Birds of SubicSUBIC BAY
FIELD NETWORK
Community pilot
A little closer to the wild

Your next discovery
is out there.

Explore the birds of Subic Bay.
Look up. Listen closely. Leave only footprints.

SUBIC BAY · 25 KM— recordsHistorical observations
Approximate areas · respect restricted access & wildlife
The Subic Bird Dex

Meet your wild neighbours.

Birds recorded within 25 km of Subic Bay. Ranked by observation count, not true abundance.

iNaturalist records

Scroll your pixel bird dex, then tap a card for real photos and field notes. Each listed species has its own stylised illustration. Use real photos and field marks for identification.

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Species and identifications come from iNaturalist. Photos may show a representative bird rather than a local sighting; photo credits are included. Counts reflect observer effort as well as bird presence.
A bay in motion

Follow the seasons.

See when birds have been reported locally, then explore the bigger migration picture.

Patterns, not predictions
Subic Bay · All recorded years

The rhythm of the bay

Observations by month within 25 km. More reports can also mean more people went birding.

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These are historical sightings, not tagged birds or a forecast. Local records alone cannot tell us where an individual bird will fly next.
Brown Shrike perched on a branch — representative species photograph
Brown Shrike · representative photo
Photo credit & license

(c) 尹若宇, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by 尹若宇 · Source & license ↗

Beyond the bay

A small stop. A much bigger journey.

Migratory birds connect northern Asia with the Philippines and places farther south. Wetlands give them places to feed and rest along the way.

01 · Meet the flyway ↗BirdLife · the regional journey, habitats and birds it connects.02 · Watch migration unfold ↗Cornell Lab · weekly maps show how bird populations shift through the year. Coverage varies by species.03 · Why Philippine wetlands matter ↗From Candaba to Sibugay: protecting feeding and resting places along the flyway.
How to use this on your next outing

Choose a bird in the seasonal chart, compare the months, then check dated local sightings. More reports can mean more birders, not more birds. These records and models don’t predict where an individual bird will fly next.

See the Subic records ↗
Your personal field notes

A day worth remembering.

Save photos, notes and your own confirmations. Private notes stay on this device. Use the publish checkbox when reporting to share with other birders.

Private journal. Shared sightings appear in Explore. Public reports are managed by this browser’s private identity; clearing site data loses management access. Export private notes as a backup below.
Privacy & community rules

A bird worth noting.

Save privately, or choose public sharing below to ask the community for help.

Add a photo from your camera or gallery
Need help identifying your bird?

Not sure? Save it as Needs ID, or choose public sharing to ask other birders. Add the bill shape, colours and behaviour you noticed.

Try photo ID on iNaturalist ↗

Opens iNaturalist, which offers photo-based suggestions. Upload your photo there separately; nothing is sent automatically. Suggestions can be wrong.

Optional. Your location is never requested automatically.

A little heads-up.

Watch for newly retrieved iNaturalist observations seen in the past 24 hours near your current location. Checks run every 5 minutes while this page is open.

Alerts are off. Nothing is tracking your location.

Browser notifications are optional. Community background push is separate; see its controls and browser requirements below. iNaturalist reports can be delayed.

Community background alerts

Get new, recent community reports near a chosen area even when this page is closed. Unknown and protected sightings are excluded. The chosen area stays fixed until you update it; subscriptions expire after 30 days. On iPhone, add this site to your Home Screen and open it there first.

External checks run about every 30 minutes and may be delayed. Only new uploads observed within 24 hours qualify. Click Enable again to save a changed selection.

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Find birds. Find wonder.

Birds of Subic is a Subic Bay birding field preview: a real map, real observation records, and a personal field journal.

01Explore dated bird records.
02Log your own photo and notes.
03Check in when you see the bird.

Public map pins are rounded to roughly 500 m. Obscured, private and threatened-species records are excluded from map pins and nearby alerts. Birding areas are clusters of public records, not verified trails or access permissions.

Public reports, ID suggestions, presence confirmations and opt-in push use Supabase. Browser identities are unverified. Reports may be flagged; three flags hide a report pending review.

Data: iNaturalist. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Seasonal counts are observational and are not corrected for sampling effort.