For Dawn Chorus Day 2024, I will be at the Manila Observatory at the Ateneo de Manila University in Loyola Heights, Quezon City. The MO has been at the forefront of Philippine environmental science since 1865. The AdMU campus is home to and stopover for many bird species including the mayang simbahan (Passer montanus), pipit (Cinnyris jugularis), uwak (Corvus macrorhynchos), tagak (Bubulcus coromandus), batu-bato (Geopelia striata), salaksak (Todiramphus chloris), karpinterong maliit (Yungipicus maculatus), and matangdulong (Otus megalotis). Thanks to Biboy and the Loyola Mountaineers, as well as Coach Riemann and Coach Robert for the nature/fitness/sound-walks which led me to this venue.

I will be using an iPad with the LocusCast app, connected to an H1n as audio interface with a Clippy EM272 omnidirectional stereo microphone. 

Thanks to Ryo for introducing me to this platform; to all the campers at SoundCamp Manila 2024-; and to Dayang for introducing me to all of this and all of them. Thanks also to Grant and Mort of Soundcamp; Abby, Trinket, Aaron of the Ateneo Wild; Fr. Jett, Sir Dionie, Sir Jack, Sir Willy of MO; and the Campus Safety and Mobility Team for their guidance and support!