My recent trip to Maligcong was like 80% chilling, 20% birding. Though I managed to squeeze in a visit to Favarey to add to my portraits documentation of the village elders as well as a morning foray to Alab Oriente to meet up with possibly the oldest citizen of Bontoc, Apo Herbert Tongyad. In any case, I got more serious with birding and capturing them for posterity and record-keeping for a couple of reasons.
