PROJECT PROPOSAL FORM

I. PROPONENT’S PROFILE

a) NAME OF PROPONENTS:
Name Position/ Agency
1. Rommel Chumacog President/Maligcong Tour
2. Grutchin Pursen Secretary/
3. Elizabeth S. Farnican Admin. Assistant IV/MLGU Bontoc

b) ADDRESS OF THE PROPONENT:

Name Address
1. Rommel Chumacog Maligcong, Bontoc, Mountain Province
2. Grutchin Pursen Maligcong, Bontoc, Mountain Province
3. Elizabeth S. Farnican Bontoc, Mountain Province

c) CONTACT INFORMATION
Name Contact Mobile phone
1. Rommel Chumacog 0906-624-3602
2. Grutchin Pursen 0905-370-4469
3. Elizabeth S. Farnican 0929-127-0892

II. PROJECT PROFILE

1. A. PROJECT TITLE:

Provision of Monocular/Binocular and Birds of the Philippines Book for Maligcong tour guides

2. PROJECT BACKGROUND:

Barangay Maligcong, Bontoc, Mountain Province is situated at approximately 17.1334,

120.9841, in the island of Luzon. Elevation at these coordinates is estimated at 4,403.8 feet
above mean sea level.

It is one among the barangays of the Upland Zone of Bontoc, joining Barangays
Dalican, Guina-ang and Mainit. It is known for its majestic and beautiful rice terraces which
is visited mostly by foreign tourist during the infancy of tourism. Now additional tourist sites
are included such as the Mount Kopapey and Mount Parutan/Fato. In Mount Kopapey,
tourists view the sitios of Favarey, Fangoraw and Favarey including the rice terraces. In
addition, watching the sea of clouds and sunrise are the most activities they experience.
While in Mount Parutan, tourists have a different view of Maligcong as a whole including,
barangays Dalican, Mainit and Guina-ang.

After the pandemic, former tourists who visited Maligcong are asking other tourist site or
activities of the barangay. Hence, tourism office staff asked interested farmers who are
willing to open their farms to tourist as additional site and activity. Positive feedback from
eight farmers who are willing to be included in the farm tourism package of Maligcong.
Furthermore, the tourism office conducted basic photography and bird watching training to
forty (40) tour guides municipal wide in order to train tour guides in bird photography and
bird guiding as additional activity in the barangay. During the training participants are
amazed as to the identified birds in Barangays Maligcong and Bayyo.

The following are the birds sighted during the training:

Barangay Maligcong
White breasted waterhen
Blue-headed fantail
White-throated Kingfisher
Yellow-eastern wagtail
Scale-feathered malcoha
Arctic warbler
Olive backed sunbird
Purple throated sunbird
Yellow vented bulbul
Eurasian tree sparrow
Swiftlets Mountain white-eye
Red-rumped swallow
Mountain Verditer
Colasisi
Elegant tit
Chestnut-face babbler
Barangay Bayyo
"Kingking" Luzon Water Redstart (juvenile)
Collared kingfisher
Gray-hooded Sunbird
Luzon Sunbird
Elegant tit
Grey wagtail
Brown Shrike
Olive-backed sunbird
Philippine pied fantail
Mountain white eye
Long-tailed shrike
Red Crossbill
Mountain Verditer
Flycatcher
Scale-feathered Malcoha
Sulfur-billed nuthatch
Little Pied Flycatcher
Philippine Bulbul
Philippine Swiftlet
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Yellow-vented Bulbul

During the training digiscoping is taught to the tour guides. Digiscoping is using
android phone paired with either a monocular or a binocular in spotting and taking photos of
birds. The minimum requirement for binocular or monocular is the 10× Magnification &
50mm Objective Lens.

Why Digiscoping?
Income in tour guiding especially here in our municipality is minimum, meaning an
active tour guide can earn four thousand (Php 4,000.00) or less in one (1) month. With this
income they cannot afford DSLR for bird watching and bird photography. Hence, it is
suggested for a starter to use digiscoping since every guide has an android phone with high
resolution camera paired to a high resolution binocular or monocular.

While the tour guides are feeling excited to do bird watching, bird photography, bird
identification, this proposal is submitted to your office for funding.

4. PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

a. Project purpose

This project aims to provide additional livelihood to tour guides of Maligcong.

Although, they are already local guides, being a bird guide is an additional skill and source
of income because their guests are specifically birder, bird watchers, bird photographers
and bird researchers. Including their current guests who are nature lovers, mountaineers,
trekkers, and backpackers. In addition, PIN Maligcong in the bird watching/ bird
photography tour package of the Philippines and prepare booklet on Maligcong endemic,
migratory and threatened birds.

b. Results/Outputs:
1. The expected output is to arm Maligcong tour guides who have undergone basic
photography and bird watching training with equipment (bird book and monocular/binocular)
to enhance their skills as bird guide/photographer.
2. Printing of Maligcong bird booklet
3. Marketing and promotions on social media

c. Inputs/ Activities:
Once this project is approved for funding, the proponent will inform the guides that
there is a need to identify, photograph and prepare a bird booklet for Maligcong. Each
member must contribute to the preparation of the booklet.

III. PROJECT COST

Item Particular Total (Php)

Monocular 10× Magnification & 55mm Objective Lens 37,500
Php 2500/ monocular x 15 Guides
Philippine Bird Naturalists Guide to the Birds of the Philippines, 2nd 13,500
Book edition
Php 900/book x 15 guides
Maligcong Bird 1 page brochure (19 x 13 inches) folded into pocket size 30,000
Brochure (4.5x3 inches)
 Prepared by:

ELIZABETH S. FARNICAN
Proponent

Certified by:

GRUTCHIN PURSEN
Secretary

Attested by:

ROMMEL CHUMACOG
President