Philippines Bird Watching Trip Report - September 2024

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September 2024 - Part 2

Tuesday 10 ^th of September 2024 and I wake up at 3 thirty and I prepare my morning tea. I have plenty time for tea and a shower before going down in the reception to meet my Guide.

We leave the hotel at 6 o'clock and we drive through a busy morning Manila. We are in the area of what I think is the biggest university in Manila so the roads are busy.

We stop to fill up gasoline so we can reach the mountains. The traffic disappears when we reach the Marcos Highway that goes to the Pacific Ocean across the Sierra Madre Mountain range.

We will stay on the Marikina–Infanta Highway and we will spend the night at Riders' Rest Stop at Km 89 on the Marikina–Infanta Highway.

Marcos Highway

Marcos Highway may refer to any of the following highways in the Philippines formerly named after former President Ferdinand Marcos prior to the People Power Revolution:

- Marikina–Infanta Highway, connecting Marikina to Infanta, Quezon
- Mel Lopez Boulevard (formerly known as Marcos Road and Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos Highway), a component of Radial Road 10 in Manila
- Aspiras–Palispis Highway (formerly the Agoo–Baguio Road), connecting Agoo, La Union to Baguio

Marikina–Infanta Highway

The Marikina–Infanta Highway, also known as Marilaque Highway, Marilaque Road, Marikina-Infanta Road, or its former name Marcos Highway, is a 117.5-kilometer highway that connects Quezon City, Metro Manila with Infanta, Quezon in the Philippines. Motorists colloquially refer to the road as Marilaque Highway.

The Marikina–Infanta Highway starts at the intersection with N11/Circumferential Road 5/Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City, near its boundary with Marikina, as a physical continuation of N59/Aurora Boulevard. It traverses the Marikina Valley as a divided highway and passes through Antipolo, where it intersects the Sumulong Highway at the Masinag Junction.

N59 exits the road to run along Sumulong Highway. After Masinag, the road starts its ascent towards the Sierra Madre Mountain range as an undivided highway passing through Tanay, Santa Maria in Laguna, and finally Infanta in Quezon.

The road is famous for the frequent motorcycle racers who use the curvy mountainous roads for joyrides, frequently resulting in major accidents.

We will stop at one eBird hotspot outside Manila on the way up the Sierra Madre Mountain range. The eBird hotspot: Palo Alto, Baras is an area with lots for sale on the mountain side. It has been open for years and it does not look like it has been any success as it have turned in to a famous area for bird watching.

We reached the area and I started my eBird app at 07:27 at the gate. My Guide told the security guard that we came for bird watching and he opened the gate immediately without any questions. There were two guys sitting at a table and they asked if I wanted a pamphlet with information about lots for sale.

The road is step going down the mountain reaching a roundabout so we cannot park. But we see two Philippine Bulbuls in the trees. Reaching the roundabout and we take off at the 3rd exit.

We can hear one Hooded Pitta giving alarm call. We can hear another Hooded Pitta answering from far away. We never spotted the bird, but I managed to get a recording. We spotted one Red-crested Malkoha but it was impossible to get any pictures.

Listen to the Western Hooded Pitta

Sound from www.xeno-canto.org

Remarks from the Recordist

Recorded with my mobile phone using the Merlin app. High Pass Filter applied with Audacity

Warning call, think the bird had a nest in the area. We could also hear one Hooded Pitta further away

Indian Peafowl

Indian Peafowl

We continue along the concrete road and we are soon stopping again. I spot 5 Indian Peafowls foraging in the grass and I get a few pictures. We continue and we could hear the Red-keeled Flowerpecker and we parked the car.

We walked towards the tree where the bird was heard from and we could soon see the birds. I tried to take pictures even though the very small bird is far away. It is a very beautiful bird so I was a wee bit disappointed that we could not get closer.

There was three Rufous-crowned Bee-eaters sitting on the wire further down the road and I started to walk towards the birds. I managed to get a picture from quite a distance before the birds took off.

We had seen the Red-keeled Flowerpecker and now we had one Thick-billed Flowerpecker, the second flowerpecker for today. And this bird was also very far away.

