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4. Grey Heron (M) (Ardea cinerea) (C)<br />
Luzon<br />
14/5 15 Candaba Marsh<br />
5. Great-billed Heron (Ardea sumatranus) (C)<br />
Mindanao<br />
4/6 1 at Bislig Airport. In the evening, a threatening thunderstorm with rain was approaching. It<br />
was cloudy and gloomy, and a strong wing started to blow over the airfield and neighbouring<br />
marshes, but the rain never came. A very large, grey heron flew in from the sea towards the big<br />
marsh area. It had a huge bill and the body size looked like a Great-billed Heron. It was<br />
struggling against the strong wind, so the wingbeats were very slow, like Goliath Heron of<br />
Africa. However, what confused us about the bird was the slight, but obvious contrast between<br />
dark grey flight feathers and grey wing coverts, like Gray and Purple Heron, since Great-billed<br />
is not supposed to show this, according to the books. Later, it has turned out that Great-billed<br />
actually shows this contrast, in spite of what the field guides say. The contrast is depicted in ” A<br />
guide to the Birds of the Philippines” (see plate 3), but ”denied” in the text.<br />
We saw a Purple Heron at the same time, also flying in against the wind, and this was much<br />
smaller, with reddish brown body, and with faster wing beats.<br />
6. Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) (C)<br />
Luzon<br />
14/5 50 Candaba Marsh, 16/5 1 Banaue-Tuguegarao.<br />
Palawan<br />
24/5 1 Iwahig Penal Colony.<br />
Mindanao<br />
4/6 1 Bislig Airport<br />
7. Great Egret (M) (Ardea alba) (C)<br />
Luzon<br />
14/5 10 Candaba Marsh<br />
Palawan<br />
22/5 1 Sabang, 23/5 1 Tagburos saltpans at mangrove coast near Puerto Princesa, 24/5 3 Iwahig<br />
Penal Colony,<br />
8. Intermediate Egret (M) (Egretta intermedia) (C)<br />
Luzon<br />
14/5 70 Candaba Marsh<br />
Palawan<br />
21/5 2 Puerto Princesa – Sabang, 22/5 20 Sabang, 23/5 25 Tagburos saltpans at mangrove coast<br />
near Puerto Princesa, 24/5 20 Iwahig Fish Ponds, 25/5 5 Narra – Puerto Princesa<br />
9. Little Egret (M) (Egretta garzetta) (C)<br />
Luzon<br />
14/5 10 Candaba Marsh<br />
Palawan<br />
21/5 4 Puerto Princesa – Sabang, 22/5 20 Sabang, 23/5 5 Tagburos saltpans at mangrove coast<br />
near Puerto Princesa, 24/5 10 Iwahig Penal Colony, 10 Iwahig Fish Ponds, 25/5 5 Narra –<br />
Puerto Princesa
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