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Maya: The Quintessential Filipino Bird<br> | Maya: The Quintessential Filipino Bird<br> | ||
by: Mike Baños<br> | by: Mike Baños<br> | ||
The humble little Maya is more deserving to be the national bird than the lofty Philippine Eagle, or more familiar as the [ | The humble little Maya is more deserving to be the national bird than the lofty Philippine Eagle, or more familiar as the [http://zamboanga.com/z/index.php?title=Image:Monkey5.jpg |Monkey-Eating Eagle] (Pithecophaga jefferyi), the current National Bird of The Philippines. | ||
Most of us Pinoys probably felt good when Fidel Ramos changed the national bird from the lowly Maya to the regal Philippine Eagle. Not exactly renowned for either brawn or brain, many Pinoys probably thought having the diminutive Maya for a national bird was carrying humility a tad too far. | Most of us Pinoys probably felt good when Fidel Ramos changed the national bird from the lowly Maya to the regal Philippine Eagle. Not exactly renowned for either brawn or brain, many Pinoys probably thought having the diminutive Maya for a national bird was carrying humility a tad too far. | ||