We stop to look for flowerpeckers

We stop to look for flowerpeckers

Red-keeled Flowerpecker

Red-keeled Flowerpecker

Rufous-crowned Bee-eater

Thick-billed Flowerpecker

Thick-billed Flowerpecker

Elegant Tit

Elegant Tit

Elegant Tit

Listen to the Elegant Tit

Sound from www.xeno-canto.org

Remarks from the Recordist

Recorded with my mobile phone using the Merlin app. High Pass Filter applied with Audacity.

The recording start with a song and then one bird starts to call. Two birds in the recording

We go back to the car and I am very happy with the stop, we had seen 2 flowerpeckers and I got pictures, not very good, but I was happy. The reason for us to come to this hotspot, of course to look for birds. But we are looking for two kingfishers. The last two kingfishers on our list.
1) Spotted Kingfisher
2) Indigo-banded Kingfisher

We had already spotted several of the Brown-breasted Kingfisher. We drove 100 meters or so and we reached a stream coming down from the mountain. There were two bird watchers and I interrogating them on their sightings. The had followed 3 hornbills coming here.

My guide was soon calling for me, she had spotted one female Indigo-banded Kingfisher in the stream. She is amazing, she finds so many birds and without her I would not have had many birds to report to eBird.

Indigo-banded Kingfisher

Poor picture, crazy ISO speed 25000

My Guide want to walk along the stream to look for the Spotted Kingfisher but there is a fence so we skip the walk along the stream. But my Guide does not give up and we try to play the Spotted Kingfisher sound at the parking.

And she goes on and on and we can hear the bird. Very short calls but I manage to get three recordings, very short but better than nothing. Now I have evidence of the sighting.

My Guide did not give up searching in to the vegetation, and SHE DOES IT AGAIN! She spots the bird in the vegetation, very hard to see. And no light and I need to use ISO speed 25000

But I am very happy, now we have seen all the kingfishers in the area, three in total.

We went back to have a look for the Indigo-banded Kingfisher and we spotted one Grey Wagtail at the stream but it was gone before I could get a picture.

Listen to the Wood Spotted Kingfisher

Sound from www.xeno-canto.org

Sound from www.xeno-canto.org

Remarks from the Recordist

Recorded with my mobile phone using the Merlin app. High Pass Filter applied with Audacity

It was very hard to find the bird in the dense vegetation. But I was lucky to get both pictures and sound recordings.

Spotted Kingfisher in eBird

Spotted Kingfisher

Spotted Kingfisher

We leave the stream behind and we drive around looking at the area. Huge area and I can only see that they have built three houses in the area. So, the sales are going slow, good, it is an excellent birding spot.

We stop to try to get a picture of one Paddyfield Pipit sitting on the road. But they pictures are over exposed as I had over exposed the pictures of the Spotted Kingfisher. And I had forgot to put it back to 0 and by the time I had adjusted the bird was gone.

The were Grey rumped swifts flying around and I could see one Barn Swallow.

Scaly-breasted Munia

Young Scaly-breasted Munia

Young Scaly-breasted Munia

Leaving the Paddyfield Pipit behind and we stop again, there is a group of Scaly-breasted Munia foraging in the grass next to the road. And they look strange, they are much more orange that the ones I see in Thailand.

I tried to get pictures but they were covered behind the grass so it was impossible to get pictures. And when I tried to lean out the window the bird moved away and I gave up.

We had spent more than 2 hours here and we were getting hungry. We drove back to the gate and I turned off my eBird app.

eBird Report

Palo Alto, Baras, Rizal, PH
Sep 10, 2024 07:27 - 09:56
Protocol: Traveling
4.76 kilometer(s)
16 species

Indian Peafowl 5 Escapee
Red-crested Malkoha 1
Scale-feathered Malkoha 1
Grey-rumped Swiftlet 6
Indigo-banded Kingfisher 1
Brown-breasted Kingfisher 2
Spotted Kingfisher 1
Rufous-crowned Bee-eater 3
Western Hooded Pitta 2
Elegant Tit 3
Philippine Bulbul 1
Thick-billed Flowerpecker 1
Red-keeled Flowerpecker 2
Scaly-breasted Munia 11
Grey Wagtail 1
Paddyfield Pipit 1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S194595954

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

Today's track at Palo Alto, Baras

We continued up the Sierra Madre Mountain range driving on the Marikina–Infanta Highway. The road is new and my Guide told me that they have made one new lane in each direction. So now there is 2 lanes in each direction.

