Olongo Island Pictures

Well, we're back in the USA so I'm going to try to post a few pics from our recent trip. Here's some pics from Olango Island. First, here's Honey, her sister Hara and cousins Joy Joy and Arian on the pumpboat from Mactan to Olongo.



Here's a couple of the "hides" overlooking the coral flats.





Birds were hard to get close to. This Gray-tailed tattler was accomodating.



Here's some Eurasian Curlews. White rump and back made them easy to ID.



Bar-tailed Godwit



I'm calling this a Greater Sand-Plover. Or is it a Lesser?



Whimbrels in this part of the world have a pale rump and back. Some consider it a separate species.



Here's Mr. Mudskipper and Mr. Crab.

Olongo Island, Cebu, Philippines

My wife, Honey, her sister, two cousins and I spent a nice day birding at Olongo Island yesterday. Olongo Island has a protected coral flat that severs as a migration and wintering site for shorebirds. Fall migrants are beginning to show and we got the following list.

Little Egret 40
Pacific Reef-Heron 1
Little Heron 15
Greater Sand-Plover 8
Lesser Sand-Plover 3
Black-bellied Plover 3
Eurasian Curlew 6
Whimbrel 40
Bar-tailed Godwit 2
Common Greenshank 3
Red-necked Stint 5
Gray-tailed Tattler 10
Gull-billed Tern 1
Spotted Dove 5
Zebra Dove 2
Lesser Coucal 1
Collared Kingfisher 3
Black-naped Oriole 2
Pied Triller 1
Pied Fantail 3
Golden-bellied Flyeater 5
Philippine Glossy-Starling 5
Olive-backed Sunbird 3
Eurasian Tree-Sparrow 5

I tried to turn some of the juvenile Litte Egrets into Chinese Egrets but I think we were too early for them. I'll post some pics when we get home next week.