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What a super bird in the Long-tailed Hawk.

 

So glad @Tdgraves got to Forbes's  first. The explanation is bigger than the image.:o

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I am so late  to ST's 2019 Big Year but, I say better late than never.   I took a major step back in birding so far this year, mainly because of work, travel and just feeling exhausted from

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21/SG21: Olive-backed Sunbird, Eastwood   there are 7 species of sunbirds in Singapore, and the olive-backed sunbird is one of the more commonly found. It is quite used to human traffic and

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64/SG64: Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker, Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserves   This is the most common flowerpecker in Singapore and can be found in parks and residential neighbourhoods. The male ha

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451 / GN 62 : Great Blue Turaco, Loango NP

 

An EBC blob was all i got, so just close your eyes and imagine this is a Michael super shot. 

 

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452/ GN63 : Palm Nut Vulture, Loango NP

 

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453/ GN64 : African Pied Wagtail, Loango NP

 

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454/ GN 65 : Brown-throated or Scarlet Spectacled Wattle -eyed, Lope Lodge

 

Adult Male: 

 

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A brilliant Palm Nut Vulture!

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1 hour ago, Kitsafari said:

@Galana did you mean @TonyQ ?

Of course. Put it down to another senior moment. Hard to tell some of these brown antelopes apart!:D

Love the Wattle-eye.

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Lovely Palm Nut Vulture and Wattle Eye

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Thank you @TonyQ @Galana @Dave Williams

 

455/ GN66 : Orange-cheeked Waxbill , Booue

 

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We had seen a couple of juvenile orange-cheeked waxbills with the common waxbills in Singapore at Lorong Halus earlier in July - the waxbills are breeding fairly well in Singapore. 

 

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113/GN67 : Common Waxbill, Langoue Bai

 

Already in the Singapore count.

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456/ GN68 : Black-headed Waxbill, Langoue Bai 

 

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457/ GN69 : Slender billed Weaver, Port Gentil

 

Had to use my android phone as I had left my camera in the  van which had driven away. :(

 

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458/ GN70 : Vieillot's Black Weaver, Libreville

 

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459/GN71 : Village Weaver, Lope Lodge/ Libreville / Loango NP

 

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290/GN72 : Whimbrel, Liberville/Loango NP

 

in my HK count.

 

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322/ GN73 : Pin-tailed Whydah, Booue/ Ivindo NP

 

In the SIngapore count, but isn't it more satisfying to see it in its native country?

 

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460/GN74 : Cardinal Woodpecker, Lope Lodge

 

Sitting just below the woodlands Kingfisher,I didn't notice the woodpecker until I enlarge it on the PC. 

 

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461/GN75 : Tiny Sunbird, Ivindo NP

 

It's an EBC shot - I'm not entirely sure this is 100% accurate but Michael had it there around the same time in the Rock  camp.

 

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462/GN76 : Woodlands Kingfisher, well, almost in all the parks we were at

 

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463/ GN77 : African Pygmy Kingfisher, Loango NP

 

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464/GN78 : Blue-breasted Kingfisher, Loango Lodge

 

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465/ GN79 : Malachite Kingfisher, Loango NP

 

Juvenile: 

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466/GN80 : Shining Blue Kingfisher, Loango NP

 

Thanks to Michael who ID-ed it the kingfisher while at the camp, we were on the lookout for it.

 

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175/GN81 : Pied Kingfisher,  Loango NP

 

in my Botswana count. 

 

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