My Guide had recommended to come here on weekdays as the road is full of motorcycles during the weekend. The Marikina–Infanta Highway is very popular with motorcycle clubs from Manila.

New road and a lot of curves, there was a lot of motorcycles today, but on the weekends the roadis full of tourists.

And it is easy to understand that it is a popular route as there are plenty coffee shops and restaurants along the Marikina–Infanta Highway.

My Guide know a good restaurant but it turns out they are closed on Tuesdays and we drive back to have a look at another place. We pass a place called Tanay Highlands and I suggested that we should try this place.

This restaurant looks to be very nice, at least the outside promised that it was a nice restaurant. We parked and we discovered a big terrace with a good view. We got a table and two menus.

Tanay Highlands

Tanay Highlands

Tanay Highlands

Tanay Highlands

We got our food and a pot of Earl Grey tea. The food was good and I told my Guide that we had been luck to find the other place closed. The place had not looked like a place I would have liked to have my meal at.

And they had several pages with pastries in the menu and I could not help myself and I asked for another pot of tea and pastries. We were full when we left Tanay Highlands and I was happy to have found this place. I made a mental not to stop here when we go back to Manila tomorrow.

Continuing along the Marikina–Infanta Highway and we could see Red-keeled Flowerpeckers along the road and we stopped after 30 minutes or so.

The road was going along the mountain side so we had the tree tops in eye level. The Red-keeled Flowerpeckers moved around so it was next to impossible to get any pictures. But I got a recording of the Red-keeled Flowerpecker.

Listen to the Red Keeled Flowerpecker

Sound from www.xeno-canto.org

Remarks from the Recordist

Recorded with my mobile phone using the Merlin app. High Pass Filter applied with Audacity

We stop along the road when we see the birds and I manage to get one recording.

The recording start with a song and then we hear the call, same bird. We also hear the call from another Red-keeled Flowerpecker in the back.

Pygmy Flowerpecker

Pygmy Flowerpecker

Pygmy Flowerpecker

Pygmy Flowerpecker

Pygmy Flowerpecker

We were lucky, we spotted a pair of Pygmy Flowerpecker and I managed to get pictures. And the Pygmy Flowerpecker was yet another “LIFER” for me so I was happy when we went back to the car.

We continue up the mountain and now 2 lanes had turned in to a single lane in each direction. I am in the back seat enjoying the mountain views while driving towards the Riders' Rest Stop where we will spend the night.

We expect to arrive to Riders' Rest Stop around 13 thirty and we will have a rest before going out to look for birds at 3 thirty.

We had a beautiful ride up the mountains and we did not make any more stops for bird watching. NON STOP drive to Riders' Rest Stop.

Driving along the Marikina–Infanta Highway

Driving along the Marikina–Infanta Highway

Driving along the Marikina–Infanta Highway

Driving along the Marikina–Infanta Highway

We check in and I went to my room, nothing much in the room, a bed only. I take the bench outside my room and I put it in front of the bed to use as a desk.

I spent the afternoon in my room looking at my bird pictures and time turned quickly and at 3 thirty I went to see my Guide.

We took off and we stopped after 10 minutes or so to see if we could find any Lowland White-eyes. We could hear one Sunbird but I neither got any pictures nor any recording. There were 6 Lowland White-eyes in the bushes.

They moved around so it was impossible to get any pictures. I got one, but that one was hardly good enough for ID purpose

I got a picture of one Yellow-vented Bulbul sitting in the bushes as well before we crossed the street to have a look if there is any birds in the trees.

Lowland White-eye

Looking for the Lowland White-eye

Yellow-vented Bulbul

Looking for birds

White-bellied Flowerpecker

White-bellied Flowerpecker

We spot one White-bellied Flowerpecker before we leave and this is the fourth species of flowerpeckers for today. We got back in to the car and we continued to explore the Marikina–Infanta Highway and I really enjoy the views along the beautiful route over the mountains.

We make stops along the road to look for birds, but we did not see any birds, at least not any birds I could report in my eBird app.

My Guide is well known in the area so one village police arrived with his motorcycle and he told my Guide that there was one fruit tree with fruits further up the Marikina–Infanta Highway.

Looking for birds

Our new friend take off to show us the fruit tree

Our new friend takes off on his motorcycle to show us the fruit tree and we follow in the car. We lose our friend after a while but he is coming back and we stop at the tree. Red fruits at the bottom and orange fruits in the top.

We can hear on Amethyst Brown-Dove calling and later on we find the bird sitting in a tree next to the fruit tree. I get a recording and I tried to take pictures, but the light is disappearing.

Crazy high ISO speed and the lowest shutter speed I dared to use. Stabilizer in the lens that are an excellent help. But that does not help if the bird is moving. But the dove was perching on a branch so no quick movement.

Our new friend show us the fruit tree

Our new friend leaving us again

Listen to the Amethyst Brown-Dove

Sound from www.xeno-canto.org

Remarks from the Recordist

Recorded with my mobile phone using the Merlin app. High Pass Filter applied with Audacity

Sitting in a tree next to a fruit tree where we are looking for birds.

Amethyst Brown-Dove

Amethyst Brown-Dove

Amethyst Brown-Dove

Amethyst Brown-Dove

We return to the hotel and we will leave again around 7 thirty to go look for owls along the Marikina–Infanta Highway. There are 3 species of owls along the road.
1) Luzon Hawk-Owl - The bird is called Luzon Boobook in eBird
2) Philippine Scops-owl
3) Luzon Scops-owl

We go ack to the hotel and we will leave again at 7 thirty to drive along the Marikina–Infanta Highway to look for the owls in the dark. The owls are sleeping during the day and they become active during the night.

We make the first stop after a 10 minutes’ drive and we can hear the Luzon Scops-owl. Well, we can actually hear two of them, one in the tree we are looking at and one further away.

We are using a torch to look in the tree but we cannot see the bird, but I got two recordings of the Luzon Scops-owl and I was happy even though I did not see the bird.

Listen to the Luzon Scops-owl

Sound from www.xeno-canto.org

Sound from www.xeno-canto.org

Remarks from the Recordist

Recorded with my mobile phone using the Merlin app. High Pass Filter applied with Audacity

We are out in the night to look for owls. We did not see the owl, but I got two recordings of the Luzon Scops-owl

We give up on the Luzon Scops-owl when we hear that the bird sounds to be further and further away. We are soon stopping again and we get out. We are soon hearing two Luzon Hawk-Owls. The Luzon Hawk-Owl is called Luzon Boobook in eBird.

We can see one of the birds flying between the trees crossing the road. But it is not possible to get any picture, we see the bird when it is flying over the road. But it lands in the tree and it is impossible to see the bird.

Now I have recordings of two of the three owls we were set to find and I am pleased.

Listen to the Luzon Hawk-Owl

Sound from www.xeno-canto.org

Remarks from the Recordist

Recorded with my mobile phone using the Merlin app. High Pass Filter applied with Audacity

We are out in the night to look for owls. I got this recording and I could see the bird but not possible to get pictures.

The bird is called Luzon Boobook in eBird

Night birding

Night birding

We have one owl remaining, the Philippine Scops-owl. There is one living at the hotel, but it is never coming up to the hotel. The hotel is on the mountain side and the owl live below the hotel.

So, we stop along the road and we can hear the bird, but the Philippe Scops-owl only give one call. As we can hear on the previous recording the owls are calling for a long time. The Philippine Scops-owl give one call so it is easy to miss it trying to record the bird.

We spend quite some time and we hear the bird two times, and I miss both calls. So we return to the hotel to try again.

The bird at the hotel only called once, and I missed it again. Well, never mind, I will have to save something for the next time I come to the Philippines.

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Wednesday 11 ^th of September 2024 and I wake up at 4 o'clock and I was full of suspense. Will my tea water that I got in the thermos yesterday still be warm? It was and I could start the day with cheese and tea.

We will leave at 6 o'clock so I have time to both enjoy my tea and to go through my sound recordings from yesterday night. I am ready at 6 o'clock and we are leaving to go check for birds at the fruit tree again.

We leave Rider's Rest Stop behind and now I find out that we have to return to pick up my Guide's bag. We drive towards the fruit tree and I am soon asking my Guide to stop. There is a shriek sitting next to the road, a Brown Shrike but the bird is gone before I can get a picture.

