ornithography: may 07, 2013

White-breasted Woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus)

Very agile flyer and glider. I love watching them ride the wind. They almost go stationary mid-air! It is so hard to photograph them while perched but if you do, you have to be quick. They always hang-out in flocks  of more than two. They catch insects mid-air.

Flying at the same speed with the wind, they look like they are floating

Awesome flyer and glider

Photographed Lifer list:

1.   Golden bellied Flyeater
2.   Long tailed shrike      
3.   Olive backed sunbird    
4.   White Collared Kingfisher
5.   Pacific Swallow        
6.   Black naped Oriole      
7.   Yellow vented bulbul    
8.   Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker
9.   Pied Thriller          
10.  Elegant Tit            
11.  Brown Shrike            
12.  Large billed Crow      
13.  Eurasian Sparrows      
14.  Blue throated bee-eater
15.  Pied Fan tail
16.  White-breasted Woodswallow

16 Species, Two endemics