On the invitation of Dr. Pete Calope, pioneer birdwatcher of Ilocos Norte, for two succeeding years, finally The Ilocandia Photographic Society (TIPS) was able to attend and join the bird watching in Paoay Lake this year.
Some local birdwatchers and photographers visited Paoay Lake on January 14, 2012 for the yearly Asian Waterbird Census. This is a synchronized census with the other wetland censuses in other parts of the Philippines and other countries in Asia during the mid-winter migration period.
The results of the Asian Waterbird Census in Paoay Lake on Jan 14, 2012 revealed that there was one Little Grebe, six Great Egrets, seven Little Egrets, eighteen Cattle Egrets, 14 Egret Species flying unable to be identified, 675 Philippine Ducks, 305 Tuffted Ducks, one White-browed Crake, four Common Kingfishers, five White-collared Kingfishers, and one White-throated Kingfisher. There was one Great Cormorant spotted on January 17.
TIPS members Bryan Rapadas, Alaric Yanos, Raffy Pasalo and Dr. Robert Luzod were happy with their participation in this census of waterbirds in Ilocos Norte.
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