Birds of the Philippines

Owing to just a short stay out in the country, most of the birds I captured are pretty common, but still very exotic from a New York point of view!

Brahminy Kite - a large eagle flying over the rice fields and pastures (someone said it's just like a Bald Eagle, but balder):


Cattle Egret - very common all around the world, even in US, but posing next to a distinctly Southeast-Asian-colored cattle here:


Little Egret - close cousin of the North America's Snowy Egret:



These evil-looking birds are Asian Glossy Starlings. The one with the striped breast and belly - and that seems most intent on causing some harm - is actually an immature:



Yellow-Vented Bulbuls - hardy soulds that are very common all over, even reportedly in Manila, although I haven't seen them there:


White-Breasted Woodswallow:


Long-Tailed Shrike:


Pied Bushchat:


And of course, I have to show the Euroasian Tree Sparrow here, which seems to be the only bird hardy enough to survive even in the concrete sea of Manila: