Aired (March 23, 2025): Ano kaya ang dahilan kung bakit laging nasa bingit ng panganib o kamatayan ang itlog ng ibong Tabon sa Linapacan, Palawan? Alamin 'yan sa video na ito.
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00:00Early in the morning, this pair of birds starts their work.
00:20They are preparing food for their arrival.
00:30This is the time for the couple to wait for the eggs to hatch.
00:43But even if there are no eggs, there are already a lot of eggs waiting to be hatched.
01:00The couple needs to find a place with soft soil for the eggs to hatch.
01:13They chose the desolate part of the island near the seashore.
01:20They need to clean it thoroughly before hatching the eggs.
01:24They need to wait 3 days for the eggs to hatch.
01:35These are the birds that need to be cleaned thoroughly before hatching.
01:41These birds live in the ground and have big feet that are used to dig deep to make holes for the eggs.
01:54But they are still waiting for the eggs to hatch.
02:01Because there are a lot of people waiting for the eggs to hatch.
02:05Including the residents of the island.
02:09I sell some of the eggs that we eat.
02:12We just exchange the eggs for rice and sugar.
02:20According to the DAO 2019, the number of birds in the wild is becoming less and less.
02:36This island is so beautiful.
02:39This is also the island that they call Tabunan.
02:43This is where they go to get the eggs of the birds.
02:48I noticed that the bird's nest is clean.
02:53You will see a pair of birds, tabun birds, who will clean this area first.
02:59They will remove the rotting leaves.
03:01Because maybe they know that it will affect the incubation period or the incubation of their produce.
03:06They are just here in this area.
03:08Tabun is a bird.
03:10Pailap
03:16Every lifetime, they experience hardship when it comes to breeding their species.
03:22Just like the Tabun Scrapfowl that is eagerly waiting for its prey.
03:30They will use this prey and other tabun in the coming years.
03:38But because there are a lot of tabun and it is hard to get, our team left a camera trap.
03:48You can see in the camera trap that the tabun is eagerly waiting for its prey.
03:54But their favorite prey is visited by some of their predators, like the Pailap.
04:07Oh, and they even made a fence.
04:17In one space, the tabun and the Pailap are together.
04:22You can see that the tabun and the Pailap are not attacking each other.
04:29They are just letting the bird to clean.
04:37These scenes are different.
04:40It turns out that they are friends.
04:47While the two Pailap are resting on the side, the tabun and the Pailap are throwing sand.
04:54It is a sign that the Pailap are not letting the bird to clean.
05:02Until one of the Pailap left.
05:08The tabun and the Pailap are resting on the side.
05:14And the Pailap is sleeping at night.
05:22But when it comes to eggs, the tabun and the Pailap have a different story.
05:28Because the Pailap is collecting their eggs.
05:32And they are waiting for their prey.
05:34I met Nanay Lita.
05:37She is a member of Katutubong Tagbanwa.
05:40According to her, the eggs of the tabun are the source of their livelihood.
05:46This is the source of food for her family.
05:49It is hard for me to make a living.
05:51I have to look for eggs every morning.
05:54That is my job.
05:56So that I can help.
05:58Because I don't have a job.
05:59One day, they were able to get almost 25 eggs of the tabun.
06:05One piece of egg can be sold for 25 pesos.
06:11Nanay Lita accompanied me to the place where she usually gets her eggs.
06:19She told me that she is about to get her eggs of the tabun.
06:23She told me that she is about to get her eggs of the tabun.
06:28Because many people are coming to the island to get their eggs.
06:33What about the amount?
06:35They are big.
06:37There are a lot of eggs when they are big.
06:39When they are big like this?
06:41Yes, there are a lot of eggs.
06:43How do you know which one is big and which one is small?
06:45We took the eggs from above.
06:49Before we look for the eggs.
06:53Nanay Lita showed me the eggs that she got.
06:56Wow, the eggs of the tabun are big.
06:59Almost 1.5 times the size of the eggs of a chicken called Jumbo.
07:04That is what we can buy in the supermarket.
07:06Even the weight is the same.
07:08And the color is brown.
07:10But if you think about it, there are a lot of challenges that a tabun bird is going through
07:15just to continue their breed.
07:17First of all, they only live on one island.
07:20The space they move is limited.
07:21Second, they are prone to predation.
07:26The birds that come here need to lay their eggs all over the island
07:31just to be able to live here.
07:33Although it is difficult to lay the eggs,
07:35we need to put the eggs back in the nest
07:39so that it can survive.
07:45We will put it back here in the attempt of trying to eventually hatch it.
07:51That is why we will dig deep so that we can put it back
07:55in the place where it was hatched.
07:58It is also difficult to find tabun bird eggs.
08:02If we get a lot of eggs,
08:04the time will come when they will be able to breed.
08:07But we still got a lot of eggs.
08:09If that happens, they will not be able to breed.
08:13They will die.
08:15According to Dr. Carmela Española, an ornithologist,
08:18this bird can only be found in Palawan.
08:22The problem with this bird is that
08:25there is no survey done on their population.
08:29So it is possible that as the eggs continue to hatch,
08:34their population will decrease.
08:37The problem is that since they are placed in the middle of the ocean,
08:44a lot of people live there.
08:47So a lot of people get unregulated eggs.
08:52So it is possible that the population of this bird will decrease
08:56without our knowledge.
08:58This bird plays an ecological role.
09:04First, in nutrient cycling and soil aeration.
09:10So they also actually help with seed dispersal.
09:14So they help with what is called forest regeneration.
09:20Mom, don't get a lot of eggs.
09:22Just take care of the chickens.
09:24Tell the people here,
09:26if you keep getting eggs, you will run out of eggs.
09:28I'm old now.
09:30I can't breed every day.
09:32That's why they will have a lot of eggs
09:35in one day.
09:37Those who will survive.
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