Adams: An Exercise in Failure
The shores where the Spotted Imperial Pigeons flock to every May to August. For those who read birding blogs to see birds, apart from the Spotted Imperial Pigeons, this will barely have any photos of other birds. For the most part, this is not a trip report. Last May, Angel, Ens, and I headed to Adams, Ilocos Norte, in hopes of seeing a few targets. The main target was Cordillera Ground Warbler and with the very tricky Sierra Madre Crow and Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher as our secondary targets. Ens and I were fresh off the incredible success of seeing Luzon Jungle-Fly (which I will eventually get to posting about) and our Samar trip so while we knew that this bird was extremely difficult, we still liked our chances. My best shot, these birds were very far away and wary of people A group of females with a single male on the rightmost side Slight peeve but people seem to be quick to say "co-existence" whenever its a photo of a bird with humans. Worst one I've seen ...
