Third time lucky? Peter Connan's year.

[Peter Connan]

144) Black-headed Oriole:

 

Swartkopwielewaai Oriolus larvatus

[Peter Connan]

145) White-crested Helmet-Shrike:

 

 

Withelmlaksman Prionops plumatus

[Peter Connan]

146) Retz's Helmet-Shrike

 

 

Swarthelmlaksman Prionops retzii

[Peter Connan]

147) Marabou Stork:

 

Maraboe Leptoptilos crumeniferus

[Peter Connan]

148) Woolly-necked Stork

 

 

 

Wolnekooievaar Ciconia episcopus

[Peter Connan]

149) Open-billed Stork:

 

Oopbekooievaar Anastomus lamelligerus

[Peter Connan]

150) Saddle-billed Stork:

 

 

Saalbekooievaar Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

[PeterHG]

Some great photos again, Peter, beautiful flight shot of the Jacana and those waterdrops in the Saddle-billed Stork shots really add action and atmosphere to the photos!

[TonyQ]

@@Peter Connan

Your thread is such a joy to read. Superb photos throughout - borrowed camera or your own. And now you have reached 150!

I really like the Jacana as well - but they all tell me I need to get working a bit harder

[Peter Connan]

Thank you @@PeterHG and @@TonyQ

[Peter Connan]

151) Southern Black Tit:

 

Gewone Swartmees Parus niger

[Peter Connan]

152) Lilac-breasted Roller:

 

Gewone Troupant Coracias caudata

 

Can you believe I spent a whole day in the Kruger and this is the only LBR I saw?

[Peter Connan]

153) Green-backed Heron:

 

Groenrugreier Butorides striatus

[Peter Connan]

154) Giant Kingfisher:

 

 

 

Reusevisvanger Megaceryle maxima (this is a bird I have been trying to get for a long time).

[Peter Connan]

155) White-backed Vulture:

 

 

Witrugaasvoel Gyps africanus

[Peter Connan]

156) White-headed Vulture:

 

Witkopaasvoel Trigonoceps occipitalis

 

Strangely enough, the previous one I photographed (on the Primitive Trail) was also standing in the river. Is that something they do @@offshorebirder ?

[Peter Connan]

156) Greater Blue-eared Starling:

 

 

Groot-blouoorglansspreeu Lamprotornis chalybaeus

[Peter Connan]

158) Burchell's Starling:

 

 

Grootglansspreeu Lamprotornis australis

[Peter Connan]

159) Natal Francolin:

 

Natalse Fisant Pternistes natalensis

[Peter Connan]

160) Crested Francolin:

 

Bospatrys Peliperdix sephaena

[Peter Connan]

161) Magpie Shrike:

 

 

Langstertlaksman Corvinella melanoleuca

[Peter Connan]

162) White-faced Duck:

 

Witgesigeend Dendrocygna viduata

[Peter Connan]

163) Water Thick-knee:

 

Waterdikkop Burhinus vermiculatus

[Peter Connan]

164) Red-billed Oxpecker:

 

Here I broke my own rule by holding a bird back. This is the last "new" bird from my day in the Kruger, but these are two sightings that I really enjoyed.

 

The first was this poor Giraffe, who was carrying around enough Oxpeckers for a whole herd of Buffalo:

 

 

And all the way up his neck:

 

He got so tired of them eventually, he shook his head to get rid of a few:

 

And then later in the afternoon, these guys were taking a bath while their Dagga bul was taking a rest:

Rooibekrenostervoel Buphagus erythrorhynchus

[xelas]

Only one LBR?! No way!!

 

Dagga boy enjoying the refreshing shower by oxpecker is my favourite in this batch of excellent photos.