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A return encounter with Purple Needletails

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Two years ago, I discovered this small pass at the foothills of Bataan mountains where Purple Needletails can be observed up close - http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/morong_0400506 .
I made several trips to the same place since, but I didn't have the privilege to see these fast-flying, beautiful birds again. Yesterday's sortie to the nearby Bataan Nuclear Power Plant
allowed me another opportunity to check out the place at about the same time of year. This time, I was not disappointed. Together with Neon R. and Lydia R. of PBPF, we were witnesses to
another aerial spectacle from these amazing creatures. This time, the shutter of my 1DM2 held up to the relentless bursts, and I managed slightly better captures than two years ago.
Purple Needletail Scientific name - Hirundapus celebensis Habitat - Over forest and open land. [MORONG, BATAAN PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES, 1DM2 + 400 5.6L, hand held]
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Purple Needletail

Scientific name - Hirundapus celebensis

Habitat - Over forest and open land.

[MORONG, BATAAN PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES, 1DM2 + 400 5.6L, hand held]

Purple Needletail Scientific name - Hirundapus celebensis Habitat - Over forest and open land. [MORONG, BATAAN PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES, 1DM2 + 400 5.6L, hand held]
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Purple Needletail

Scientific name - Hirundapus celebensis

Habitat - Over forest and open land.

[MORONG, BATAAN PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES, 1DM2 + 400 5.6L, hand held]

Purple Needletail Scientific name - Hirundapus celebensis Habitat - Over forest and open land. [MORONG, BATAAN PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES, 1DM2 + 400 5.6L, hand held]
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Purple Needletail

Scientific name - Hirundapus celebensis

Habitat - Over forest and open land.

[MORONG, BATAAN PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES, 1DM2 + 400 5.6L, hand held]

 [MORONG, BATAAN PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES, 1DM2 + 400 5.6L, hand held, upressed to 175% of actual pixels]
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[MORONG, BATAAN PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES, 1DM2 + 400 5.6L, hand held, upressed to 175% of actual pixels]

 Brahminy Kite Scientific name - Haliastur indus Habitat - Open areas often near water, and also in mountains to 1500 m. [MORONG, BATAAN PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES, 40D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 2x TC, MF via Live View, 475B/3421 support]
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Brahminy Kite

Scientific name - Haliastur indus

Habitat - Open areas often near water, and also in mountains to 1500 m.

[MORONG, BATAAN PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES, 40D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 2x TC, MF via Live View, 475B/3421 support]
The distant Mariveles mountains as seen from our vantage point atop the Purple Needletail Pass [40D + Sigma 10-20, tripod/geared head]
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The distant Mariveles mountains as seen from our vantage point atop the "Purple Needletail Pass"

[40D + Sigma 10-20, tripod/geared head]

 SUNSPOTS OVER BATAAN (Philippines) March 27, 2008 (18:09:21 local time) [40D + 500 F4 is + Canon 2x TC, manual focus via Live View, 475B/3421 support, resized to 50%]
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SUNSPOTS OVER BATAAN (Philippines)
March 27, 2008 (18:09:21 local time)

[40D + 500 F4 is + Canon 2x TC, manual focus via Live View, 475B/3421 support, resized to 50%]

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