Philippine Trogon
PHILIPPINE TROGON
Harpactes ardens
Trogonidae Family
Bird #146 - April 2009
This is a Philippine endemic. The first time we saw this bird was in the forest trail of Mt. Makiling in Los Baños. It was clinging to a tree trunk and its back looked bright red! We were not able to get pictures that first time. It became one of our target birds. We went back in May 2009 and got a few pictures. We have seen this bird in other places since then such as Mt. Palay Palay and the Northern Sierra Madre.
Read MoreHarpactes ardens
Trogonidae Family
Bird #146 - April 2009
This is a Philippine endemic. The first time we saw this bird was in the forest trail of Mt. Makiling in Los Baños. It was clinging to a tree trunk and its back looked bright red! We were not able to get pictures that first time. It became one of our target birds. We went back in May 2009 and got a few pictures. We have seen this bird in other places since then such as Mt. Palay Palay and the Northern Sierra Madre.
PHILIPPINE TROGON male Harpactes ardens Mt. Palay Palay, Cavite, Philippines
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Tonji and Sylvia Ramos
on March 21, 2011Thanks for the comment Alvin. I edited the paragraph to make it more clear. The intro paragraph was describing our first time to see the bird which was in Mt. Makiling. I don't know if you're a birdwatcher, but we like to keep track of our first time to see a new species! We don't have a picture of that first sighting. This photo was our 2nd time to see the bird and it was taken in Mt. Palay Palay.
Alvin
on March 14, 2011great photo...but just want to clarify one thing though as in aforementioned paragraph it mentioned this shot was taken in Mt. Makiling but caption says Mt. Palay-palay. Thanks!
Tina
on November 4, 2009By golly what an amazing shot! Hope I can see this bird soon!
Tonji and Sylvia Ramos
on November 2, 2009Thank you for the stars and the comments!!
Rick Willis
on November 1, 2009Absolutely Beautiful...
RunColorado
on November 1, 2009beautiful bird!! great detail
fotoeffects
on November 1, 2009Beautiful capture.
349390pitchingwedge33
on November 1, 2009fantastic capture...
csmallari
on November 1, 2009WOW WOW WOW Excellent capture Sylvs. This is such a beautiful bird. You really nailed this one. Congratulations !!!!