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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lerxst" data-source="post: 3693191" data-attributes="member: 118326">The Philippines provided some great additions; though we seem to have chosen a less than optimal spot.And here is the update, then:Week 12Working Days: 5New species identified: 38Total to date: 62124.8 % of goal, 23.1 % of year usedSites visited: Subic Bay & Manila, PhilippinesVery brief post here: <a href="https://legallyblindbirding.net/2018-gbwy-2/" target="_blank">https://legallyblindbirding.net/2018-gbwy-2/</a>As we only had about 1.5 days to bird due to flight schedules, we visited only a tiny fraction of what this country has to offer. Our guide suggested Subic Bay as an ideal weekend location from Manila, so that is where we set up shop. Saturday morning was quite good and we rapidly ticked many lifers without even moving. A pair of Plain Bush-hens even came out on the road for us, between looks at Green Racquet-tails and Guaiaberos. Then it got very hot and that was it. We did not see much until evening when we picked up Great Eared-Nightjar and Chocolate and Luzon Boobooks.Sunday morning was quite slow. Our guide wanted to wait out the eventual arrival of interesting species at what he said was a productive spot... we waited, and nothing came. A rather expensive and frustrating waste of time.Perhaps in November we will head back and try a different area; the difficulty  of weekend trips is becoming more and more apparent... while the Philippines is a prime example of a nearby, species-rich area with many birds we need, the time needed to access the most productive areas is prohibitive. This leaves us with the environs of large cities, which can often be quite good, but just as often, not.This coming weekend we head up to Yunnan, China.</blockquote>

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