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Barred Buttonquails of UPLB

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At last, I managed to get quite close to these shy and tiny Buttonquails (just over 5" in length).
The grasslands of the University of the Philippines - Los Banos (UPLB) in Laguna province was the outdoor studio this time...;-)
Barred Buttonquail (female) Scientific name - Turnix suscitator fasciata (endemic race) Habitat - Drier grassland and scrub, often seen along highways or on dirt roads. [20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held supported by car window]
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Barred Buttonquail (female)

Scientific name - Turnix suscitator fasciata (endemic race)

Habitat - Drier grassland and scrub, often seen along highways or on dirt roads.

[20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held supported by car window]

Barred Buttonquail (female) Scientific name - Turnix suscitator fasciata (endemic race) Habitat - Drier grassland and scrub, often seen along highways or on dirt roads. [20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held supported by car window]
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Barred Buttonquail (female)

Scientific name - Turnix suscitator fasciata (endemic race)

Habitat - Drier grassland and scrub, often seen along highways or on dirt roads.

[20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held supported by car window]

 Barred Buttonquail (female) Scientific name - Turnix suscitator fasciata (endemic race) Habitat - Drier grassland and scrub, often seen along highways or on dirt roads. [20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held supported by car window]
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Barred Buttonquail (female)

Scientific name - Turnix suscitator fasciata (endemic race)

Habitat - Drier grassland and scrub, often seen along highways or on dirt roads.

[20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held supported by car window]

 Barred Buttonquail (female) Scientific name - Turnix suscitator fasciata (endemic race) Habitat - Drier grassland and scrub, often seen along highways or on dirt roads. [20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held supported by car window]
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Barred Buttonquail (female)

Scientific name - Turnix suscitator fasciata (endemic race)

Habitat - Drier grassland and scrub, often seen along highways or on dirt roads.

[20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held supported by car window]

Barred Buttonquail (female) Scientific name - Turnix suscitator fasciata (endemic race) Habitat - Drier grassland and scrub, often seen along highways or on dirt roads. [20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held supported by car window]
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Barred Buttonquail (female)

Scientific name - Turnix suscitator fasciata (endemic race)

Habitat - Drier grassland and scrub, often seen along highways or on dirt roads.

[20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held supported by car window]

Long-tailed Shrike Scientific name - Lanius schach Habitat - Open country and scrub. [20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x, hand held]
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Long-tailed Shrike

Scientific name - Lanius schach

Habitat - Open country and scrub.

[20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x, hand held]

Long-tailed Shrike Scientific name - Lanius schach Habitat - Open country and scrub. [20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x, hand held]
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Long-tailed Shrike

Scientific name - Lanius schach

Habitat - Open country and scrub.

[20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x, hand held]


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MARISOL 19-Aug-2006 12:21
BRAVO maestro Romy!
csmallari18-Aug-2006 13:14
Nice captures Romy !!! They look so cute - sarap pisil pisilin ;-Þ You are so lucky talaga. I was looking at the KG earlier and this one seems to be the most beautiful one compared to the other varieties
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