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Blog EntryDec 31, '11 5:18 PM
for everyone
It's the last day of the year. A time when folks frolic and engage in merrymaking. A time to thank the year about to pass and to welcome the coming one with high hopes and joyous hearts.


And to go birding. And while at it, why not even add a new species to our lifelist?


A gazillion thanks to our friend, Ding Carpio, who broke his birding hiatus just at the right time. It all began when an "uncommon, poorly known" (Kennedy's words, not mine) member of the Strigidae family curiously decided to make the tree next to his office its home. Please note that access to Ding's office premises was restricted. When he posted pictures of this most unusual occurence in the internet, we die-hard, dyed-in-the-wool, bird photographers begged, cajoled, even threatened our dear, accommodating friend to take us where the action was. He relented, of course. How can he not?


Early in the morning of the last day of 2011, seven enthusiastic, adrenalin-pumped birdnuts joined Ding in taking photographs of Bubo philippensis. The endemic Philippine Eagle-Owl, the largest owl found in this country, simply sat there giving us that wide-eyed look, occasionally assuming an angry bird stance.


Who are these people?
I'm gonna get ya, Ding Carpio, for disturbing my sleep!
An hour passed and it was time to go. Our host still had some errands to do and so did Cynthia and I. As we all bade goodbye to each other and wished each other the best of the coming year, we were all united in our thoughts:


We sure ended the year with a hoot and an owl!
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karenthegrace wrote on Dec 31, '11
"we die-hard, dyed-in-the-wool, bird photographers begged, cajoled, even threatened our dear, accommodating friend to take us where the action was"
--Hahaha! Glad I work in the same office as your dear friend! We first saw it a few days back and initially thought it was a Hawk Owl, but the tufts were so obvious and the size...HUGE!
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katrinket wrote on Jan 3
haha. love the caption on the 2nd pic... it must have karen on it's list as well!
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