok na itim dun sa view ng sierra madre. Yun na yun. :)

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  7. Drew GalanoApril 22, 2008 at 3:41 PM

    nice pic kapatid!
    i might go birding sa weekend. yes!

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  8. adri constantinoApril 22, 2008 at 5:42 PM

    great entry. happy earth day!

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  9. Cathy GavileApril 25, 2008 at 9:09 PM

    Ate Trinket! Miss ko kayo sobra, gusto ko pumunta anilao, or somewhere na ang beach walang 100bars sa tabi. I can't wait to go home (after proposal)! Visiting your site gets me closer to home, so I wanted to say SALAMAT for that. Ingat lagi!

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  10. Mike LuApril 25, 2008 at 9:35 PM

    Ate Trinket, ang ganda naman ng sinulat mo ... puede bang yun na lang ang trip report ? Dagdagan mo na lang ng konting details para di na mag-isip pa si Debbie ? Hehehe

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  11. trinket canlasApril 28, 2008 at 4:21 PM

    Kuya Mike, alam mo namang you're THE BOSS. Di naman kita matatanggihan at baka i-kick out mo ako... takot ko lang!
    :)

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  12. trinket canlasApril 28, 2008 at 4:22 PM

    I'm glad you're finding a bit of home in my site cathy! Uwi ka na! See you soon.

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