Comments on: Hunter and Hunted…

By: denise

denise — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 08:28:16 +0000

karina…yup he sits there by the entrance… about the Ninoy Aquino Park, there’s a small NGO, MyZoo Foundation helping out the mini-zoo but they can only do so much

By: Karina

Karina — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 01:57:45 +0000

denise, I just went through my pictures of Davao and Alex was in fact the first bird I took pictures of when I got there! Then again he was the one situated right at the entrance. So that was why he was one of the–or the only–bird not kept in a cage. Buti na lang he’s in good hands now. The Ninoy Aquino park is so much nearer to me but I’ve never been there, though I’ve heard that the living conditions for the animals there aren’t the best, considering the lack of funding. I just came across a heading on an article stating that the park was going to get revamped, though, so I’m hoping for the best.

MM, do post if you find some hatchlings! :)

By: marilen

marilen — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:09:04 +0000

One of those minor epiphanies that might seem unremarkable to some eyes, but will lodge in your memory and may be recalled long afterwards with wonder. Glad you documented it too with the camera.

By: Grace

Grace — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:37:33 +0000

It is a brahminy kite! There are lots of them soaring above the golf course here.

By: KUMAGCOW

KUMAGCOW — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 15:00:52 +0000

wow just wow….

By: Isa Garchitorena

Isa Garchitorena — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 03:50:48 +0000

Hi Dodi
If the birds were found or captured as adults, thay can still be released. They don’t lose the ability to hunt, they may be out of condition from not being able to fly but with exercise to increase their stamina they can definitely survive in the wild.

By: Mimi

Mimi — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 01:56:52 +0000

Bird taking a break indeed! I zoomed in on first photo and only noticed its right foot up after reading Isa G’s post. I do hope it stays free and multiply. Thanks for the post MM! Keep us updated when you see it again.

By: Betchay

Betchay — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:43:15 +0000

Yes Lawin!I’ve seen them in flight at the Tagaytay area(Taal Volcano site)
BTW, MM I saw you at Kapuso Mo Jessica Soho last night.You were shown in a clip at the Nora Daza segment as you were munching on Zubuchon skin…it was fast but it was you in close up.

By: Dodi

Dodi — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:12:03 +0000

In that poor excuse of a zoo near/after Tagaytay City, they have a lot of these Brahminy kites in captivity. I don’t know if these were rescued or captured from the wild but they should have been released after recuperation, if they were rescued or nursed back from injuries. In the conditions they are kept, I know that they would better off in the wild. But then again, they have been so used to human presence and feeding that they will certainly die off if released at this stage. And those tigers ought to have larger cages….

By: denise

denise — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 10:12:25 +0000

millet and karina…yup there are several Brahminy Kites at the Philippine Eagle Center, there’s even one who can no longer fly :( he got injured by hunters, i think he was christened Alex..there’s also some being kept at the mini-zoo at Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife, rescued from illegal vendors