My Guide hear the Philippine Fairy-bluebird and we park the car and we get out to have a look for birds. There are at least three of them in the trees, impossible to get any good pictures, all of them ended up in the garbage bin.

The Philippine Fairy-bluebird is a beautiful blue bird, but it was just black in the shadows in the foliage. But I managed to get a recording of the bird.

Listen to the Philippine Fairy-bluebird

Sound from www.xeno-canto.org

Remarks from the Recordist

Recorded with my mobile phone using the Merlin app. High Pass Filter applied with Audacity

There were many of them along the Marikina-Infanta Highway

Looking for birds along the Marikina–Infanta Highway

Looking for birds along the Marikina–Infanta Highway

Looking for birds along the Marikina–Infanta Highway

Our hero

It is a gorgeous morning with the clouds covering the mountain tops above us. There are a lot of birds around us and we spot the Blue-headed Fantail, a very beautiful bird. But the bird refuse to sit still. I get it in focus and it is covered by a twig.

I sat down to wait for the bird, there were two of them, but I failed to get a picture so I will have to come back here again. We had a group of White-eared Brown-Dove in the tress but not possible to get any pictures.

I could count 5 of the White-eared Brown-Dove when they flew across the road landing in a tree next to the road.

Impossible to see the birds even though they were close to the road. But I got a poor picture of the Philippine Fairy-bluebird, nut good enough for ID purpose.

Philippine Fairy-bluebird

We get back to the car to continue to the fruit tree, early morning and we expect a lot of birds having their breakfast in the tree. 10 minutes or so of driving and we parked at the fruit tree.

And no birds, not one single bird to be seen in the fruit tree.

My Guide, amazing, discover one Philippine Cuckoo-Dove sitting in a tree far behind the fruit tree. Too far away for pictures but I gave it my best try.

We had a motorcycle with a platform coming up the road and it was full of children, mostly on the way to school.

Our friend, the Police from yesterday and he came to check on how we were doing with the birds. When he left, I asked my Guide:
- Isn't he a police?
- Yes
- He must have seen the motorcycle with the children coming here?
- Yes
- He did not stop them?
- Nah, his daughter wa sone of the passengers

Looking for birds in the fruit tree

Philippine Cuckoo-Dove

Philippine Cuckoo-Dove

Loaded motorcycle coming up the road

No helmets used

No helmets used

Our friend from yesterday shows up

Listen to the Philippine Bulbul

Sound from www.xeno-canto.org

Remarks from the Recordist

Recorded with my mobile phone using the Merlin app. High Pass Filter applied with Audacity

The fruit tree was a disappointment and my ide wanted to go back to where we had seen all the other birds. But I wanted to continue and so we did. I managed to get one Philippine Bulbul on a recording before we left.

We enjoyed the ride and the mountains were beautiful with the tops covered in fog/ clouds. I spotted on bird in the bushes next to the road.
- STOP! One Blue-headed Fantail, I said
My Guide spotted the bird
- It is a Rufous Paradise-Flycatcher
- OOOOOH!
I tried to get a picture and it was hard against the light. And we discovered two of them, a pair.

We parked the car and we sat down at the bushes but it was impossible to get any good pictures. We spent quite a time with the birds, but they disappeared after a while.

Rufous Paradise-Flycatcher

Rufous Paradise-Flycatcher

Marikina–Infanta Highway

Our hero

Our hero

My Guide hear one Rufous Hornbill and she think we might have a chance to see it if we can get a view of the hill side. So, we get in to the car to continue to see if we can find a place with a view of the hill side.

We realize that the road is not going to take us to the hill side, quite the opposite, going towards north leaving the south hill side behind. We park the car to play the sound of the Rufous Hornbill to see if we can get the bird to come up on this side of the tree line.

We walk along the road and we are soon back to where we had seen the Rufous Paradise-Flycatcher. We could hear the Rufous Hornbill but we never saw the bird.

My Guide said that we would go back to get the car. I told he that I would give the flycatcher another tries so she went to get the car by herself.

Looking for the Rufous Hornbill

Looking for the Rufous Hornbill

I cannot see any of the Rufous Paradise-Flycatcher and I continue walking down the Marikina–Infanta Highway while my Guide is getting the car. I spot one bird and I manage to get a poor picture, but good enough for my Guide to be able to ID the bird when she come with the car.

