Kasama ang mga birder o mga birdwatcher, sinadya ni Howie Severino ang dulo ng Sierra Madre sa Rizal para makakita ng Serpent Eagle. Bigo man makita ang lawin na pakay nila, sinalubong naman sila ng iba’t ibang klase na ibon.
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00:00The Philippine Eagle Center reminds us that there are different kinds of money in the world.
00:08So, on my way back to Luzon, I will take you to see them.
00:18I'm here with Albert Abatisio, a birder.
00:22How far are we going, Albert?
00:2530 minutes.
00:26Birders are called bird watchers.
00:30We are on our way to the tip of Sierra Madre, in Luzon,
00:34to visit other bird photographers.
00:37It is less than an hour away from Metro Manila.
00:43It's only been a few days.
00:46There is a rare bird that Albert caught here,
00:50a Serpent Eagle,
00:53a Serpent Eagle,
00:55that is still hiding in the bushes.
00:57What I do, sir, is I just drive around.
01:01Then, the speed of the car is slow.
01:06And then, when I see something,
01:09because usually the night jars are just on the road,
01:12so I just stop.
01:14And then, from the car, I just take pictures.
01:17When we arrived at the place,
01:19suddenly, someone showed up in front of us.
01:22What kind of bird is that?
01:24That is...
01:26It looks like a Serpent Eagle.
01:28Huh?
01:29It looks like a Serpent Eagle, sir.
01:30Let's go.
01:39Let's go, sir.
01:42Did you see it?
01:43Yes.
01:44That's why we left.
01:46Even though we were so far away, we were still here.
01:52Not far from where we are standing,
01:55a subdivision is currently being built.
01:58So, actually, that is one of the big threats to our local wildlife,
02:06the so-called habitat destruction.
02:09And this is exactly one of the reasons why the primary forest is disappearing.
02:14So, when we develop it,
02:16we put human settlements,
02:19we put farms.
02:20If we don't consider the needs of our wildlife,
02:24naturally, they will leave.
02:27How did you feel when you first caught and saw the Philippine Serpent Eagle?
02:34So, to see such a big and beautiful bird
02:40that you don't usually hear or see,
02:44it's really a surreal moment.
02:46Albert loved birds since he was a child
02:50and it became his passion to capture these birds.
02:56He already caught more than 200 species of birds.
03:04Even though we didn't catch a Serpent Eagle,
03:08other birds came to us.
03:11They're trying to catch the Philippine Serpent Eagle
03:16that's over there.
03:18We can see it flying around.
03:21Maybe it's looking for food.
03:24Some say it's an Albino Philippine Serpent Eagle.
03:27But some say it's a Serpent Eagle.
03:30It's even jumping on branches.
03:33Albert also caught a picture of it.
03:41We were about to go home
03:43when we suddenly saw Albert.
03:57We were walking on the street.
03:59You can see there's traffic,
04:03but it's just next to the road.
04:07We saw the roots of a species called Black-Naped Monarch.
04:17Because of the black color on the back of its head,
04:21it's called Black-Naped Monarch.
04:24It's one of the most colorful flycatchers in the country.
04:30We walked around looking for the bird,
04:33but it immediately left to look for food for the two birds.
04:43The male bird with the insect came back to it.
04:51But it only ate one.
04:58It waited for its wife to come back.
05:03But it only ate one.
05:13When the female bird came back,
05:16it brought another insect.
05:25They kept doing this until the insects grew.
05:30But it was so close to the road
05:33that it could only be touched by humans.
05:35I couldn't help but worry that they might come back to life.
05:41So this particular nest looks vulnerable.
05:45Yes, actually it's vulnerable.
05:48What I think happened is,
05:50if you notice, some of the branches already fend from the tree.
05:54So maybe when they were nesting,
05:56it was more covered.
06:00But maybe because of the recent rains and all that,
06:05when you pass by the car,
06:08it's possible that the cover fell off.
06:12From our position,
06:14we saw other small and colorful birds.
06:19A Striped-Headed Rhabdornis
06:24and a Rufous-Crowned Bee-Eater,
06:27both endemic.
06:29They are the only small insects that fly.