Angono Lente Club

𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐭
𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨: 𝐑𝐚𝐟𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐳

Distinctive Features: The bird is identified by its bright green plumage, red forehead and throat patches, and yellow cheeks.

Common Name: In the Philippines, it is frequently referred to as the "pokpok" or "pokapok" because of the rhythmic, metallic pounding sound it makes, similar to a coppersmith crafting metal.

Habitat and Behavior: They are resident birds in Southeast Asia and are often found in urban areas, solitary or in small groups.

𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐍 (𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐝)
Angono Lakeside Eco-Park

The purple heron (Ardea purpurea) is a wide-ranging heron species. It breeds in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Palearctic. The Western Palearctic populations migrate between breeding and wintering habitats whereas the African and tropical-Asian populations are primarily sedentary, except for occasional dispersive movements. It is similar in appearance to the more common grey heron but is slightly smaller, more slender and has darker plumage. It is also a more evasive bird, favouring densely vegetated habitats near water, particularly reed beds. It hunts for a range of prey including fish, rodents, frogs and insects, either stalking them or standing waiting in ambush.

📸 Arben Salvador

Wild bird photography by: Rafael Perez
Loyola Retreat House in Angono, Rizal

Please stand by for our upcoming Wild Bird Photography Workshop. LIKE & FOLLOW Angono Lente Club fb page for details.

Thank you Ms. Joy Vocalan for allowing our team to shoot wild bird at Loyola Retreat House.

For inquiries please visit https://loyolaretreathouse.org/

The 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐧 or kanaway is an abundant migratory tern species found throughout the Philippines. COMMONLY found in a wide variety of wetland habitats such as bays, tidal flats, fishponds, ricefields, marshes, lakes, and ponds. It can be observed diving head first into the water to catch prey.

Kanaway is a generic local term for terns and gull species in the Philippines.

Breeding adult has distinctive dark smoky gray body and contrasting white cheeks (can look like broad white "whiskers" in flight) underneath a black cap. Nonbreeding plumage pale silvery gray overall with a faded shadow of the cap; juvenile has dark-checkered back. Note rather stout bill (albeit thinner than Gull-billed Tern) and square tail; compare to Common, Roseate, and Arctic Terns. Feeds by picking from surface, not splash-diving like typical terns.

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫

Beautiful little blue-and-orange bird with a long, pointed bill. Often rather shy and inconspicuous despite bright plumage. Found along rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds—almost any fresh or brackish habitat with small fish. Often perches quietly in trees over water; most often seen in very fast low flight as a turquoise flash over the water, usually flying away. Easily detected once its high, shrill whistled call is learned, even if the bird itself is hidden. The only small blue kingfisher over much of its range.