Birds outside of Capayas

Coron birding is largely centered around Capaya Creek Kingfisher Preserve with good reason. However, Capayas and its immediate surroundings is not the only place to bird in Coron. For the second day of our two-day bird tour, we explored other areas. and these were our captures.

Green Imperial Pigeon basking in the morning sun, Balud in Cuyonon

Pink-necked Green Pigeon, male, Punay in Cuyonon

Docu shot of a Black-headed Bulbul, one of my nemesis birds, and my first photo in the Calamianes

Pink-necked Green Pigeon, male

Blue-headed Racquet Tail, female. Kilit in Cuyonon. A flagship species of Coron. This was one of the targets of our guests

An unidentified raptor. According to two experts that I consulted, this is probably a migrant species but the poor quality of the photo makes it difficult to positively ID

Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike

Crested Serpent Eagle

Long-tailed Shrike

Plaintive Cuckoo

Plaintive Cuckoo

Rufous-crowned Night Heron

Barn Swallow in flight

Back in Capayas after lunch, it was the turn of the Rufous-backed Kingfisher to hold court.

Rufous-backed Kingfisher

Before calling it a day we did another walk around Capayas for a chance at the Blue-eared Kingfisher but it was a no show. We did see it earlier in the day at YKR but only a fly-by.

Our last stop was the reclaimed area for a chance at the White-bellied Sea Eagle but it was also a no show. All in all it was a good two days and our guests enjoyed their birding in Coron.