Published January 20, 2016 4:23pm
By AMADO BAJARIAS JR.
On the early morning of January 9 in Bahay Pare, Candaba, Pampanga, Robert Hutchinson, an experienced birder and a co-author of "A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of the Philippines," was peering through his spotting scope at the thousands of waterfowl paddling and feeding in a plant-overgrown pond when he caught sight of something special.
The bold facial pattern of creamy yellow and bottle-green swirls and black and white curves gave Hutchinson no doubt as to the identity of the creature he was looking at amid the thick mats of aquatic plants that morning: A male Baikal Teal (Anas formosa) still sporting its breeding colors.
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