The past couple of weeks have seen two tropical depressions passing through the northern part of the Philippines in quick succession. The first (
Typhoon Gener) brought widespread flooding to the Manila area (and resulted in 3 days of cancelled school), and the second (
Tropical Storm Helen) just added to the mess. Very few chances to get out and about,
By Thursday of this week the rain had finally abated, and I took the chance to get down to the fields to see what was about. A mixed flock of waders was very interesting, with at least 16
Long-toed Stint and 3
Red-necked Stint, along with the more common
Wood Sandpipers and
Common Sandpipers.
Not much else of note.
On Friday one of the
Red-necked Stints was still present, along with most of the
Long-toed Stints. 22
Pacific Golden Plovers were also in the fields close to the main buildings, the first record this autumn.
One of about 16
Long-toed Stints feeding in the paddies on Thursday afternoon, the first day without rain in nearly 2 weeks!
Another bird, taken on Friday 17th.
A
Red-necked Stint showing a faint trace of a reddish upper breast.
Possibly the same bird was present on Friday 17th...
This
Red-necked Stint still shows some reddish tertials
Yellow Bittern
A very confiding
Fan-tailed Cisticola
Tropical Storm Helen heading off towards the south China coast on Thursday afternoon.
The waders are here! =)
ReplyDeleteAlmost exactly the same time as last year (Red-necked on 10th and Long-toed on 11th). I had a Sharpie come through in August as well last year.
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