Aboitiz Cleanergy Park cited as birdwatching haven

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September 12, 2020

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SS20200912_5

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A wide variety of habitat types, combined with the area's safe and secure environment, has made the Aboitiz Cleanergy Park in Davao City an excellent site for bird watching, a local bird watching expert said, with the park's total recorded bird species already nearing 100, 10 to 15 of which are endemic to the Philippines. "In terms of urban bird watching sites, Cleanergy [Park] is, by far, the best in Davao City, and I would say it's one of the best urban bird watching sites in the whole Philippines," said Davao-based birdwatcher Pete Simpson. "It's good for bird watching because there is a range of habitats within a small area -- the sea, the beach, mangroves, other trees, and recently, a small grassland area. A range of habitats, and each habitat has different birds specialized to live in these habitats. So, to be approaching nearly 100 bird species in such a small area and to be surrounded by an urban environment is excellent," Simpson said.

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Aboitiz Cleanergy Park cited as birdwatching haven. (2020, September 12 - 13). SunStar Davao, p. 5.