Turns out that it is yet another “LIFER” Grey-streaked Flycatcher and I report the bird in my eBird app before we continue down the mountains towards Manila.

Grey-streaked Flycatcher

We drive down the mountain and we can hear one Orange-bellied Flowerpecker next to the road. My Guide want to stop to see if we can get a glimpse of the bird. I tell her NEVER MIND, let's get back to my hotel in Manila.
- We have our rest hours to think about!

I report the bird in my eBird app, the last bird I report before turning of my eBird app.

eBird Report

Jariel's Peak--Restaurant, Bgy. Magsaysay, Infanta, Quezon, PH
Sep 11, 2024 06:16 - 09:19
Protocol: Traveling
24.11 kilometer(s)
11 species (+1 other taxa)

Philippine Cuckoo-Dove 1
White-eared Brown-Dove 5
Ridgetop Swiftlet 9
swiftlet sp. 5
Rufous Hornbill 1 Heard only
Blue-headed Fantail 2
Rufous Paradise-Flycatcher 3
Brown Shrike 1
Philippine Bulbul 3
Grey-streaked Flycatcher 1
Orange-bellied Flowerpecker 1 Heard only
Philippine Fairy-bluebird 4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S194698299

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

I told my Guide that if we are EXTREMLY unlucky the Tanay Highlands are open.
- Unlucky?
- Yes, if they are open, we will have to stop to destroy our diet!

Tanay Highlands was open so we stopped for lunch. I had decided to skip the pastries, but when I was finished with my meal, I asked my Guide if she wated cake.
- Do you want? She asked.
- Up to you! I said.

We had the menu handy on the table so we ordered pastries and it was a little too much, I had to throw my last almond croissant out from the terrace, a little something for the bird to munch on.

My Guide dropped me at my hotel around 2 o'clock. She will keep me updated about the Philippine Eagle and I will come back to have a look for the Eagle.

Belmont Hotel Manila, I like the hotel and I was looking forward to a night at the hotel after the night in the mountains. I checked in and I got a room with two beds and I was not happy. I booked the same as I booked for the first night, one big bed.

They sent a guy with me to put the beds together, but coming to my room and I discovered that the beds are big enough, not like the 90 cm single beds you have in Swedish hotel rooms.

I turned on the kettle first thing and I was soon enjoying my tea while going through my pictures from the mountains. There is a BBQ at the roof top pool area and I went there to have a look. The selection did not impress me and I went back to my room to have tea and some of the cheese I bought the first day in Manila.

eBird Trip Report

Since April 2023 eBird offer a new feature, to create Trip Reports. At least this is when I first heard of this feature and I have decided to make the eBird Trip Reports instead of my list of OBSERVED birds.

And of course, this also means that I will HAVE TO go back and do the same for my old birding adventures, WHEN I HAVE THE TIME!

Today's Trip Report: Philippines 8 - 11 September 2024 | Click HERE

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Lifers
Icons for lifers used in the eBird trip reports

Species lifer:First time that someone observes a species in their life

Photo lifer:First time that someone photographs a species in their life

Audio lifer:First time that someone audio records a species in their life

Exotic species
Exotic species flags differentiate locally introduced species from native species.

Naturalized:Exotic population is self-sustaining, breeding in the wild, persisting for many years, and not maintained through ongoing releases (including vagrants from Naturalized populations). These count in official eBird totals and, where applicable, have been accepted by regional bird records committee(s).

Provisional:Either: 1)member of exotic population that is breeding in the wild, self-propagating, and has persisted for multiple years, but not yet Naturalized; 2)rarity of uncertain provenance, with natural vagrancy or captive provenance both considered plausible.

When applicable, eBird generally defers to bird records committees for records formally considered to be of "uncertain provenance". Provisional species count in official eBird totals.

Escapee:Exotic species known or suspected to be escaped or released, including those that have
bred but don't yet fulfil the criteria for Provisional. Escapee exotics do not count in official eBird totals.

I went to bed at 9 o'clock with my alarm set to go off at 4 thirty. I will take the walk to the airport tomorrow using the Terminal 3 Skywalk, also known as Runway Manila to Terminal 3 tomorrow.

5 minutes’ walk and you just have to click HERE to find out if I make it back home.

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