Birding on 3 continents

[xelas]

There are also many birds with "Black" as part of their names.

 

 

BY020 / SA020

Black Harrier - Circus maurus

 

Stanford - Kleinrivier / 01.01.2018

 

[xelas]

Very black bird, this one. Black enough to confuse me. It should be posted under letter "A"

 

 

BY021 / SA021

African (Black) Oystercatcher - Haematopus moquini

 

Boulders Beach / 12.01.2018

Edited January 30, 2018 by xelas

[xelas]

BY022 / SA022

Black Saw-wing (Swallow) - Psalidoprocne pristoptera

Wilderness / 04.01.2018

[lmSA84]

@xelas -‘great start. I particularly like the Black Harrier. A beautiful shot of a rare bird 

[Galana]

Me too! Also the Bar-throated Apalis.

Hat's off to Zvezda for some excellent photography.

[Peter Connan]

Me three! And the Saw-wing!

[elefromoz]

@xelas,wow,  that Black Harrier is very beautiful 

[xelas]

Thank you so much, fellow birders and photographers, for your kind words! The Black Harrier was really unexpected sight, a lifer for us, and I have to commend Zvezda for her fast reaction. I have to thank also the Harrier as it looks in our general direction with its bright yellow eye, and that moment makes the photo. The Saw-wing is also a lifer (but then, there are so many birds lifers for us newbie birders  that I don't even point them out).

Edited January 31, 2018 by xelas

[Dave Williams]

That Black Harrier is certainly a striking bird and well caught Zvezda.

[Lyss]

Really beautiful photos. I love the diversity of bird life in Africa. The Flycatcher photo is my favorite.

[xelas]

Not all BIF were as successful as the Black Harrier one, but I will add them anyway; birds do fly  - most of them anyway.

 

 

BY023 / SA023

Black-crowned night heron - Nycticorax nycticorax

 

 

De Hoop / 02.01.2018

[xelas]

BY024 / SA024

Black-headed Canary - Serinus alario

 

 

 

female

 

male

Karoo NP / 06.01.2018

[xelas]

BY025 / SA025

Black-headed Heron - Ardea melanocephala

 

Strandfontein / 11.01.2018

[xelas]

BY026 / SA026

Black-headed Oriole - Oriolus larvatus

 

Wilderness / 04.01.2018

[xelas]

A few more "black" birds to come.

 

 

BY027 / SA027

Black-shouldered Kite - Elanus caeruleus

 

Wilderness / 04.01.2018

 

Strandfontein / 11.01.2018

[xelas]

BY028 / SA028

Black-throated Canary - Crithagra atrogularis

 

Karoo NP / 06.01.2018

Edited January 31, 2018 by xelas

[xelas]

BY029 / SA029

Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus

 

Strandfontein / 14.01.2018

Edited January 31, 2018 by xelas

[xelas]

BY030 / SA030

Blacksmith Lapwing - Vanellus armatus

 

 

De Hoop / 02.01.2018

 

Edited January 31, 2018 by xelas

[xelas]

And last batch of "B" birds. Proudly presenting The National Bird of South Africa:

 

 

BY031 / SA031

Blue Crane - Anthropoides paradisea

De Hoop / 01.01.2018

 

Edited January 31, 2018 by xelas

[xelas]

BY032 / SA032

Bokmakierie - Telophorus zeylonus

 

De Hoop / 01.01.2018

Edited January 31, 2018 by xelas

[xelas]

This canary indeed has a heavy bill.

 

BY033 / SA033

Brimstone canary - Crithagra sulphuratus

 

Kirstenbosch / 13.01.2018

Edited January 31, 2018 by xelas

[xelas]

BY034 / SA034

Brown Scrub Robin - Cercotrichas signata

 

De Hoop / 03.01.2018

[xelas]

And to end the letter "B" birds one that is really impressive 

 

BY035 / SA035

Burchell's Coucal - Centropus burchellii

 

De Hoop / 02.01.2018

Edited January 31, 2018 by xelas

[Galana]

A nice growing collection but I think BY034 may well have got out of alphabet order. Should it not begin with a 'K'?

[Peter Connan]

You saw some great birds at De hoop. and two get two flying birds in focus in one shot is quite a trick, and you did it twice!

 

Love the Coucal.