A first visit to San Juan for 2012 with newly arrived birder Richard from the UK. Early birds included good numbers of
Pink-necked Green Pigeons and several
Black-naped Orioles. Lots of heron spp. around including
Purple, Grey and
Green-backed Herons. Also both
Rufous and
Black-crowned Night-Heron, Great and
Little Egrets and
Yellow and
Cinnamon Bitterns. Wader numbers were down, with only
Greenshank, Pacific Golden Plover, Black-winged Stilt and
Marsh Sandpiper in any concentrations on the ponds. On the beach a large flock of
Charadrius plovers turned out to be mainly
Kentish Plover, with a small number of
Lesser Sandplover mixed in. A couple of
Whimbrel floated around during the morning.
Philippine Duck numbers were also lower than usual, but those that were present showed fairly well.
Back at IRRI the
Peregrine was back on station, but the state of the fields was clearly not conducive to birds as numbers of rallids and waders were both well down.
At the IRRI staff housing compound a
Philippine Nightjar has taken up residence near my house, and can be heard calling most mornings, and occasionally in the evenings too.
A one-footed
Black-winged Stilt, a
Whimbrel and four
Pacific Golden Plovers.
Little Ringed Plover
Long-tailed Shrike
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