Luzon Water Redstart (take 2)

This is another video of a Luzon Water Redstart, a Luzon endemic restricted to clean and flowing streams and rivers near forest , 300 meters and above. It is usually seen singly or in pairs and perches on rocks, foraging for insects and small invertebrates. This indivifual was videoscoped in the upland montane streams in Mt. Polis, Cordilerras of Northern Luzon, also the site for the UNESCO World Heritage Site Banaue Rice Terraces. The video showcases some advantages of digiscoping showing the relative distance of the bird and how close one can get with the spotting scope's zoom eyepiece and the optical zoom of a point and shoot camera. Check out the other video of the Luzon Water Redstart here. Luzon Water Redstart, Rhyacornis bicolor June 2012, Mt. Polis, Mountain Province, Cordilleras, Luzon, Philippines