PC's 2019: a lazy year

[PeterHG]

6 hours ago, michael-ibk said:

but you need the skill to fly make use of it, and only few people have skills to achieve photos like you do. 

 I couldn't agree more !

[Peter Connan]

Thank you very much @PeterHG

[Dave Williams]

Great stuff, particularly like the Whydah. Can't wait to get over there!!! Only 4 months or so to go!

[Peter Connan]

Thank you very much @Dave Williams.

[Peter Connan]

71) Pied Crow

 

Witborskraai

Corvus albus

 

22 February, Zebula Lodge, near Bela Bela

[Peter Connan]

72) Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

 

Klipstreepkoppie

Emberiza tahapisi

 

23 February, Zebula Lodge

[Peter Connan]

73) Golden-breasted Bunting

 

Rooirugstreepkoppie

Emberiza flaviventris

 

23 February, Zebula Lodge

[Peter Connan]

74) Long-billed Crombec

 

 

Bosveldstompstert

Sylvietta rufescens

 

Zebula Lodge, 23 February

 

Aloe Farm, 26 May

[Peter Connan]

75) Black-backed Puffback

 

Sneeubal

Dryoscopus cubla

 

23 February, Zebula Lodge

[Peter Connan]

76) Familiar Chat

 

Gewone Spekvreter

Cercomela familiaris

 

 

23 February, Zebula Lodge

 

[Peter Connan]

77) White-browed Scrub Robin

 

Gestreepte Wipstert

Cercotrichas leucophrys

 

 

23 February, Zebula Lodge

[Peter Connan]

78) Yellow-billed Hornbill

 

Geelbekneushoringvoel

Tockus leucomelas

 

23 February, Zebula Lodge

[Peter Connan]

79) Red-billed Hornbill

 

Rooibekneushoringvoel

Tockus erythrorhynchus

 

(Look at the lice on the bottom mandible)

24 February, Zebula Lodge

[Peter Connan]

80) Steppe Buzzard

 

Bruijakalsvoel

Buteo vulpinus

 

23 February, Zebula Lodge

[Tdgraves]

Aha! You finally got a puffback @Peter Connan

[Peter Connan]

Thanks @Tdgraves

 

I actually got one last year, very shortly after commenting that I hadn't ever seen one... Bird no. 215 in last year's list.

[Tdgraves]

1 hour ago, Peter Connan said:

Thanks @Tdgraves

 

I actually got one last year, very shortly after commenting that I hadn't ever seen one... Bird no. 215 in last year's list.

 

Sorry, clearly forgot that! Zebula is just down the road from our friends’ place (Ditholo) always get good birds there....

[Kitsafari]

what a lovely portrait of the red-billed hornbill.

[Peter Connan]

Thank you very much @Kitsafari

[TonyQ]

All great additions, but I really like the Chat sitting on the tyre!

[Peter Connan]

Thank you very much @TonyQ

[PeterHG]

Great additions again with even the detail of the lice in the Hornbill portrait!

[Peter Connan]

Thank you very much @PeterHG.

 

81) Southern Black Tit

 

Gewone Swartmees

Parus niger

 

23 February, Zebula Lodge

[Peter Connan]

82) Spotted Flycatcher

 

Europese Vlieëvanger

Muscicapa striata

 

23 February, Zebula Lodge

Edited June 30, 2019 by Peter Connan

[Peter Connan]

83) Chat Flycatcher

 

Grootvlieëvanger

Bradornis infuscatus

 

23 February, Zebula Lodge