Blogging Out Loud - Adventure Photojournal

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40403114751787332162011-11-28T08:49:17.134+08:00Blogging Out Loud - Adventure PhotojournalCJ David's Photos, Thoughts, Adventures and MisadventuresCJ Davidnoreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040311475178733216.post-84638311611716318182007-12-14T11:06:00.000+08:002008-12-09T19:07:17.437+08:00It's a Bird! The Philippine Duck - Anas luzonica - Hunted and Killed

2007.12.14 Manila, PhilippinesIt's a Bird! The Philippine Duck - Anas luzonica - Hunted and KilledThe Philippine Duck is a gentle and shy Philippine endemic bird. Just like the Philippine Eagle, it can only be found here in the Philippines. The natural geographic and biological evolution that slowly took place upon millions of years which made this species unique to the Philippines is of such

CJ Davidnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040311475178733216.post-91627393590148819312007-11-30T12:15:00.003+08:002008-12-09T19:07:18.437+08:00Galaxy Geeks Wanted

CJ David went on an online adventure at GalaxyZoo and found these interesting photographs of a barred spiral galaxy, an irregular spiral galaxy, and two merging spiral galaxies while classifying galaxies and looking at the galleries.Look at the photo with two merging galaxies: What if our very own Milky Way galaxy start to merge or collide with the Andromeda galaxy? Well, the two are actually on

CJ Davidnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040311475178733216.post-28747747198985091562007-11-22T13:03:00.000+08:002008-12-09T19:07:18.885+08:00Sunset in La Union

2005.09.29-30 San Fernando La Union, Philippines.CJ David catching the sun before sinking to the horizon at Bali Hai Beach Resort in San Fernando, La Union. Oh, what a beautiful sunset. I can't write anything more, I'll just let the pictures paint the words.

CJ Davidnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040311475178733216.post-17965102576859451122007-11-22T11:49:00.000+08:002008-12-09T19:07:19.041+08:00It's a Bird! Pied Triller at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial

2004.08.21 Taguig City, Metro Manila, PhilippinesSo I, CJ David, and me went on an introductory birding trip with Mike Lu, the President of the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines along with my sister at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, in Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila.I saw a number of birds I never thought existed and can be observed here in Manila.In this photo is a Pied Triller (

CJ Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040311475178733216.post-6473964091592705742007-11-22T10:07:00.000+08:002008-12-09T19:07:19.402+08:00Playfest with the Mangyan Kids

2005.02.12 Puerto Galera, Mindoro Oriental, PhilippinesCJ David posing for a shot with the Mangyan Kids, who participated in the Palaro sa mga Batang Mangyan (Playfest with the Mangyan Kids) at Talipanan Beach, Puerto Galera, organised by the UP Manila Remontados.We played different party games with prizes and gave them food and school supplies at the end of the program.“Mangyan” is a general

CJ Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040311475178733216.post-32788222678946579482007-11-16T10:06:00.000+08:002008-12-09T19:07:19.592+08:00What is your Ecological Footprint?

CJ David asks himself :-) "What's my ecological footprint? Do I consume more than our planet Earth can sustain or replenish?"Let's find out with these simple ecological calculators to give us an idea:Earthday Networkhttp://www.earthday.net/footprint/info.aspEcologicalFootprint.Orghttp://www.ecologicalfootprint.org/Global%20Footprint%20Calculator/GFPCalc.htmlUniversity of British ColumbiaSurvey

CJ Davidnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040311475178733216.post-66405030155150558632007-11-15T05:35:00.000+08:002008-12-09T19:07:19.766+08:00It's a Bird! Blue-tailed Bee-eater in La Carlota City

2005.04.21 La Carlota City, Negros Occidental, PhilippinesCJ David spotted this Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus) along the higway while driving.Photograph was taken using a Canon EOS 300D with 80-400mm lens.This bird, about 290mm in length is a resident of the Philippines fairly common in open country usually associated with water along rivers, marshes and ricefields.It has a cousin -

CJ Davidnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040311475178733216.post-85830846434284184892007-11-14T09:05:00.000+08:002008-12-09T19:07:20.321+08:00The Milky Way Photographed From Mt. Batulao

2004.05.31 Mt. Batulao, Nasugbu, Batangas, PhilippinesCJ David went on a mountaineering trip to Mt. Batulao. This mountain was an easy trek with interesting rock formations at the peak looking like the ones you would see in a fantasy movie (more about this in another post).The amazing cloud-free pitch-black sky with all the stars so visible was a huge bonus. I couldn't help but see the patch of

CJ Davidnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040311475178733216.post-79929741577817470522007-11-13T07:42:00.000+08:002008-12-09T19:07:20.491+08:00Stopping By a Tree at Mt. Mariveles

2004.07.03 Mariveles, Bataan, PhilippinesCJ David here making sure that this planted tree is holding up along the misty trail to Tarak Ridge in Mt. Mariveles .Trek done with siblings Doc Francis and Farah, Perla and Jules of UP Manila Remontados, and Gideon of UP Med School.

CJ Davidnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040311475178733216.post-6865671110639594872007-11-10T03:47:00.000+08:002008-12-09T19:07:20.755+08:00It's a Bird! Pink-necked Green Pigeon in Cadiz City

2005.03.18 Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, PhilippinesCJ David was in the island of Negros doing some documentary work. It was 5-6 AM when I noticed this plump silhouette of a pigeon-looking bird perched on a power cable along a residential area. It was a pigeon indeed as I trained my binoculars to it while slowly changing my orientation to face west to see this bird clearly with the sun behind

CJ Davidnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040311475178733216.post-34881429607860436212007-10-16T11:11:00.000+08:002007-12-18T10:06:02.314+08:00Blog Action Day - Downloading Space-Based Solar Power

2007.10.15 Manila, PhilippinesLooking back, CJ David thinks that the Internet's origin in ARPANET as a robust, decentralised, redundant communication network using packet switching technology to survive war attacks, which was also in response to the former USSR's launch of the first artificial satellite Sputnik during the Cold War, was indeed parallel to this Space-Based Solar Power proposal by

CJ Davidnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040311475178733216.post-37996178814735226542007-10-13T06:48:00.000+08:002008-12-09T19:07:21.034+08:00Gore and U.N. Panel Win Peace Prize for Climate Work

2007.10.12 Oslo, NorwayThe 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Al Gore and to the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a network of scientists led by Mr. Rajendra Pachauri.The Nobel Peace PrizeThe Alliance for Climate ProtectionThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

CJ Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040311475178733216.post-44278212149304406292007-10-11T01:22:00.000+08:002008-12-09T19:07:21.185+08:00I Shot the Orion Nebula

2003.02.01 Noveleta, Cavite, PhilippinesYes, this is the Orion Nebula (or the M42 or NGC 1976) in the constellation Orion.This was CJ David's first deep-sky object photograph. I was surprised to see this photo when I claimed the pictures from the photolab. This was just a test shot. I even forgot about it. I wasn't really expecting anything good or anything visible to come out of it.Telescope

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