its been a while since my last post in this blog of mine. was too busy with photo assignments for travel magazines and events documentation for the past months. just to catch up and perhaps update my last post, i’ll share with you some of my shots taken in different shores of our island, Samar. cheers!
Laoang, Northern Samar
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Mt. Danglay, Basey, Samar
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Almagro, Samar
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few shots of the rock formations in Kaluwayan Beach Resort, Marabut, Samar last weekend. i considered this as a bonus for the day 
photographing travel & landscapes while in a wedding engagement!
while proceeding to the islets thanks for this photo Aldrich!
in action
so fortunate to visit again the Biri-Larosa Protected Seascape of Northern Samar with a great weather. This time, our group stayed at the island overnight but never at the rock formations 
it would have been a perfect time shooting the seascape and rock formations at night having the moon’s disk fully illuminated! anyways, i’ll try to schedule another trip next fullmoon
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i’ve been stuck at home these past days because of the incessant rain… no birds, no landscape either… so i “traveled” within my hard disk drive to perhaps felt like i went out and revisited some places here in samar here are the photos from the first stop of my virtual travel, capul.
the historical lighthouse
the church’s belfry and wall built by the Jesuits in the 18th century and renovated by the Franciscans in the late 19th century
facing mt. bulosan of sorsogon
more photos coming from the second stop of my virtual travel
had an opportunity last weekend to guide two international birdwatchers here in samar. our sortie was successful spotting their bird objectives, the slender billed crow and blue fantail 
we also got bonus by seeing naked-faced spiderhunter, rufous and tarictic hornbills, few tailorbirds, raptors, phil falconet, dollarbirds, fairy bluebird, black naped monarch, and also the regulars at SINP veranda. here are some of the limited photos that i managed to snap during the trip.
Dean and Craig, along the road…
The Rufous Hornbill (Buceros hydrocorax), also known as Philippine Hornbill and, locally, as Kalaw (pronounced kah-lau) is a large species of hornbill. It is endemic to the Philippines, where it occurs in primary, mature secondary and disturbed forests on 11 islands: Luzon and Marinduque (race hydrocorax), Samar, Leyte, Bohol,Panaon, Biliran, Calicoan and Buad (race semigaleatus), Dinagat, Siargao, Mindanao (plus Balut, Bucas and Talicud) and Basilan (race mindanensis). It is still common locally, notably in the Sierra Madre of Luzon, but continues to suffer from substantial hunting pressure and widespread loss of habitat. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous_Hornbill
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The Samar Tarictic Hornbill (Penelopides samarensis), sometimes shortened to Samar Hornbill, is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is found in forests on the islands of Samar, Calicoan, Leyteand Bohol in the east-central Philippines. As is the case with all Philippine tarictic hornbills, it has been considered a subspecies of P. panini. Alternatively, it is considered a subspecies of P. affinis. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samar_Tarictic_Hornbill
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The Naked-faced Spiderhunter (Arachnothera clarae) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked-faced_Spiderhunter
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