Spotted Buttonquail
SPOTTED BUTTONQUAIL
Turnix ocellatus
Turnicidae Family
Bird #151 - April 2009
This is a Philippine endemic. We saw this on the trail in the UP Los Baños Dairy Farm. We went there to see the buttonquails and we saw TWO kinds! Once the people at the Dairy Farm found out we were birdwatchers, they knew that we were looking for the buttonquail.
We saw this again in Subic, Zambales. We had just packed up our photo gear and were driving out of the trail area where we had been birding. Then, we saw three buttonquails on the road right in front of us! They even paused at the middle of the road. I scrambled to the back seat so I could grab my gear from the trunk of the car. I was able to get a few shots from the sunroof of the car and make a slight improvement on the pictures in this gallery!
We have since encountered these birds quite often. They show up in the farm often because they know we don't usually bring our gear to the farm.
Read MoreTurnix ocellatus
Turnicidae Family
Bird #151 - April 2009
This is a Philippine endemic. We saw this on the trail in the UP Los Baños Dairy Farm. We went there to see the buttonquails and we saw TWO kinds! Once the people at the Dairy Farm found out we were birdwatchers, they knew that we were looking for the buttonquail.
We saw this again in Subic, Zambales. We had just packed up our photo gear and were driving out of the trail area where we had been birding. Then, we saw three buttonquails on the road right in front of us! They even paused at the middle of the road. I scrambled to the back seat so I could grab my gear from the trunk of the car. I was able to get a few shots from the sunroof of the car and make a slight improvement on the pictures in this gallery!
We have since encountered these birds quite often. They show up in the farm often because they know we don't usually bring our gear to the farm.
