Sunday, August 29, 2021

Birding Taytay

There had been several postings in Facebook recently of birds seen in Taytay. That, of course, piqued our curiosity. Thanks to our birder friend, Linda Gocon, who gave us precise directions on how to get to the birding place, my wife and I went early Saturday morning.

We were surprised that on a small patch of wetland just beside the road were a number of birds! The first species that we saw were a bunch of Crested Mynas frolicking on the muddy area.

 

There was also a small flock of Little Egrets and a single Intermediate Egret feeding on the wetland.


 

Then we noticed small brown birds moving about. Upon closer look, we were surprised to see Wood Sandpipers, Common Sandpipers and a bunch of Little Ringed Plovers.

Wood Sandpiper
 
Common Sandpiper

Little Ringed Plover
 

There were also a few Black-winged Stilts.

 

Cynthia even got a shot of an immature White-browed Crake.

 

At around 8 am, someone came and waded through the said wetland, spooking all the birds there. And that ended our short birding trip in Taytay.

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