‘Uswag’ and his last flight

BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Conservationists are puzzling over the drowning of a Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) off the coast of this city on July 30, especially about how the raptor, which is supposedly a territorial forest-dweller, ended up in the sea. “This phenomenon has puzzled us for many years now,” said Dennis Salvador, executive