00:00The Philippine Eagle Center reminds us that there are different kinds of money in the world.
00:08So, on my way back to Luzon, I will take you to see them.
00:18I'm here with Albert Abatisio, a birder.
00:22How far are we going, Albert?
00:2530 minutes.
00:26Birders are called bird watchers.
00:30We are on our way to the tip of Sierra Madre, in Luzon,
00:34to visit other bird photographers.
00:37It is less than an hour away from Metro Manila.
00:43It's only been a few days.
00:46There is a rare bird that Albert caught here,
00:50a Serpent Eagle,
00:53a Serpent Eagle,
00:55that is still hiding in the bushes.
00:57What I do, sir, is I just drive around.
01:01Then, the speed of the car is slow.
01:06And then, when I see something,
01:09because usually the night jars are just on the road,
01:12so I just stop.
01:14And then, from the car, I just take pictures.
01:17When we arrived at the place,
01:19suddenly, someone showed up in front of us.
01:22What kind of bird is that?
01:24That is...
01:26It looks like a Serpent Eagle.
01:28Huh?
01:29It looks like a Serpent Eagle, sir.
01:30Let's go.
01:39Let's go, sir.
01:42Did you see it?
01:43Yes.
01:44That's why we left.
01:46Even though we were so far away, we were still here.
01:52Not far from where we are standing,
01:55a subdivision is currently being built.
01:58So, actually, that is one of the big threats to our local wildlife,
02:06the so-called habitat destruction.
02:09And this is exactly one of the reasons why the primary forest is disappearing.
02:14So, when we develop it,
02:16we put human settlements,
02:19we put farms.
02:20If we don't consider the needs of our wildlife,
02:24naturally, they will leave.
02:27How did you feel when you first caught and saw the Philippine Serpent Eagle?
02:34So, to see such a big and beautiful bird
02:40that you don't usually hear or see,
02:44it's really a surreal moment.
02:46Albert loved birds since he was a child
02:50and it became his passion to capture these birds.
02:56He already caught more than 200 species of birds.
03:04Even though we didn't catch a Serpent Eagle,
03:08other birds came to us.
03:11They're trying to catch the Philippine Serpent Eagle
03:16that's over there.
03:18We can see it flying around.
03:21Maybe it's looking for food.
03:24Some say it's an Albino Philippine Serpent Eagle.
03:27But some say it's a Serpent Eagle.
03:30It's even jumping on branches.
03:33Albert also caught a picture of it.
03:41We were about to go home
03:43when we suddenly saw Albert.
03:57We were walking on the street.
03:59You can see there's traffic,
04:03but it's just next to the road.
04:07We saw the roots of a species called Black-Naped Monarch.
04:17Because of the black color on the back of its head,
04:21it's called Black-Naped Monarch.
04:24It's one of the most colorful flycatchers in the country.
04:30We walked around looking for the bird,
04:33but it immediately left to look for food for the two birds.
04:43The male bird with the insect came back to it.
04:51But it only ate one.
04:58It waited for its wife to come back.
05:03But it only ate one.
05:13When the female bird came back,
05:16it brought another insect.
05:25They kept doing this until the insects grew.
05:30But it was so close to the road
05:33that it could only be touched by humans.
05:35I couldn't help but worry that they might come back to life.
05:41So this particular nest looks vulnerable.
05:45Yes, actually it's vulnerable.
05:48What I think happened is,
05:50if you notice, some of the branches already fend from the tree.
05:54So maybe when they were nesting,
05:56it was more covered.
06:00But maybe because of the recent rains and all that,
06:05when you pass by the car,
06:08it's possible that the cover fell off.
06:12From our position,
06:14we saw other small and colorful birds.
06:19A Striped-Headed Rhabdornis
06:24and a Rufous-Crowned Bee-Eater,
06:27both endemic.
06:29They are the only small insects that fly.
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