PC's 2019: a lazy year

[Peter Connan]

Thank you very much @Tdgraves and @TonyQ.

[Soukous]

ticking over nicely Peter.

[Peter Connan]

Thank you very much @Soukous

[pedro maia]

1 ton of birds but tons of quality .

[xelas]

First century, plent6 of beautiful BIF photos, congratulations Peter!

[PeterHG]

Congratulations on #100. Again, your latest additions, including the flight shots, were top-notch!

[michael-ibk]

Congratulations Peter, splendid photos. Given that most of this is still from February you must have hundreds more on your harddrive. :-) 

[Peter Connan]

Thank you very much @pedro maia, @xelas, @PeterHG and @michael-ibk.

 

Michael, unfortunately not. There are a few more to come, but certainly not hundreds. But there is still some year left...

[Zim Girl]

Congratulations on getting to 100, Peter.  Really lovely latest additions.

[Peter Connan]

Thank you very much @Zim Girl

[Kitsafari]

congrats on getting to the 100th with such spectacular quality of the images. Im trying not to despair that I’ll never get to your level of quality images.

[Peter Connan]

Thank you very much @Kitsafari.

 

Pretty sure at the rate you're going I am already starting to look over my shoulder...

[Dave Williams]

(Home) Country for country I'm just about keeping pace. You will however end up with a lot more than me I'm sure as I am running out of species! Not such a lazy year after all though.

[Peter Connan]

Thanks @Dave Williams

 

I have a little bit of hope for a bigger total than I had thought. Just booked a campsite for December. On the wild coast...

[Galana]

Congratulations on your 100 for 2019 with I am sure much more to come!

[Peter Connan]

Thank you very much @Galana

[Peter Connan]

101) Marico Flycatcher

 

Maricovlieevanger Bradornis mariquensis

 

 

19 April, Mbizi Bush Lodge

 

Edited July 11, 2019 by Peter Connan

[Peter Connan]

102) Southern Black Flycatcher

 

Swartvlievanger

Melaenornis pammelaina

 

The Flycatcher family in these parts has a couple of excellent "stunt doubles". This one mimics the Fork-tailed Drongo very closely...

 

19 April, Mbizi

[Peter Connan]

103) Fork-tailed Drongo

 

Mikstertbyevanger

Dicrurus adsimilis

 

The most reliable way to tell them apart (for me anyway) is that the Drongo has red eyes.

 

Which of course are not particularly visible in this shot...

 

22 April, Mbizi

[Peter Connan]

104) Green Wood-hoopoe

 

Rooibekkakelaar

Phoeniculus purpureus

 

 

19 & 20 April, Mbizi

 

[Tdgraves]

Your dusky looks like a marico to me @Peter Connan

[Peter Connan]

105) African Grey Hornbill

 

Grysneushoringvoel

Tockus nasutus

 

21 April, Mbizi

[Peter Connan]

4 minutes ago, Tdgraves said:

Your dusky looks like a marico to me @Peter Connan

 

I suspect you are right...

[xelas]

Peter, your Big Year looks less lazy by each month ; nice progress with excellent photos.

[Galana]

@Peter Connan

I have a feeling that your Brown-hooded Kingfisher is actually a Striped one.

Bi coloured bill and no orange blush to flanks etc., plus white in wings. Where were you when taking this?