Taytay is one of the very few places that we can go birding these days. In my previous blog I wrote that due to old age creeping in on me, I find it quite difficult to drive long distances. So Saturday morning we were at the usual roadside area along a wetland. To our surprise the place was teeming with species of the Ardeidae family! Several kinds of Herons and Egrets (but interestingly none of the skulking Bitterns) were everywhere!
Let me start with the Herons - Black-crowned Night Herons (both adult and immature), Purple Herons and a totally unexpected Grey Heron!
Black-crowned Night Heron - adult 
Black-crowned Night Heron - immature
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| Purple Heron |
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| Grey Heron |
Then there were the Egrets: from the Littlest to the Greatest and an Intermediary in between. Allow me to clarify that: Little, Intermediate and Great Egrets were all present.
Little Egret 
Intermediate Egret
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| Great Egret |
As a bonus we got the Eastern Cattle Egret at U.P. Diliman.
Eastern Cattle Egret
Not a bad harvest on a short birding morning with the Ardeidaes!
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