My good friend, Robert Alejandro and I were given the opportunity to help promote birdwatching in the Philippines at the Taipei International Bird Fair last November 7-8. It was a great event to showcase the Philippines as a birding destination and gain really nice Taiwanese friends!
Robert did great sketches of birds from the names of Taiwanese visitors to the Philippine booth. He was such a hit!
Here's a timelapse video of him working on the sketches. It usually took him one minute to complete a sketch.
Thursday
Fast Sketching by Robert Alejandro
Monday
Birdwatching in the Philippines Volume 1
These are the selected pages of the book published by the Department of Tourism which I was very lucky to be part of as the writer of the material. This is one advocacy that is very close to my heart. By promoting birdwatching, the Philippines will not only benefit from tourism, but nature also will be given the chance to be protected and appreciated by the locals through the more environment-friendly activity of watching birds (instead of shooting or using slingshots on them!).
This book is a product of collaboration of the Department of Tourism (through its marketing arm, the Philippine Convention and Visitors Corporation), R.O.X., and the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines.
I have to thank the Philippine Convention and Visitors Bureau for allowing me to publish these pages in my blog. Please note that I don't have any copyright thing on all the photos (they are in low-res jpegs, anyways...). You may have to contact the PCVC or the photographers if you want to have a good copy of the bird photos.
This goes on until 14 entries.
Stay tuned for Volume 2! Yes, its already published.....
Birdwatching in the Philippines Volume 1 - Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Palawan
Birdwatching in the Philippines Volume 1 - Las Pinas-Paranaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area, Metro Manila
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